Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

The objective of the 287(g) program is to address serious criminal activity committed by removable aliens.

I mean, as a little boy growing up in Texas, I can remember this Congress in these walls repeatedly refusing to pass a civil rights bill.

I think we have got to clean up our laws and figure out ways to address some of these issues

I would like to begin by expressing my great excitement in joining the Committee on Homeland Security.