Edward M. Kennedy: “If the Navy really believed that the threat were that urgent, it might have taken more near-term steps to address it.”

We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is ripe for a new civil rights moment.

The time has come for comprehensive immigration reform.

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

Congress will not and should not fund a program if it is unsuccessful.