Laredo, TX - Obama Presidency Oral History

...mind of a mayor of a border city like Laredo . What are you thinking, as he wins...

...out on the border where it's thriving. Laredo has between ten and fifteen thousan...

...there's a supply. But for us, being— Laredo , Texas, was the number one inlan...

...issue around that time? And as mayor of Laredo , how did you think about the Unite...

...understand it. We had groups coming to Laredo with shotguns, with weapons—th...

...these thugs—because they were coming to Laredo from other states armed. And they wer...

...because of the spillover of crime into Laredo , Texas. There was always a confusion...

...a confusion. There's Nuevo Laredo and Laredo . So everybody thought that Laredo—i...

...and Laredo. So everybody thought that Laredo —it got a bad rap. And you know ho...

...hateful guys that came to Laredo with guns—first of all, they're not la...

...White House know what was going on in Laredo , or interactions with people at th...

...when he sees my tag, “Mayor of Laredo , Texas.” But he always listened, an...

...I don't think that the city of Laredo has ever had the support or th...

...shared water looks like to the mayor of Laredo . I think it's improved, it continue...

...in Washington, DC, which is the size of Laredo , practically. Is the water issue—I'...

...nomination before I got transferred to Laredo , Texas. But, look, one of the thing...