Political Quotes

Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past.

Since 1917, Congress has required immigration officers to inspect noncitizens who arrive at ports of entry to determine whether they may enter the United States.

Disability discrimination is 'most often the product, not of invidious animus, but rather of thoughtlessness and indifference—of benign neglect.'

The point, however, is not that illegal entry always produces a net windfall for asylum seekers; it is that Congress was unlikely to devise a system in which asylum is available to those who unlawfully set foot over the border, but not to…