Rashida Tlaib: “Here we go again. We are voting on yet another bill that just promotes racial profiling. That is exactly what is…”

“Here we go again. We are voting on yet another bill that just promotes racial profiling. That is exactly what is happening because Americans right now who are Brown or Black or have an accent and who are American citizens are carrying passports with them. Why? It is because we are going to allow the targeting of communities that look like my district, to police them and to militarize them. This bill strips away the right to due process. We already know that. I think that many of my colleagues who are supporting this know that. This is going to target even legal permanent residents. The majority is going to separate families instantly without ever allowing anyone to be able to go to trial or even have a conviction. It is absolutely and clearly unconstitutional. Everyone in our country has rights, and I want my residents to hear me say this again: Everyone has rights, no matter their status, in the United States of America. This is what Republicans want. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to make racial profiling the law of the land and make discrimination the law of the land. That is what my Republican colleagues want. Republican Members want to go back to that kind of militarization and policing of targeting people who look like my mother and who look like my neighbors in the 12th Congressional District. Mr. Speaker, I will be very clear, though.…”