Political Quotes

“I want to stress a few points. Mr. Castro mentioned that this administration hasn't invested in aid to the Northern Triangle countries. One of the things that we need to recognize is that the zero-tolerance policy isn't working. It might feel good for hardliners to say: ``It is zero tolerance. We are not going to take it anymore. We are going to push back,'' but it is not solving the problem. For example, the statistics show that net migration from Mexico to the United States is zero. In some instances, it has declined, where more Mexican nationals are returning to Mexico than ever before. Why is that? Mexico still has issues regarding security, but its economy has built up more and more. {time} 2130 I have family members who are in Mexico, and they have no desire to move to the United States because they believe that their opportunity there is just as good as it is here. So imagine if we want to be serious about tackling the issue of undocumented immigration to the United States, especially from Latin American countries. The way you do it is first by, of course, creating a comprehensive immigration reform here in this country but, at the same time, investing the resources and the policies that build up the economies of Latin America, thereby creating a situation where people feel that, instead of risking their lives to get here, they would rather stay at home.…”