"I would like to know what specifically you are doing to train those people..."
"I represent a State of almost 39 million people, which is also a State with the largest number of immigrants, documented and undocumented, of any State in this country."
"the Administration has proposed tripling the current number of ICE agents and increasing the number of Border Patrol agents by 25 percent in addition to requesting $4 billion to begin the construction..."
"Are you willing to initiate a policy that says that if that person was a victim or a witness to a crime... that they would be exempt from a policy of picking them up at that courthouse?"
"So are you unwilling, sir, to issue a written directive that it is the policy of the Department to not separate children from their mothers unless the life of the child is in danger?"
"With all due respect, sir, are you willing to issue a directive to your staff that that is your policy?"
"I was heartened to hear your response to Senator Heitkamp's question about the separation of children from their parents."
"What have you put in place to turn the morale around in this Department?"
"Are you aware that DHS ranks as the last among large agencies in terms of its morale?"
"Are you aware that local law enforcement has a concern because this has created a chilling effect among victims and witnesses to crime?"
"Are you aware that David Lapan, your spokesperson, said yesterday to the Washington Post that immigration agents may arrest crime victims and witnesses at courthouses?"