Democrat O'Rourke unveils "community-based" immigration plan

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke proposed a new immigration plan on Wednesday that will allow churches and local communities to sponsor immigrants to the United States in becoming American citizens.

O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman from the Texas border city of El Paso, said the plan would also give citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants living in American faster than previous plans, which have all failed to get through Congress.

O’Rourke is one of 23 Democrats vying to become the party’s nominee to take on Republican President Donald Trump in...