Bennie Thompson actually said...

"Unless and until Congress appropriates sufficient funds for ICE to apprehend and remove every undocumented alien in the country we should support the agency's efforts to focus its limited resources on..."

"Ironically, the last real amnesty was championed by President Ronald Reagan, a hero to many of my Republican colleagues."

"I find it curious that a practical, risk-based approach to removal of undocumented aliens would be characterized by my friends across the aisle as administrative amnesty."

"I hope that Mr. Jackson and Ms. Duke will share with this committee the difficulties they found in their attempts at reform."