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The former mayor of San Antonio, Julián Castro, who joined the administration of Democrat Barack Obama, announced Saturday his bid to become the first Hispanic President of the United States.
"I'm running for the presidency of the United States," Castro, 44, told hundreds of supporters in his hometown of San Antonio.
Castro, considered a promise of the Democratic Party, should compete with a large number of diverse candidates in the race for Republican President Donald Trump.
The announcement made under the slogan "A nation, a destination" comes at a time when Trump has turned immigration into a hot topic. Part of the federal government is blocked because the Democrats, by a majority in the House of Representatives, do not want to release the $ 5.7 billion requested by the president to build a wall on the Mexican border.
- Grandson of a Mexican immigrant, Castro tackled the migratory issue in front of a crowd gathered in San Antonio.
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"We are not talking about building the wall but building communities," he said.
For the moment, his profile is that of a minor actor in a race at which different party heavyweights can attend, such as former Vice President Joe Biden; Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris; and even billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
Known for his good oratory, the photogenic Julian Castro was Secretary of Housing Obama and mayor of the seventh most populous city in the United States. Now, he becomes the third Hispanic presidential candidate in four years, after Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, defeated by Trump in the Republican Primaries of 2016.
It's possible that his candidacy will spark Hispanic voters' enthusiasm for voters, who supported Hillary Clinton, but to a lesser extent than Obama.
Castro became known in the United States in 2012, when he became the first Latino to speak at the Democratic National Convention.
Four years later, he was one of the finalists to run for vice president Hillary Clinton.
Very critical of Trump, he recalls that he probably would not be in the United States if the current immigration policy existed when his grandmother, still a child, crossed over. the Mexican border in 1922.
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