"I think this is an excellent hearing and it shows how complicated some of these issues are, and yet it is important that we deal with the challenges in a way that is serious but also works as a techni..."
"Now, rather than actually attempting to fix our broken immigration system, we are now holding the fourth hearing in a row on the exact same topic."
"Whatever you may hear from the other side of the aisle, independent economists agree that immigration has generally improved the wages and job opportunities of U.S. workers."
"Completely ignoring these facts, some have tried to paint a very different picture of immigrants in America."
"Rather than focusing on the real issues that are weighing down those communities, the hearing sought to simply blame immigrants."
"By pitting the foreign born against the native born, we are largely pitting one group of citizens against another."
"I am sure we can all agree that our immigration system should be designed to benefit our country, our economy, and all American workers."
"We can agree that unscrupulous employers will exploit immigrant workers and undercut American workers, and that can't be."
"Unfortunately, no one on the other side of the aisle joined me in that effort."
"But increased enforcement is exactly what we have been doing for 20 years, and everyone knows it isn't working."
"We know that even in this economy, Americans are not returning to the fields."
"Studies show that for every farm worker we deport, we may be deporting three other jobs held by Americans."