Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, first of all, this bill has been mischaracterized and was just again. This bill makes provisions for when the immigration service prosecutes somebody at the border. It doesn't tell them when to do that. So it is entirely incorrect to make that assertion. I see the conflicting news reports about what the intention of the administration is today on that issue, but that does not change the fact that that has nothing to do with the good measures in this bill that correct the problems that we are speaking about. The overwhelming majority of the American people want children to be with their parents, and I have just seen a poll a few minutes ago that shows that the overwhelming majority of them want those children detained with their parents, not to have the parents and the children released into the interior of the country where they never return for their hearing. That kind of open border policy that is supported by the advocates on the other side of the aisle is not good for America, and it is not good for sound immigration policy. We are a nation of immigrants. There is not a person in this room who can't go back a few generations or several generations and find someone in their family who immigrated to the United States. But we are also a nation of laws, and respect for the rule of law and following our legal immigration system is the foundation of our society.…”