"It feels to me as though our Government is saying, well, as long as it doesn't happen on our land, as long as it doesn't happen here, it is OK."
"this administration is doing everything they can to end legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration."
"Let me start by--I want to--echoing some of the comments from my colleagues about the outrage that should be happening over the return of migrants into dangerous places."
"When we had Secretary McAleenan come in, it was clear that the United States didn't bother to assess any type of the risk and the harm that would be done to migrants."
"Not everyone can make it down to DC for a hearing or a meeting with their representative."
"We need a climate bill that rises to the scale of both the climate crisis and the damage from environmental racism."
"Not everyone can make it here to Washington, D.C., for a hearing or a meeting with their Representative."
"People of color are on the front line of this issue. We are hit first and hit worst."
"The best way for us to understand these challenges and how to overcome them is to meet environmental justice communities where they are."
"the name almost assumes that this program will actually protect migrants when it does the complete opposite."
"It is heartbreaking that this country is closing the door on people who are fleeing violence and sending them back to dangerous places."