Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today as a grandchild of legal immigrants to this country. We are debating whether or not to grant the greatest gift our Nation has to offer, permanent residency and citizenship. We must get our priorities straight. While we are here in the middle of a humanitarian crisis on the southern border, Democratic leadership is choosing to bring amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants to a vote. By choosing to ignore our current immigration laws, Democrats are effectively inviting the mass migration of illegal immigrants across our border States, including Arizona. If enacted, this would be the largest amnesty in U.S. history. It would do nothing to enforce our laws but, instead, reward lawbreakers. This legislation grants smugglers and gang members with green cards and a path to citizenship. It will simply serve to incentivize more migrants to come to the United States illegally. Congress should work with the administration in stopping the surge of illegal immigration, not incentivizing more caravans. My constituents have recently and repeatedly made it clear that Arizona's Fourth Congressional District does not support amnesty. This bill does not promise the American Dream but, rather, the perpetration of a crisis. This crisis is doing real harm to Arizona and all of America. I encourage my colleagues not to vote for H.R.…”