Joe Crowley: “I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation.”

The Trump administration and its attacks on families seeking asylum are in full force. The Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, just announced this week that victims of domestic violence and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum here…

This is not a Republican or a Democratic cause.

I am asking on the underlying resolution before you, is it a privileged resolution? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair announced that the resolution qualified as privileged.

Is this motion privileged? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has offered a motion to table the question of privilege.