Immigration remarks draw fire in close Southern California race

“Republicans seized on Democrat Francine Busby’s comments that sounded like encouragement for illegal immigrants to help her campaign as the GOP sought an edge in the final hours of a surprisingly close House race.

Immigration looms large in the runoff election today in the San Diego-area district some 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Busby’s remarks, and her subsequent explanation that she misspoke, has drawn much of the attention in the race’s last days.”

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