We live in a global society and are connected with countries and
citizens from around the world. To build this wall not only separates
the United States from our bordering country--our neighbor, Mexico,
which is one of our biggest trading partners--but the wall itself sends
a strong message to citizens around the world that they are not welcome
here in America. The President's wall and his anti-immigrant agenda is
a continuation of the
irrational and hateful rhetoric we have witnessed from him before, and
it stands contrary to who we are as Americans and to what we believe as
a nation. I am proud to introduce one of my first bills in Congress, called
This is Our Land, which is legislation that will prohibit this divisive
wall from being erected on public lands. This is a time when we should
be investing in our infrastructure--in roads, bridges, tunnels,
airports, schools, housing--and also respecting our public lands.
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