in this case, the government evidenced hostility to public speech in the public square. that s one person s opinion. again, i m not asking you for any opinion with regard to the case that may come before the court. [protesting in background]. mr. chairman, i hope that time won t be subtracted from my 30 minutes. it won t be. thank you. so judge kavanaugh, i m intrigued by a comment that you made earlier about the role of precedent. we heard a lot about precedent. you alluded to this book that you and others other judges wrote with brian garner on the
does it all the time and with an intention to divide on these kind of fault lines of american society. and so it s not a surprise that america is fracturing. so scott, peter, mentioned his rhetoric. i just want to remind our viewers how the president has described immigrants in the past few years. we are bringing in some very, very bad people. we don t want this group of people anymore. you wouldn t believe how bad these people are. these aren t people. these are animals. i referred to them as animals, and guess what? i always will. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. scott, invoking fear to immigrants, you think?
citizens, particularly one as extensive and generous as the united states. for too long, immigration law was ignored frankly and basically unenforced. obama tried to kind of enforce it in an ad hoc fashion but the policies which i will get to a new moment only ended up exacerbating our problems at the border. today we have a full on crisis. 160% increase the number of people illegally entering the united states from just last year. while, the president is responding with a zero tolerance message which she reiterated today. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe. you look at what s happening in other places. we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. laura: now, the president is not doing now doing what e
the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won t be. reporter: and on twitter, he is amping up the anti-immigration rhetoric, saying, big mistake made all over europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture! the president warning it could happen here. still, he says, he, too, is disturbed by those images of children in detention centers. what s happening is so sad is so sad. and it can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and we ll have safety. reporter: the president could be the one to end it. it is his policy launched by his administration. and tonight, opposition is mounting. all four living former first ladies going public. laura bush writing in the washington post, this zero tolerance policy is cruel. it is immoral. and it breaks my heart.
thinks the media is cherry-picking these images and the president s aides are actually bringing him pictures showing these detained children smiling and plays games. more on that in a bit. the president has falsely blamed democrats for the situation on the border. he did so again today. i say it s very strongly the democrats fault. they re obstruction. they re obstructionist, and they are obstructing. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee-holding facility. it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe. you look at what s happening in other places. we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen has been the point person to enforce the latest policy, and she has insisted the white house is enforcing the law, a point she made repeatedly in the white