Pelosi: No Deportation Without Representation
Criticizing a $659 million GOP border bill as not doing enough to help illegal immigrants Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) implored lawmakers to “have a heart” and embrace the flood of people coming to the country illegally.
“It’s not just about having a heart, it’s about having a soul,” Pelosi said. “And the soul of our country is about respecting the dignity and worth of every person. The soul of our country is about giving every person access to rights who is in our country.”
Pelosi, citing an unnamed friend, said that there should be no “deportation without representation.”
“So I also thank the groups who are here who advocate for proper representation,” she said.
The GOP bill would spend far less than President Barack Obama requested for handling the immigration crisis and, unlike the White House plan, would speed up deportations and increase border security.
“The argument some make that because of what’s happening on the border, we shouldn’t pass comprehensive immigration reform is upside down,” she said. “Because of what’s happening on the border, we even more quickly pass comprehensive immigration reform.”
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