Political Quotes

“I would note the senior Senator from California characterized Kate's Law--and this is a verbatim quote--as ``going overboard and punishing everyone.'' Kate's Law is targeted only to aggravated felons. It is only murderers and rapists and other violent criminals--those who have committed aggravated felonies and have reentered the country illegally. So what the Democratic Party has attempted to do, what the Democratic leader has attempted to do is to suggest that incarcerating illegal immigrants who are murderers and rapists is somehow maligning or impugning immigrants. To the contrary, it is targeting violent criminals. I do not believe the millions of legal immigrants who followed the rules, like my father did, are in any way swept into a law that is targeting aggravated felons. Aggravated felons is a discreet category. Had Kate's Law passed 5 years ago, Kate Steinle would still be alive today.”