Ilhan Omar

I think it is very hard to claim that our 'security first' approach to counterterrorism... is working.

The fact that we are dealing with mainly black migrants and black immigrants and asylum seekers at our border in this kind of way really speaks to the kind of racism, systematic racism that is embedded in that department.

When it comes to our immigration policy, for so many years, cruelty has been very much embedded in it.

These are human rights abuses, plain and simple, cruel, inhumane, and a violation of domestic and international law. This needs a course correction and the issuance of clear -- a clear directive on how to humanely process asylum seekers at…

I want this president and this administration to grant them pardon, because it is something that they can do.

I don`t, obviously, agree with this policy. We all spoke up against it, including the president and the vice president, when it was the policy under Trump.

I do hope that this administration does what they said they were going to do, which is to have a humane immigration policy, one that grants the right for people to be able to seek asylum.

I know it is harder to end a war than start one in this town, so I thank you and the President for ending our longest war.

I am so proud to say that Karen and I have introduced the Reauthorization of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act.

I know what some of these people are worried about, is that they`re worried that refugees like myself, when they come to this country, will outshine them. But that is just their own failure and their inability to find success in the ways…

We have to do everything that we can to bring them to safety.

There are people who have helped us in this mission. There are people whose lives are going to be at risk. And we have to do everything that we can to bring them to safety.

We have to do everything to make sure that there is a multinational coalition leading this effort to save not just our allies, but every Afghani who`s afraid for their lives, especially young women and vulnerable men as well.

We are going to keep our commitment. We`re going to keep our promise. And we`re going to keep pushing the administration and other countries to do their part.

We are willing to negotiate the amount of investment that goes in to these priorities, but we`re not willing to negotiate having these priorities not being included in the legislation that passes.

This week we are considering critical legislation to invest in America and Minnesotans. We are investing in childcare, education, healthcare, housing, and so many other basics that my district so desperately needs. In the Fifth District…

What attempted coup are you talking about? What insurrection are you talking about?

We believe this is a one-time opportunity, a generational opportunity that we have to truly create transformational policy and pass it through the reconciliation process.

We are trying to do the most good on behalf of the American people that gave us the majority, that believed in us delivering something tangible for them.

If those priorities aren’t met, there is not going to be a piece of legislation that passes.

I remember, McCarthy and Mitch McConnell actually being the ones that really wanted to go back, to send a message to not allow these people to win.

The American people came out in droves to give us the majority in the House, in the Senate and the White House. They believed in the agenda we put in front of them and said this is what we are going to fight for if you give us the…

I remember McCarthy and Mitch McConnell actually being the ones that really wanted to go back, to send a message to not allow these people to win.

We’re seeing these people say, oh, there was nothing that was taking place. What attempted coup are you talking about? What insurrection are you talking about?

If those priorities aren`t met, there is not going to be a piece of legislation that passes.