Democratic Candidate Asked Why He’s ‘Hypercritical’ Of Trump Immigration Policies He Once Praised Under Obama

Julian Castro was called out for his past praise of former President Barack Obama’s immigration policies.

Then-Housing and Urban Development secretary Julian Castro speaks during a round table discussion after touring a new affordable housing facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., on April 8, 2016. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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• Democratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro was asked why he’s ‘hypercritical’ of Trump’s border policies when he once lauded similar actions conducted under Obama. 
• Castro supports decriminalizing illegal entry, and re-entry, into the US, and believes words such as “alien” and “illegal alien” are offensive. 
• Castro, during the unearthed 2013 congressional hearing, could not answer if illegal alien gang members should be removed from the country. 

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, a fervent opponent of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, was called out for his past praise of former President Barack Obama’s immigration enforcement policies.