Russell Pearce: “You know, immigration -- you know, illegal is not a race. It's a crime.”

Just the opposite, Mr. Chairman. Again, under federal law, you know--under the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona Constitution, we have the Equal Protection Clause.

The 14th Amendment was written in 1866, ratified in 1868, belonged to one group of people only, African-Americans, to give them their rightful place at the table that they were being denied after that war. Had nothing to do with foreigners…

We do not hear this about drug laws. We do not hear this about gun laws.

We must have the courage, the fortitude, to enforce, with compassion but without apology, those laws that protect the integrity of our borders.