O'Rourke to kick off New Hampshire swing with focus on immigration reform (1st candidate to commit)

[Indygram]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke will bring attention to the border crisis when he returns here Friday, with plans to highlight his plans for immigration reform by attending a Lights for Liberty vigil to end human detention camps. O’Rourke is the first Democratic presidential candidate to announce participation in one of more than 500 vigils planned worldwide on July 12, which highlight inhumane and unsafe conditions experienced by immigrant children and asylum-seekers at detention facilities throughout the U.S.

“He will join us in New Hampshire to share his vision for a humane immigration policy written in our own image and urge Granite Staters to stand up and take action,” said Mike Ollen, O’Rourke’s New Hampshire state director. “Beto knows that in a democracy, where the people are the government and the government is the people, these inhumane policies are on all of us, and it’s up to us to change them.”

The event in Peterborough will kick off O’Rourke’s fourth visit to New Hampshire since announcing his run for the presidency, having visited all 10 counties in the state within his first visit. It also follows a sweeping immigration reform plan that he rolled out in May, which plans to reverse President Trump’s positions and actions while also aiming to rebuild immigration and naturalization systems.

O’Rourke has also visited three separate facilities holding migrant children in the last two weeks, including Homestead in Florida during the first democratic primary debate.

https://www.nbcnews.com/card/o-rourke-kick-new-hampshire-swing-focus-immigration-reform-n1027331

[Amimnoch]

1. Really hoping he can get more traction with his campaign.

I do absolutely believe he's our best bet for hitting that magic 270 number. Also, him being on the national ticket could really bump MJ Hegar into a stronger position to bump Cornyn and give us a better chance of ousting Turtle from the Senate Majority.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Hope this helps raise his poll numbers above 2%.

[Indygram]

3. Bless your heart

Your concern for such early polling numbers in an extremely crowded field sure is something special...

[lunamagica]

4. K&R for visibility