The Chinese. for many decades. were excluded from admission into the United States. The Japanese and Germans were interned through World War II. There was an operation called "Operation Wetback" in the Eisenhower administration that rounded up and deported thousands. if not over a million. Mexicans and Mexican Americans back to Mexico. The latest iteration of those politics. the latest attempt to relive our worst mistakes started when a manwho may become Presidentcalled Mexican immigrants rapists and murderers. There are times in our Nations history when our politics become a race to the bottom. and it takes people of good faith. of different political stripes and beliefs. to stand up and put the brakes on it. Sometimes we have. and sometimes we have fail to do that. But make no mistake that we are in one of those eras now. and this resolution represents just the beginning. My colleague from Illinois . about 45 minutes ago referenced talk of mass deportations. That is not just talk. That is coming from the leading Republican frontrunners for President.