I too dream of that day. You see, half of my family is still undocumented. Half of my family has lived here for almost 40 years. My uncle, Max Guerra, will be turning 70 in 2 years. He works at a diner. He works 65 to 70 hours a week…

Tonight, I am convening a Special Order hour for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where we are focused on our shared commitment and shared urgency to make comprehensive immigration reform and universal healthcare our reality. We are…

I commend the Biden administration for launching a national strategy for countering domestic extremism.

Any duration of detention is harmful. It is inhumane and it is unacceptable.

I want to be clear. The administration can do a better job of protecting migrant children.

We must take this problem of child exploitation seriously, but we cannot do it at the expense of our children.

What we should be talking about today is cybersecurity attacks. What we should be talking today about is funding that addresses natural disasters.

My colleagues to the right only care about the border because they want to care the narrative that asylum seekers and refugees are illegals, they are an invasion, when we know this is really about a denial of human rights and our…

I hope to see your Department and the administration lead with humanity.

I am concerned that the Department of Homeland Security is considering reviving family detention.

What we should be discussing today is when is Congress going to pass a law to increase access to legal representation for individuals, making sure families are kept together, and providing a pathway to citizenship for dreamers and TPS…

cutting money for law enforcement, it seems to be part of their so-called budget plan. So if you want better border, you have got to support their efforts.

I have heard a member, a Republican member, talk about immigrants as an infestation and another one call it an invasion.

The Republican narrative that immigrants are bringing fentanyl into the United States while seeking asylum is flat wrong.

We have to stop criminalizing people and we have to get to the root cause of the problems.

If it weren't because she crossed the border, escaping poverty, nearly dying, escaping rape, and all the things that she experienced, this woman here wouldn't be the first Latina in the Midwest in Congress.

I strongly support protecting and expanding Social Security.

we need humane, comprehensive immigration reform, and we need it now.

every time our undocumented community is referred to as illegals and criminals, it shows how my Republican colleagues choose to recognize or not recognize someone's basic humanity.

Congressional Democrats understand the complex reasons that immigrants seek to come to the United States and are prepared to work with Republicans.

The United States of America has a responsibility to keep our promise to those like Mr. Safi, who bravely helped American soldiers.

Working people in America are counting on Congress to not only protect but expand Social Security. The fact that my Republican colleagues had even considered cutting Social Security is unconscionable. From Humboldt Park and Belmont Cragin…

Congress does have the right to restrain violence in any form.

I think cameras are critical at this juncture, and we know that four things happen when you put cameras in place.