Political Quotes

“Yesterday President Trump launched a rather ridiculous effort called the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE. They are going to be focusing on talking about people who were victimized by people who are here illegally. First of all, the statistics aren't with him. It turns out that people who are undocumented are among the least likely groups to commit illegal acts, and studies show that they are one-fifth to one-half less likely to commit a crime. So I want to start an effort that is similar. I am going to start a task force called SAINT, Saved by American Immigrants National Taskforce, to talk about Americans whose lives were saved by people who are here undocumented--people like Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, who became a brain surgeon, saving countless lives; people like Antonio Diaz Chacon, who chased down a child abductor and saved a 6- year-old girl from a horrific fate, even though he is undocumented; and another undocumented immigrant named Jesus Manuel Cordova, who rescued a 9-year-old boy in the Arizona desert. These are the kinds of lifesaving efforts from our undocumented immigrants where they save American lives. I bet our efforts at SAINT talking about saving American lives will match, life for life, all of the things that President Trump tries to drum up through his VOICE effort. Of course there are good and bad people. Of course there are good and bad hombres. Let's celebrate the good with the bad.…”