It's my hope we can work together to move this bill to the House floor soon.

How can Americans be growing up in a country with such abundance and grow up with such fear of each other and of its own government?

It is to protect American citizens.

Hate is too much of a burden, and he is right. We must act with love.

we needed to pierce that hatred, that kind of nationalism on the part of white nationalists and others.

the law has to change in accordance with our changing standards and the changing conditions of our country.

I commend Congresswoman Escobar for introducing H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act, which brings the necessary accountability measures to border enforcement institutions.

Let me be very clear. It seems to get a little murky.

The MPP is a blatantly illegal program, period.

The military has no place on the U.S.-Mexico border. They are barred by law from conducting any law enforcement activity within the country.

Their presence add to the overall false narrative of a crisis and threat of an invasion at our border, which is simply not true.

A Border Patrol agent shot her while she was hiding in a ravine in the head and then lied to the American public about the circumstances surrounding that case.

I think the chairman is getting ready to ask a question. I don't have the time. I was going to yield.

Those orders seem to be patently illegal. I don't know who has authority to keep you out of something that is called a court, a public court.

The President has referred to immigrants as rapists, thugs, and animals, and has described the arrival of asylum-seekers as, quote, 'an invasion of our country,' unquote.

Instead of addressing the root causes of migration... the Trump administration has chosen to dehumanize immigrants and to exploit this crisis for political gain.

Through education, accountability, and swift action by Congress, we can take steps towards ending these systemic acts of violence in our communities.

So we needed to pierce that hatred, that kind of nationalism on the part of white nationalists and others.