We saw lawyers who had to go down there
and give their time. A shout-out to the ACLU and to the attorneys at
public counsel and to so many other attorneys who went down there and
gave their evenings, their time, and who have been standing up and
fighting for people in court to get people to come back. Just today, at Los Angeles International Airport, there was a press
conference held to welcome back the one person who was allowed to come
back--an Iranian citizen who was deported and sent back, who was
forcibly removed on Friday night even though he had a legal right to be
here. Hopefully we are going to hear more of these stories, but it
shouldn't be that way. People should not show up at the airport and get
on a flight in a country in which they have a right to be just to have
to turn around and be sent back after being detained for hours on end. This isn't right. As a Member of Congress, I will work to ensure that the Federal
Government obeys the Constitution, respects our history as a nation of
immigrants, and does not unlawfully target anyone because of one's
national origin or faith.
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