This is an issue that should transcend politics.

I'm sure I'm not saying this as they would, but those on the other side argue that Congress has authority when it comes to those elements you've just mentioned, but doesn't have the authority to impact the decision-making of the Court.

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I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

We need to restore public confidence and trust in our Supreme Court.

No one should be above the law.

What we must not do is weaken the TVPRA and make it easier to deport unaccompanied children back into harm's way.

Do I believe that the solution to this problem is comprehensive immigration reform? Yes.

It is really difficult for sponsors to come forward.

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.

I disagree with your premise that the market is more important than the individuals who are the victims of it.

Back in 2002, over 20 years ago, this Committee held a hearing on bipartisan legislation entitled the Unaccompanied Alien Children Protection Act.

What we must not do is weaken the TVPRA and make it easier to deport unaccompanied children back into harm's way.

the reality is that this problem is another direct result of our broken immigration system.

This idea of a family unit, it's obvious to me that more and more people in the human trafficking business... have figured out that if you can get a minor child...

This is an issue that should transcend politics.

I disagree with your premise that the market is more important than the individuals who are the victims of it.

This hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order.

there is a pattern of willful ignorance that exists in America.

I've been pushing for this reform for more than a decade. It is long overdue.

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.

I vigorously opposed President Trump's inhumane family separation policy.