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The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute to their new home country: building our roads, caring for our homes, children, and elders, and serving as doctors, lawyers, employers, and innovators.
Pramila Jayapal
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People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy.
Pramila Jayapal
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It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes.
Pramila Jayapal
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I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight.
Pramila Jayapal
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Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option.
Pramila Jayapal
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My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.
Pramila Jayapal
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My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.
Pramila Jayapal
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We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs.
Pramila Jayapal
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Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others.
Pramila Jayapal
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Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women.
Pramila Jayapal
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If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party.
Pramila Jayapal
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I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful.
Pramila Jayapal
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I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done.
Pramila Jayapal
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If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals.
Pramila Jayapal
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There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone.
Pramila Jayapal
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We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.
Pramila Jayapal
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There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life.
Pramila Jayapal
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Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.
Pramila Jayapal
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What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.
Pramila Jayapal
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Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.
Pramila Jayapal
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I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there.
Pramila Jayapal
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I like to have my cup of green tea.
Pramila Jayapal
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Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together.
Pramila Jayapal
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President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda.
Pramila Jayapal
