
I think the United States should be very loathe to engage in another war after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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I think the United States should be very loathe to engage in another war after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

What an embarrassment. Honestly, … that’s about as small as it gets. How weak.

he is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago, and he’s incapable of even a train of thought

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 next generation have it a little bit…

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.

We are here today because the raids have caused fear and panic.

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.

But we can’t cower, that’s what Donald Trump [wants] — he wants us to stay quiet and just stay home.

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 and throughout the country.

I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary.

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 throughout California and throughout…

Because the fact of the matter is, she has a half dozen violent criminals on rotation.

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 community and throughout California and…

First Amendment rights are a beautiful thing, and they need to be utilized.

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.