Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak against the administration's immigration enforcement policies. For months the President and House Republicans have said that they are only targeting violent criminals. Why is it, then, that last week ICE attempted to deport a constituent of mine who had been granted legal protections against removal under the Convention Against Torture? This woman, the victim of unspeakable crimes in her home country, came here to the United States for her safety which is now being undermined by this administration. Mr. Speaker, imagine being a United States citizen and the horror you would feel when your family member, again, someone who had been granted legal protection, is taken in the middle of the night and driven to Mexico, a country to which she has no ties. How is this making our country safer? How is this upholding the ideals of our Nation? Mr. Speaker, when this administration talks about mass deportations, this is what they mean: taking people in the middle of the night who have a right to be here and trying to remove them to foreign countries. My office is doing everything we can to help this woman and her family, but it begs the question: If this is how the administration treats someone with an attorney and the support of a Member of Congress, what does that mean for all those who don't have anyone fighting for them? Who is speaking up for them? If we say nothing, then what does that say about us? This can't be what we stand for as a country.…”