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" Immigrants contribute more than they take. It is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about every benefit. "
Pramila Jayapal
Just
Because
Immigrants
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" There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone. "
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" I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done. "
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" I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there. "
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Always
" Immigration is about more than just who comes here and who is allowed to stay. It is about who we are as a country and what we are willing to stand up for. "
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" I never thought I would run for office. "
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Would
Thought
" I am on the side of the working person across the country. "
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" Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House. "
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Alive
Well
" Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential. "
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" President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda. "
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Fear
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" Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that. "
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Real
Sometimes
Policy
" What Republicans so cynically refer to as 'chain migration' is actually family-based immigration - a humane and compassionate policy of reunifying families. It allows spouses to be together, siblings to support each other, and children to be with their parents. It allows the immigrants who are already here to be successful. "
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Parents
Children
Together
" My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table. "
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You
People
Table
" 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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Immigrants
Always
Blame
" We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women. "
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Choices
Choose
Women
" We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies rip families apart across our country. "
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People
Immigrants
Sick
" I have an incredibly supportive family. "
Pramila Jayapal
Supportive
Family
Incredibly
" As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that. "
Pramila Jayapal
People
Fight
Reflect
" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "
Pramila Jayapal
Proud
Some People
Some
" As difficult as my story is, it's nothing compared to the people I've worked with. And so I just want to do everything I can to make sure that America continues to be a land of opportunity and hope for people and refuge for people from all over the world. "
Pramila Jayapal
Story
World
Opportunity
" When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers are playing the game as they should and that the rest of us should fall in line. "
Pramila Jayapal
Game
Women
Fall
" Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more. "
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Become
Gone
Soldiers
" There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up? "
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Fear
Up
Time
" My grandmother was whip smart as well as an incredible athlete. She played tennis in her sari, cheered on the Indian team in cricket matches, and tried to convince us that her made-up words were real so she could win a Scrabble game. "
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Win
Words
Team
" I really get my best work done in the morning, so if I have to edit speeches or comments, that all happens before I get to work. "
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Morning
Get
Done
" 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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Human Rights
Woman
Immigrant
" 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
" My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. "
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Small
Stand
Strong
" Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it. "
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Sometimes
Out
Beautiful
" For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity. "
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Identity
Women
Opportunity
" It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen. "
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Me
Took
Become