It is deeply personal and deeply patriotic to march, to make my
opinions known by walking with my allies arm in arm. I want to be able
to look at my two beautiful Latina daughters and my beautiful half-
Puerto Rican, half-Mexican, but 100 percent American grandson, Luis
Andres, in the eye with a clear conscience. When the new President denigrates Latinos or Mexicans or immigrants
as drug dealers and criminals, I want to be able to say that I did not
condone or allow that type of speech to go mainstream. That was not
normalized on my watch. Because the future President said that the American-born children of
immigrants were not capable of being American judges, I cannot sit
there as if this inauguration is okay and I forgave him. I am deeply honored to return to the U.S. Congress, and I want to
thank the people of the Fourth Congressional District.
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Generalizes Latinos, Mexicans, and immigrants as drug dealers and criminals.
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immigrants