Political Quotes

“I want to thank Congressman Garcia for yielding. I am from Vermont, and it is hard to be farther from the southern border in the United States than being in Vermont, but the question that people ask me in Vermont, really, more than anything else, is how is it that in the name of our government, under the authority of our flag, we have instituted a policy, since rescinded, to take children away from parents? How is that possible? The President talks about a crisis at the border. No argument about that; there is a crisis at the border. But is the right response to it that you separate families? Is the right response that you call the people who are coming gang members and rapists and killers? I went to the border, as well, and met many of the women and the men and the children who were there, and as you know better than anybody-- and, by the way, I really appreciate your leadership on this and the leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus--the people who are there are there out of desperation. One woman I spoke to, who was from Guatemala, told us that she had a 13-year-old daughter, and her husband had already been murdered, and the mother was told that her daughter was going to become the girlfriend of one of the gang members. It was that fear that made her leave her home. People do not want to leave their home, and they only do it when they absolutely have to to save their lives.…”