Filemon Vela: “What we want to do is stop it right now. We know how to do it. We just need to get the resources there to do it.”

The right to seek asylum is enshrined in United States and international law.

I am opposed to tearing kids away from their parents.

Blaming and punishing the people who are seeking protection is inhumane.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of S. 2107, the Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this crucial bill. I introduced this important legislation in the U.S…