the Department of Justice has taken the position that Section 5 and indeed Section 2, as well, protects the ability to elect Democrats
The rights of citizens of these United States shall not be abridged or denied.
the basic premise of Section 5 pre-clearance is that elected representatives are incompetent minors
We need to be doing everything we can to improve access to the ballots and make it convenient and to make it easy.
I think we need to look at higher ground here.
you and I are both at this hearing. We are both elected officials in the State of Texas. We are both Hispanic.
We have a particular humanitarian crisis with respect to unaccompanied minors. That is a crisis that is the direct conse...
This is a humanitarian crisis that we have a legal system in place that is failing to secure the border and that is ince...
Mr. Secretary, my time is expiring, but with all respect, in my view that argument is a red herring.
I myself am the son of an immigrant from Cuba, and I am a passionate advocate for legal immigration.
We have to avoid practices and policies that operate as magnets for further illegal migration.