Ayanna Pressley

Ultimately, we will never have a more inclusive and representative delegation - we will not change the complexion, the culture, or the representation - if we do not primary Democrats. ”

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government. ”

I know, given my own life challenges, that there are many non-academic barriers that get in the way of the scholastic and life success of our children and that complicate teaching. ”

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. ”

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. ”

For me, whatever vantage point that I'm serving, I'm going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values. ”

My mother lost her job, so I left school to work full-time to support her. ”

I've not been a decisively re-elected city councilor and top vote-getter three times because I haven't done the work and because I don't work hard. ”

I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule. ”

If elected, I will work with federal leaders to rehouse the non-immigration enforcement functions of ICE - including human trafficking and money laundering investigations - elsewhere in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security while immediately eliminating funding for enforcement and removal functions. ”