Bennie Thompson actually said...

"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."

"As I said before, Madam Chairwoman, our Republican colleagues tend to talk tough when it comes to homeland security and immigration enforcement, but rarely do they put their money where their mouth is..."

"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."