Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, as he noted, I did practice immigration law, am proud of the fact I helped people from more than 70 countries immigrate to the United States during my career as an immigration lawyer, all law-abiding citizens and hard working. Many people here have noted how important it is that we maintain our Nation as a nation of immigrants. Most of us can go back just a few generations and find family members who immigrated to this country, my grandfather, my wife's parents. Mr. Chairman, there is no question that with this bill, we are going to continue to do that, continue to be the most generous nation on earth in terms of our immigration policy. But if this amendment is passed, it does not simply split legal immigration reforms, which are needed, both to help the immigration process and to limit it from illegal immigration, it will kill it outright. We have got to defeat this amendment because of the fact that our legal immigration process needs to be reformed. We need to help immediate family members be reunified more quickly.”