This legislation, introduced by Representative David Cicilline and supported by 240 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives, is our opportunity to affirm that this country's landmark civil rights guarantee all people the right to be safe, secure, and free from discrimination.
Cicilline emphasizes the importance of the Equality Act for civil rights protection.
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If my Republican colleagues were serious about violent crime and sincere in their efforts to law enforcement, they would have joined us in that effort.
I don't see that happening in Manhattan, and it's caused more people to die.
It would put migrants in an uncertain dangerous situation as Mr. Cicilline said and would transfer our responsibilities to countries that have minimal resources.
I think suggesting that the real answer is to export our responsibility to do that to another country or to make asylum seeking so difficult because you cannot work and you must stay in Mexico that people will not apply for it is not the…
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