Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague for this opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I am here to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6135, the Keep Families Together Act. Mr. Speaker, it is immoral, it is inhumane, and it is un-American to separate children from their parents. You know, I was at the border just a few weeks ago, and I got an opportunity to see firsthand and talk to these children. And these are children who are in jail cells. These are children who should be out in a playground, not in a prison. These are parents who left their home country because they were being persecuted because gangs and cartels were looking to assassinate them, and they were coming to America to say: I need help. Me and my children need help. They were coming to America, the most powerful country in the world, asking for help, a country that has traditionally been made up of immigrants. Because let's face it, unless you are Native American, we all come from somewhere else. This country is made up of immigrants. These folks, all they wanted was an opportunity to succeed and to achieve the American Dream, and, today, they are in prisons. These parents are away from their children. That is immoral. It is inhumane. And now we have an administration who made a promise to reunite these families, and the deadline passed, and yet these children are still not reunited with their parents.…”