Barbara Jordan: “I cannot understand at what universe our leaders would not want to know who's a citizen and who's not.”

I would be the last person to claim that our Nation is perfect, but as a Nation we have a kind of perfection in us because our founding principle is universal. We are all created equal. People come from all over the world to take us up on…

Common Sense would be revolted if we engaged upon this process for petty reasons.

I would not, quote, 'be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.'

the current process of employment verification has not functioned as the law intended to deter the hiring of undocumented aliens.