Political Quotes

“Mr. President, tonight I am rising to talk about legislation that I have introduced that now has 40 Senators sponsoring it. It is called the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act. I think all of us in America have seen so many stories of refugee children being treated in a horrific manner at the border or beyond the border in a system of child migrant prisons. Just recently, we have had the story about 3-year old Sofia and her parents--Tania and Joseph--proceeded to experience horrific circumstances in which a gang killed Tania's mother and her sister-in- law. A note was posted on the door that they would be killed, that they had 45 minutes to leave. I imagine all of us would flee with our children under those circumstances. They made it to the border of the United States. They did get through an initial hearing which is designed to determine if there is credible fear of return, and that sets the stage then for an asylum hearing. But we are shipping folks back into Mexico to await that asylum hearing. In this case, the little girl in the family--she has a heart problem, and she had suffered a heart attack--a 3-year old girl--yet we sent that family back into Mexico without friends, without family, without funds. It is only because a Member of Congress heard about it--a Member in the House, Congresswoman Escobar--and intervened, that the little girl was allowed to remain in the United States.…”