03/09/2011
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"Such instances are a stark reminder that these issues have no business being tied to partisan maneuvering, but rather we must work together to end human trafficking and smuggling."
"The reality is that we need legal pathways for migrants who are often fleeing conflict, persecution, or dire economic conditions in search of a better life."
"My Republican colleagues will try to make the American people think that shutting our borders to asylum seekers would help stop human smuggling and trafficking."
"we must unequivocally stand against every violent White supremacist ideology that is anti-immigrant rhetoric, Islamophobic, and antisemitic sentiment."