Political Quotes

“Here we are again, debating another partisan bill that promotes fearmongering about immigrants, instead of working together to fix the immigration system. I probably shouldn't be too surprised. Scapegoating immigrants and attempting to weaponize the crime of domestic violence is appearing to be a time-honored tradition for Republicans. The Trump administration reversed protections for asylum seekers who were fleeing unspeakable domestic violence in their home countries, and that is exactly what will happen again under another Trump Presidency as described in Trump's Project 2025. Aminta Cifuentes is emblematic of the many survivors of gender-based violence who would be harmed by this legislation. For over 10 years, Aminta Cifuentes' husband beat, raped, and tormented her. He tried to set her on fire. It resulted in her permanent hearing loss. He once hit her so hard that she gave birth prematurely, and she still has difficulty breathing and speaking. Ms. Cifuentes tried to get protection from Guatemalan law enforcement multiple times, but the police dismissed her complaints as marital problems. When she tried to leave her husband, he hunted her down. She finally fled to the United States where even here, her husband's threats still followed her. This is exactly the kind of person that apparently my Republican colleagues do not think deserves protection.…”