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" I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building. "
Pramila Jayapal
Space
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Create
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" People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy. "
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" The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together. "
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" I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it. "
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" I have an incredibly supportive family. "
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" I never thought I would run for office. "
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" Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women. "
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" There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life. "
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" The American people expect their leaders to condemn white supremacy in unambiguous terms. President Trump not only failed at condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis, he stood up for them - for that, he must be censured. "
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" I became an immigrant, civil and human rights advocate, then the first South Asian elected to the Washington State Legislature and the only woman of color in the Washington State Senate, and then was elected in 2016 to the United States Congress. "
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" We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely. "
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" My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table. "
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" What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all. "
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America
" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "
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" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
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Country
Feel
" Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world. "
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" I am on the side of the working person across the country. "
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" I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for. "
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" If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party. "
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Opposition
Party
Power
" We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs. "
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Lying
Immigrants
" Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good. "
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" There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal. "
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" Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward. "
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" As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody. "
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" Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most. "
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" It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes. "
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" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "
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Some People
Some
" I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful. "
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" OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington. "
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" Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy. "
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