"It is hard for some of these families, when they are fleeing violence, and they are leaving their country, they are not exactly saying, 'Let me go and look for documentation so that I can prove this is my child.'"
"I want to introduce into the record a statement by Olivia Caseres, a mother who participated in the caravan..."
"DHS must accept and process new as well as renewal DACA applications."
"My records, which is the Department of Justice Immigration Court's data, states that 69 percent show up to court."
"What was the percentage you said a minute ago? Was it 90 percent?"
"As somebody who has actually represented an unaccompanied minor in an immigration proceeding, I think maybe that sends a message that we should make sure unaccompanied minors have access to counsel."
"Expediting reviews under NEPA, as some of my colleagues here would have us do, I believe does not address the underlying problem."
"I have seen the administration put request in for more border agents, but I haven't seen a request..."
"I believe NEPA is a critical tool to ensure that the voices of these communities, ones like the ones I represent in Wilmington and Compton, are heard."
"I happen to represent one of those majority/minority districts, where you have about 86 percent of the population is a minority, and it is actually one of the more heavily polluted districts in the co..."
"Instead, we should be focusing today--and this is what I want to do--focus on some success stories that NEPA has provided us with."