Yvette Clarke: “This is a very serious problem and that is why we introduce this bill to address it.”

I am deeply disturbed by Congresswoman Greene's attacks on HIAS, originally known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aids Society.

I thank the chairman, Mr. McHenry, and the ranking member for bringing this legislation to the floor. I thank Congresswoman Barbara Lee for her tenacity in making sure that we would see this come to fruition. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as…

The typical reason is the same as for most migrants, for work or a better life.

Silence in this moment is not neutrality — it is complicity.