I am always impressed by the depth and the breadth of the movement in this country for immigration reform.

Twelve years ago, I introduced the first bill to legalize the status of young people brought to this country by their parents.

I would love to have my mother back.

But look at where we are today.

I fully believe is just the first step. I am optimistic that once you take one step toward justice, you will take a second and a third.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

We know that this legislation would lead to widespread racial profiling and unconstitutional arrests of U.S. citizens and immigrants alike.

I'm also for humanity. I'm also for treating people like human beings.

Study after study has shown that when police become immigration agents, crime victims and witnesses don't come forward.

It is as though the undocumented workers in this country are somehow a pariah on which all of the evils of our society and all of the ills of our society should be thrust upon.

Children brought here as children to this country should not be judged by the actions of their parents.

Do we want the law enforcement agencies going after the moms and dads who are waking up every day to provide for their American citizen children?

This bill makes it a crime, potentially a felony, to be an undocumented immigrant in this country.

I am for decent, humane treatment of millions of workers--not foreigners that came here to do damage, but immigrants who came here to contribute.

I'm for E-Verify so that every American gets first crack at any job in America.

They're not all gangbangers. They're not all drug dealers. They're not all murderers.

Let's be clear, this bill will make our communities less safe.

We think those despicable foreigners that come to this country should be the first in line to get kicked out.

Put simply, it's a dangerous approach to a complicated problem and it will harm communities all around the country.

Moreover the bill's complete and unchecked delegation of immigration enforcement authority to local police, State enforcement agencies will endanger public safety.

It's alarming that this bill would turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight.

Isn't sexual exploitation of undocumented women and our broken immigration system a stain on our society that we are allowing that to continue to happen?

This Administration has deported 400,000 people a year at a record pace each and every year during the last 4 years.

There are millions of American citizen children whose parents are undocumented, and when they are picked up and deported they leave behind their American citizen children.

I detest the system, the broken immigration system, and I want to work with the other side of the aisle to fix that broken immigration system.