Well, I wish you would have supported it. It would have been helpful. It was a bipartisan effort, and it passed the United States Senate.

Too often I hear my Republican colleagues complain about border security but refuse to take up or vote for meaningful reforms.

Back in 2002, over 20 years ago, this Committee held a hearing on bipartisan legislation entitled the Unaccompanied Alien Children Protection Act.

No child should be trafficked, and no child should be abused.

It's a cliche on this side of the table to say that our immigration system is broken.

This is an issue that should transcend politics.

No one should be above the law.

I vigorously opposed President Trump's inhumane family separation policy.

Count me in, I hope you understand I mean it.

What we must not do is weaken the TVPRA and make it easier to deport unaccompanied children back into harm's way.

I couldn't agree with you more that we have to find a way to educate.

We need to restore public confidence and trust in our Supreme Court.

It is really difficult for sponsors to come forward.

This hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order.

I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

This problem is another direct result of our broken immigration system.

I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

I hope it's only 8 years.