thank you. you can have the last word. yeah, so, senator, your grandfather had to stay there. i didn t have a choice. i was brought here. i didn t understand what my situation was until i was much older and i was already contributing to my community. i don t know if you re familiar with immigrations laws, but immigration can be very difficult depending on what country you come from. i come from mexico, which means that and i contemplated this when i was graduating high school, because i was so desperate, i had begged my parents to let me go back home. but what that meant is that i would have to go back home, and i m banned for ten years. and mexicans are just, no matter how talented you are, no matter what you ve contributed, there s just no way to get back. and that s the reason a lot of people risk their lives to come here. i bet that touches you, senator? it s tragic to hear that. you know, i m i have said
yeah, so, senator, your grandfather had to stay there. i didn t have a choice. i was brought here. i didn t understand what my situation was until i was much older and i was already contributing to my community. i don t know if you re familiar with immigrations laws, but immigration can be very difficult depending on what country you come from. i come from mexico, which means that and i contemplated this when i was graduating high school, because i was so desperate, i had begged my parents to let me go back home. but what that meant is that i would have to go back home, and i m banned for ten years. and mexicans are just, no matter how talented you are, no matter what you ve contributed, there s just no way to get back. and that s the reason a lot of people risk their lives to come here. i bet that touches you, senator? it s tragic to hear that. you know, i m i have said that we need to re-look at reentry and ten years is punitive, i would agree with that. we could probably m