If he wins the 2020 presidential election, Beto ORourke would move to eviscerate the countrys migrant detention system, extend $5 billion in aid to the violence-torn countries of Central America and launch a major rewrite of immigration laws, according to a nine-page immigration policy proposal the former Texas congressman released on Wednesday.

ORourke, a bilingual and bicultural native of El Paso who often sings the praises of the border zone that is maligned by President Donald Trump and frames migration as a benefit to be cultivated rather than a threat to be quashed, has made immigration issues a centerpiece of his political identity. Wednesdays release reinforces that idea and seeks to rebut criticism that he has relied too heavily on platitudes and calls for debate without offering policy specifics.