The idea that we would stop asylum and we somehow have compared it to overflowing bathtubs.
First of all, I, every decision I make in my work is about real Americans.
This is a process that was created by Congress. There's a legal standard.
I think suggesting that the real answer is to export our responsibility to do that to another country or to make asylum seeking so difficult...
Let's speak with one voice and say America has an asylum system and individuals have a right to petition for it.
The United States is a country of 350 million with the world's largest economy and a proud tradition of accepting refugees, asylum seekers, ...
I think it runs counter to good economic policy, good social policy.
To export our responsibility or our privilege really of being this great humanitarian force in the world is a terrible message.
I rise in opposition to H.R. 1690 and associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Connolly.
I am fearful that if we were to pass 1690 as it is drafted, it would not only really violate that long tradition of America being a place th...
It would put migrants in an uncertain dangerous situation as Mr. Cicilline said and would transfer our responsibilities to countries that ha...
the right to asylum is fundamentally under threat in the United States, which is a sad thing to say, given this Nation's history.
You are enriching the very dangerous cartels who we are talking about.
I think it is a terrible bill. It saddens me to say that because I have deep respect for the chairman.
The asylum system of the United States was once described as the crown jewel of America's humanitarian effort.
I abhor the abuse of children. I have been at the border, and I have held unaccompanied children--desperately sent, because they come from d...
Many outlets'--and some of my colleagues have latched onto this--headlines say that the Biden Administration has lost 85,000 children.
Again, I reiterate the fact that the children under Trump were snatched away from their families, purposely, to discourage them from coming.
