Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I want to give context to this before I talk specifically about the idea of a closed rule here, which I oppose so much. First of all, there are about 690,000 in the DACA population, but there is an estimate that there is another 1 to 1.2 million, though no one really knows what that number is, who might have applied but chose not to apply under the Obama-era DACA regulations. We also have a significant population, post-2012, who have been brought here. We had a surge in 2013 and a surge in 2014 of unaccompanied minors. We have again seen a surge in the last few months even. We don't know what the population looks like for this. Another way to put this into context is this way: We have a million people who have absconded from their court dates. That means they haven't shown up. They got an order to appear, and they are not showing up. We have another million with active removal orders. That is 2 million people who are roaming the country. We don't know who they are, where they are. We brought in 1.2 million legal immigrants last year. That is a good thing. We are going to catch more than 1.2. We will apprehend more than 1.2 million illegal aliens coming across our border this year. These are numbers that are almost unfathomable. That population I just mentioned would be the second largest city in the United States after New York City, more than Los Angeles itself.…”