I didn't come here to undermine anyone's work and to challenge anybody's work, but to work in a collaborative spirit.

Let us have politics with principles, because the absence of one really leads us down a very treacherous road.

I don't believe any decent human being would argue that those children should be deported. We should give them citizenship immediately without thinking twice.

You just lit up our house.

We need to replace them, and we need to replace these assets.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First, I would like to say that while we have been here, every minute, someone has been deported.

We believe we should welcome you and your talent and at the same time, not have to make a distinction.

I think we need to do comprehensive immigration reform so when they pay taxes, it goes into the right account.

What do you think about the uncertainty in the life of 11 million undocumented workers when you give them certainty?

I don't think we should look at immigrants and say, how are they going to get health care?

It is time we fully embrace that immigration is good for our country.

I believe that this Committee is that important.

I didn't come here to undermine anyone's work... but to work in a collaborative spirit.

Family unity has been the bedrock of our immigration system since the Immigration and Nationality Act was enacted in 1952.

What Americans deserve is a system that works; a system that is efficient, that is accountable...

By any measure Benita is an American success story, but under current immigration law she is in limbo.

A hearing is a great start, but a hearing is not enough. Let us rise above the political fray.

We are reintroducing that bill today, by the way. It has broad bipartisan; it has the support of Republicans as well as Democrats, church leaders, members of the Hispanic Caucus, and now recently the President of the United States.