"We cannot stand for that, and to uphold and to deny... is to deny the impact of slavery in America."
"the disenfranchisement of Puerto Ricans is rooted in the history--the colonial and imperialist history that we have had"
"I believe that we will achieve our goal. This has been a long fight."
"this policy will murder her."
"I think it sounds fair. I think it'd be good for us to come together and at least provide some certainty for the lives of these folks."
"This is a cruel policy change, and this fits a pattern that we have been seeing over and over again before this committee of a culture and an of policies specifically almost animated by cruelty."
"I'd also like to apologize to you both for the behavior of some of the members of this committee where they are speaking in profoundly dehumanizing terms to you, and you don't deserve that."
"I would like to apologize to you on behalf of the United States of America for the dehumanizing policies that they are pursuing to--that are, frankly, targeting you and targeting many people in the Un..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I would like to thank my colleague Ayanna Pressley and Mr. DeSaulnier for your work also in organizing this hearing and a critically important issue at this time."
"This is a threat to even the rule of law when it comes to U.S. immigration policy."
"The Supreme Court has ruled that ongoing litigation is not a reason to resist that answer."