Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to denounce and condemn the Trump administration's heartless and inhumane policy of separating immigrant children from their mothers and their parents at our borders. Americans across the Nation are horrified by the actions undertaken to separate and punish children seeking safety and refuge here in the United States. This isn't about politics. This is about basic humanity. This is not who we are as a people. Or I ask the President: Is it? Is this whom we have become? And let's be honest about what is really happening. This administration is terrorizing children and persecuting families who are fleeing for their lives, families that are not sneaking into the United States but surrendering willingly, surrendering and seeking out border agents and asking for asylum, not committing a crime or an offense against the American people, simply asking for asylum, fearing for their lives and for the safety of their children. Is asking for asylum a criminal act? Since when has asking for asylum become a criminal act? It is not just against American values. It is against any principles of common decency. And the White House knows that what it is doing is wrong. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said, in early May, that taking children away from their families `` . . . would be a tough deterrent.'' Let me respond to that. Hurting children isn't tough. It is an abomination, and it will create lifelong consequences for those children.…”