The Story of Julián Castro

His twin is a congressman, he was in President Obama's cabinet, and if elected, he'll be the first Latino president. This is Julián Castro's life.

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00:00I am a candidate for President of the United States of America.

00:12Which one is older?

00:13I'm a minute older. He likes to say that he kicked me out.

00:25My family's story isn't special.

00:28What's special is the America that makes our story possible.

00:45My mom grew up on this west side of San Antonio

00:49and she got involved in politics a long time ago

00:53because she wanted to improve her community here on the west side

00:57to make sure that folks had basic things like streets and drainage.

01:02And so she got active back then in the Young Democrats

01:06and then she ran when she was 23 years old.

01:27I stand before you tonight

01:57as a young American, a proud American,

02:01of a generation born as the Cold War receded,

02:04shaped by the tragedy of 9-11,

02:07connected by the digital revolution,

02:10and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century

02:14another American century, President Barack Obama.

02:26Julian has lived the American dream.

02:36And it's precisely because he's lived out the American dream

02:40that he'll work his tail off to make sure more people can travel that same path

02:44and earn their own dreams as well.

02:57In the Obama administration, we made ending homelessness a priority,

03:01starting with veteran homelessness.

03:04By the time we were done, we'd cut veteran homelessness almost in half.

03:27There are folks that have a bigger platform.

03:30There are people that have a bigger bank account.

03:33There are people that have more name ID.

03:35But, you know, I was thinking the other day,

03:37I don't think at any time in my life that I've started out as a frontrunner.

03:56I don't buy the BS that women and children and families coming to our southern border

04:01pose a national security threat to the United States of America.

04:05I don't believe that they are criminals.

04:07I don't believe that they should be treated as criminals.

04:10I believe that we need to repeal Section 1325 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

04:15that we need to stop family detention in this country.

04:26On January 20, 2021, we'll say adios to Donald Trump.