I hope that General Kelly will
recognize that $25 billion is better spent trying to reduce factors
that drive people to the United States. After speaking to General Kelly and listening to his testimony, I am
cautiously optimistic that this is a nominee who understands the issues
that will be in front of a Homeland Security Secretary. Ultimately, to
truly understand the issues, General Kelly will need an ongoing dialog
with those such as myself who care deeply about fixing our immigration
system. As my colleagues are aware, my record of standing up for
immigrants is clear from years of work on comprehensive immigration
reform. General Kelly should hear the stories about those with loved
ones who have been torn from their homes and sent back to a country
they no longer have a connection with. He should talk to those young
immigrants who are American in every way except for a piece of paper
who have come out of the shadows, registered with the government, and
applied for DACA and fear being deported under this new administration. He should hear from parents who have U.S. citizen children and have
lived in this country for over a decade and live with the constant
threat of being separated from their children. I will support the nomination of General Kelly to be the Secretary of
Homeland Security. However, I plan on using every procedural and
legislative tool to push back against any deportation force or policies
that indiscriminately separate families, targets DREAMers, and generate
fear in our immigrant communities. Mr, JOHNSON. Mr.
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