"And so you have an agency here that's operating under a different standard than they impose on the American taxpayer, and that's unacceptable."
"It's frustrating that we're here where these delays are really a matter of course. And that's just unacceptable."
"This is a really, really frustrating hearing and, obviously, a colossal failure."
"It is puzzling to me dealing with the Cuba issue."
"It is not only hypocritical; imagine if the roles were reversed. This is not who we are."
"We are ignoring this basic building block of property rights."
"It is really just cronyism, where you have a corrupt regime and there is a profit arrangement with a private entity."
"A criminal conviction for, say, aggravated assault, that's not looking into the future, that's looking into the past."
"if DHS is then going to release people who have been proven to be a danger to society into the public, well, then that leaves more Americans to be victimized by, in some cases, very violent crimes."
"That's a lot of families who have lost loved ones, and they can look at ICE and say: Look. Had you just done your job better, maybe my family member would be here today."
"On November 20, 2014, just 2 weeks after the 2014 midterm elections, President Obama made far-reaching unilateral changes to our Nation's immigration policy."