"We know that more than 3,000 immigrants in ICE custody have tested positive for the coronavirus."
"This administration, and I also believe your companies, have failed to put safety first."
"We also know that much more could be done to protect immigrants in custody from COVID-19."
"When you are in the business of detaining immigrants and implementing the policies of this administration, you don't get to just answer to your stakeholders."
"Given the lack of testing in ICE facilities, we all know that true number is much, much higher."
"We must work together to find a solution to these disparities."
"I think this is both an extremely important and extremely relevant hearing for us to be having in this particular moment in our Nation's history."
"The protests and public outcry during this past couple of weeks over the killing and abuse of black women and men at the hands of those sworn to protect and serve them, add to this the disparities tha..."
"This intersectionality is undeniable."
"The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has shown us perhaps more clearly than ever that issues of environmental justice do not simply exist alone amongst themselves in a vacuum."
"I think many of us in Congress were shocked and disappointed that the administration's initial proposed amount for the emergency supplemental was only $2.5 billion."