The political consequences of inaction on this issue are going to be grave to the Republican Party.
Now is the time to pass immigration reform, and we can do the biometrics. But it has to be part of a bigger solution.
We need to go to conference, gentlemen and ladies. We need to find a solution.
Let's work it out. That is all I am saying. Let's sit down, and let's not say we can't do anything.
Mitt Romney said self-deportation, let's expand S.B. 1070, and he said he would veto the Dream Act. He lost by 5 million votes.
I want an American solution to our broken immigration system.
The time to act is now.
I would love to have my mother back.
There is no right to citizenship of the United States. It is a privilege that is provided by the law.
Twelve years ago, I introduced the first bill to legalize the status of young people brought to this country by their parents.
I am optimistic that once you take a step towards justice, you will take a second one.