Well immigration remains a thorny and top issue with voters this election year.

I spoke earlier with Representative Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from the border state of Texas.

She has unique insight into the problem and ideas

about how her party can address it. Congresswoman, welcome back to the

News Hour. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. So let's start with your

race down in Texas.

You're facing a Republican this fall that you have already defeated twice.

And this is in a district where issues like immigration and the economy remain top of

mind for voters. And these are issues that Republicans really still have the trust advantage

nationally at least. How do you win again? What's the message?

Well thankfully my community knows me. I served in local government before I was in

Congress, but we work really hard to share with the community all of the

victories that we've achieved under the Biden-Harras administration.

And in an economically disadvantaged community like mine, those dollars make a huge difference.

Major infrastructure investments, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, capping insulin, all of that

helps.

And as long as people know that Democrats delivered and they know that we have a story to tell, we've got a

great story to tell, people are ready to listen. What are the lessons that the

Harris Wall's ticket can learn from how you're able to win in your district,

especially on the economy? And we're talking on a day we should note that those jobs numbers since March have been revised downward.

It's really tough.

What's the best message for Harris Wallis to deliver on this issue?

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