In final days of Senate race, Cruz courts Latino voters along the border and Allred rallies in his hometown [Video]

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of his reelection bid campaigning in El Paso and McAllen, taking his statewide tour to two of Texas’ metro areas with the biggest concentrations of Latino voters as he looks to bolster his support among one of the state’s key voting blocs.

The two border cities served as fitting backdrops for Cruz to take on an issue at the heart of his campaign: immigration.

“I recognize coming to El Paso and telling you about the border is a little bit like going to Noah and telling you about the flood — you know!” Cruz said at a Sunday afternoon rally at a jet terminal in east El Paso. “It is the worst invasion in our nation’s history.”

Hours later, at a …