The United States has capacity to welcome asylum seekers and treat them with dignity.

If our Nation does not afford due process to those who are most in need, we are failing in our basic duty to fellow children of God and degrading our domestic and international legal obligations as well as our global leadership on human…

the more that we should anticipate that we will see more irregular crossings. So, I invite Congress to work on real solutions.

Title 42 is a CDC authority. It is an authority, a public health authority, to stop the spread of COVID-19.

I am willing to work with them to make sure they are prepared to process people in an orderly and humane manner.

There is no justification for denying vulnerable migrants the legal right to seek asylum.

Congress must support the Biden administration's efforts to restore asylum and prioritize the best interests of children seeking safety.

Thank you for joining today's hearing to examine the administration's use of Title 42, its upcoming termination, and the need to restore access to asylum at the border.

The administration should ensure safe reception of people seeking asylum.

Let us be clear, these acts of intimidation are rooted in racism and bigotry, and they should outrage all of us.

I want to emphasize how important it is for Congress and for Federal law enforcement to aggressively investigate and prosecute hate crimes.

I am hopeful for a positive outcome that will allow the termination of this terrible policy.

I urge this administration to expand its definition of a family unit.

In America, it is completely legal to head to America and to present yourself at a port of entry to claim asylum.

This family separation was not a unique incident.

I continue to have significant concerns about implementation.

I argue that more work needs to be done.

I applauded when DHS officially terminated the Remain in Mexico policy.

What is legal in this country is to allow migrants to come to a port of entry... and to be allowed to be admitted into this country pending their court hearing.

Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico policy, or MPP, was inhumane.

It is disturbing to see the Department choose to expand a program it opposes.

This division on immigration is often based on misinformation and people who take facts and distort them and it is just very troubling.

Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico policy was inhumane.

Under President Trump, there were more than 1,500 documented reports of kidnapping, torture, murder, rape, and assault.

This notion that the ports of entry are open, this notion that the border is open, is completely false.