Hilda L. Solis: “I rise also to convey my anger and disgust with what I have seen occur here tonight on this floor. Twenty percent of the…”

“I rise also to convey my anger and disgust with what I have seen occur here tonight on this floor. Twenty percent of the constituents in my district are legal residents. Twenty-five percent of them have just become U.S. citizens. The message that they hear every single day on the news is that the Republican Party, our friends from the other aisle, want them to be a part of America. But tonight you are sending them the wrong signal. You are driving a spear through their hearts, through their families, because they have worked hard, they have worked lawfully. My parents came here as legal immigrants to see their daughter rise to become a Member of this House. So many people are waiting for the American dream. They pay taxes, they have given their sons and daughters, they fight our wars. And they will continue to do that because they have a strong belief in our Constitution and the freedom that this country represents. We cannot allow this amendment to go forward. I hope that Members on the other side of the aisle will agree with me.”