Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
What is really most troubling about some of these detention centers, that they are really more incarceration centers than detention centers.
Said by
Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Garcia expresses concern that detention centers resemble prisons more than places for temporary holding.

Share & report

More from Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia

May 7, 2024

Mr. Speaker, due to illness, I was unable to vote during the first vote series. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: YEA on roll call No. 179, H.R. 3354, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220…

Congressional Record · 2024-05-07
Jul 8, 2024

This is about freedom versus fascism.

congress.gov
Jun 14, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise today during Immigrant Heritage Month in recognition of the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, known as DACA. Since 2012, DACA recipients, or Dreamers, have experienced uncertainty…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-14
Mar 6, 2024

On the morning of January 6th, I joined my colleagues of the House to certify the historic election of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation