Ben Cardin actually said...

"Accelerating without due process is not acceptable."

"the safety and well-being of children is part of a larger approach of U.S. development assistance."

"We all want to make it clear--and this is a point that we have all stressed--that it is not safe to put your child in the hands of a trafficker or in a position of being taken to our border."

"I have worked closely on this legislation with Congresswoman Louise Slaughter in response to the real and severe threats that my State of New York faces with regard to invasive species."