I wasn't sent here to safeguard and protect profits.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Claudette Colvin, a Parkchester resident and American civil rights pioneer who, on March 2, 1955, at the age of 15 years old, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to…

But Congress created USCIS separate from ICE and CBP to serve immigrants.

So, it was your decision.

But you have discretion in your role. So, here is the thing that I can't figure out, is that you have thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of cases, if not millions.

So, Mr. Cuccinelli, I think what is tough here is that--and while I respect that Congress hasn't done its job, in many respects, in defining immigration policy, it has been a failure for a very long time, for Congress to be able to define…

I see. Mr. Cuccinelli, in August you told Fox News that you, quote, "see USCIS as a vetting agency, not a benefits agency."

Mr. Cuccinelli, do you believe that you treated children with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other diseases with the dignity and courtesy of the mission of this agency, when you decided, in secret, to end consideration of deferred action and…

Do you believe that you treated children with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other diseases with the dignity and courtesy of the mission of this agency?

I don't understand how deporting critically ill kids is consistent with any of these values.

I actually greatly appreciate that, because we have been trying to get to the bottom of that question for quite some time.