Fresh off the high of her widely praised presidential debate performance, Hillary Clinton rallied up Latino voters with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro at a campaign event in Texas.

The Democratic presidential front-runner delivered a pro-immigration speech to a heavily-Hispanic audience in San Antonio on Thursday, where she kick off her "Latinos for Hillary" campaign, reports USA Today.

"Latinos and Latinas, you're not strangers, you're not intruders," she told the enthusiastic crowd at an outdoor pavilion. "You're our neighbors, our friends, our families. Because you are fellow Americans, you deserve an equal shot and opportunity, just like everybody else."

Clinton went on to tout her advocacy for the Latino community throughout her career and promised to continue her fight as president.

"I know you have heard a lot of politicians asking for your support at election time. And then they disappear the rest of the time," Clinton said at the rally. "But that is not me. That has never been me. Your fights are my fight, they always have been and they always will be. I am standing with you today just as firmly and proudly as I ever have."

She also vowed to push for comprehensive immigration reform and block any attempts to deport undocumented immigrant students who were brought to the U.S. as children.

"Without immigrants, the United States would be less strong, less prosperous, and far less interesting," she said.

Before Clinton took the stage, she was introduced by former San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, who has endorsed her and is considered to be her potential running mate.

According to CNN, the rising Mexican American leader introduced Clinton as the country's next "Democratic nominee and the next president of the United States." Castro also declared that Clinton "has a strong vision for America's future" and is the candidate best prepared to fix the broken immigration system.