"You better shoot straight."
"But we can’t cower, that’s what Donald Trump [wants] — he wants us to stay quiet and just stay home."
"It’s all BS coming from Trump."
"We're not going to solve anything by chasing people at car washes, by intimidating families in their schools or by sending troops into an American city."
"If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question … You can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers throughout the Los Angeles community, and ..."
"If this is how the DHS responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, cooks, day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California an..."
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles commu..."
"There are entire sectors of our economy that will not function if the immigrant community is too afraid to go to work and too afraid to go to school."
"If we don’t show up, Democracy dies."
"I hope it’s the beginning of a new day in this country where we push back against overreach"
"Let’s do it peacefully, because that is our right."
"a big day for the Constitution of the United States and our democracy."
"If they’re willing to do this to me, a United States senator representing the state of California, just imagine how it’s going with their immigration enforcement on the streets."
"I understand their plight, I understand their struggle, I understand their sacrifice to just find the American dream: a good opportunity, maybe a good job, the ability to raise a family, and have the ..."
"First Amendment rights are a beautiful thing, and they need to be utilized."
"We push back against these authoritarian tendencies of a president that has pushed the boundaries, push the limit, but no longer can push this state around."
"You can’t possibly be supporting immigrants and vandalize our city."
"You’re not willing to say you would respect those decisions?"