No one should be above the law.
Back in 2002, over 20 years ago, this Committee held a hearing on bipartisan legislation entitled the Unaccompanied Alien Children Protectio...
We've created a demand for human smugglers to get children involved in the smuggling process.
I vigorously opposed President Trump's inhumane family separation policy.
Do I believe that the solution to this problem is comprehensive immigration reform? Yes.
Well, I wish you would have supported it. It would have been helpful. It was a bipartisan effort, and it passed the United States Senate.
too often I hear my Republican colleagues complain about border security but refuse to take up or vote for meaningful reforms.
The reason we wanted this hearing is to highlight the problem and ask the Biden administration to consider changing policy.
I will not pin the fates of these children or DACA on some comprehensive package.
the reality is that this problem is another direct result of our broken immigration system.
I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.