Political Quotes

“I think it is time that we just step back a minute, take a deep breath and think about what we are doing here. Do any of us possibly think that the illegal activity of a parent ought to be taken out on the kid? I think if any of us were asked that question, we would say, of course not. You cannot hold the kid, the little kid responsible for the illegal acts of the parent. That is precisely, however, what the bill this rule would bring to the floor would allow. In fact, the scenes that I would create are horrible to contemplate. I envision education officials, maybe even INS officials, going down the rows of first grade classes trying to single out whether Johnny stays, this one leaves and I just think it is, it would be awful. Imagine the scene, imagine those of us who have children in grade school, what they would think of a little boy or a little girl pulled out of their chair, hauled out of class crying because they are being sent out of school. That is not something that ought to occur in any classroom in any public school in the United States of America.”