Political Quotes

“This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments surrounding DACA. Now 800,000 lives hang in the balance. Mr. Speaker, 800,000 is a big number, and in the face of abstract figures it is easy to lose touch with the human reality. So let's think of, maybe, just one person, one young woman who has lived virtually her entire life in this country; whose friends, family, and community are here; who attends school and plays on the soccer team and volunteers at a food bank; who speaks English and no other language. Which one of us would take that child to the border and send her across alone? Which one of us would banish her to a place she has never been? Which one of us would force her to build a life and a language she does not even know? Which one of us could abandon that child with a clear conscience? I suspect the answer is very few of us. And, if that is right, if in our hearts we would not permit us to behave with such coldness and cruelty, then we cannot allow our government to do so either. As our dear colleague Mr. Cummings said, we are better than this. ____________________”