"I am not afraid of these families arriving at my doorstep. I live in El Paso."
"I can assure you, we have never been safer or more secure."
"What I am afraid of is the willingness I have seen by some to ignore the responsibility we have as a coequal branch of government."
"Isn't that our obligation?"
"I am from the safe, secure, and vibrant U.S.-Mexico border community of El Paso, Texas, where, unfortunately, we have the dubious distinction of being the testing ground for the Trump administration's..."
"we should call it for what it is."
"we call it the child separation policy because that is exactly what happened."
"That is shocking and horrifying."
"There is a new policy that is about to unfortunately be rolled out in my community called the Migrant Protection Protocol, which I believe is a misnomer for a dangerous and, in some cases, deadly and ..."
"Unfortunately, my community, one of tremendous goodwill and generosity, has been ground zero for many of this administration's cruel anti-immigrant, anti-American policies."
"I come from the U.S.-Mexico border. I represent El Paso, Texas, which has been one of the safest communities in the United States for close to two decades."