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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to turn in, like, 20 money orders to pay my rent - $20 for this one, $30 for this one. I didn't have a checking account.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We desperately need comprehensive immigration reform in this nation, and yes, comprehensive immigration reform proposals are nuanced and complicated, but you know what shouldn't be? Our capacity to see each other's humanity.
- Clean
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Washington, we need to pass a clean DREAM Act.
- Compassion
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a permanent solution to TPS recipients and develop a path to citizenship. And, more fundamentally, we need to ensure that our immigration policies treat those coming to this country with the dignity and compassion that should be afforded to all human beings and immediately stop tearing families apart.
- Price
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- Nov 07, 2020
Plans without price tags are simply pandering.
- Courageous
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- Nov 07, 2020
My priority will remain supporting those courageous individuals and organizations, among both Israelis and Palestinians, committed to bringing peaceful coexistence to the region.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the issue that no one else named - to spotlight it, to advocate for it. That's where all advocacy begins. I've asked different questions. I've raised different issues.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life as an advocate for those most in need is inspired by my mother's example. She believed in the potential inherent in each of us, and that belief is the foundation of my work.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not everyone is granted the opportunity that each of us deserves: to fulfill our God-given potential.
- Lens
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making progress on longstanding challenges requires a different lens and a new approach.
- Drug Companies
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- Nov 07, 2020
From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown out the voices of regular people.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our immigration system is fundamentally broken, and ICE's role in supporting the existing system - including separating families seeking refuge in the United States and conducting indiscriminate deportation raids in our communities - is creating an atmosphere of toxic fear and mistrust in immigrant communities.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of the LGBTQIA community.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people.
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- Nov 07, 2020