Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., warned the United States would collapse without immigrants and encouraged the GOP to work with Democrats during an interview on MSNBC Friday.
action, you know. some action. it seems as though inaction is the way of benefiting politically from this. and it is just tragic. it is tragic. and this is the thing i worked on this issue for 20 years, immigrants are used as a political football. and what we need is for folks on the other side to work with us because we need immigrants, this country would collapse without immigrants, i m an immigrant, i m a first naturalized citizen to be ranking member on the immigration subcommittee, and i know that the opportunity that we have here is so phenomenal, but so is the responsibility. for us as a country to continue to welcome in people who are fleeing terrible conditions in their home countries. congresswoman, i can t thank you enough for coming in, for always having that very clear voice we need to have. thank you for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. up next, our exclusive interview with the leaders of capitol hill s top three
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u.s. citizen. i now have the opportunity to serve as the ranking member on the immigration subcommittee. the first time an immigrant has done that. i look at these people who and i ve been to the border so many times. i ve met with and worked with immigrants over 20 years, and every story is a story of tremendous courage, resilience, and the conditions that people are fleeing. and it s also a story about america, right? america has been built by immigrants willing and unwilling, brought over on slave ships and escaping terrible situations to come to america because we are proud of that history. we also have international human rights treaties that we are signatories to and so this is about our domestic law. it s about our international obligations, and it s about who we are as a country and what we re willing to stand for. these individuals who come, they would not make these journeys
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