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    Julián Castro On His 2020 Presidential Platform And Living The 'Immigrant American Dream'

    Julián Castro, former HUD secretary under Obama, pledged to visit all 50 states during his campaign.
    Feb 20, 2019 3 minutes
    Julian Castro, candidate for the 2020 presidential nomination, speaks at Saint Anselm College on Jan. 16, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (Mary Schwalm/AP)

    Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential election are already crisscrossing the country, trying to gain traction ahead of next year’s primaries.

    One of them is Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of Housing and Urban Development under former President Obama, who’s hoping to be the first Latino president of the United States. Castro says on Day One in office, his first step would be signing an executive order recommitting the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement.

    “And the first major piece of legislation) tells ‘s Robin Young.

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