Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

Therefore, I respectfully ask the committee to work with me to ensure that total funding for the National Guard Counterdrug Support Program ...

Over 110 people have died in immigration custody since 2003. Too many others have been subject to rape, abuse, or medical neglect.

That assertion does not even pass the laugh test. But nobody should find it amusing.

I must respectfully say that I find the premise of today's hearing to be misguided and, frankly, appalling.