“We will deploy our men and women in uniform only where there is a need...” — Michelle Lujan Grisham Quote

We will deploy our men and women in uniform only where there is a need, and where their presence can make a genuine difference in ensuring public safety and an easing of the humanitarian concerns at our southern border.

I am really intense and passionate about the things I believe in and about engaging and improving the quality of life for not only my constituents but everyone.

2010 was sort of this shock and shift in congress, with the real emergence of the Tea Party.

I want to be really clear that the Hispanic Caucus - well before my time on that caucus, and certainly before my time as chairwoman - has been very clear that a guiding principle for comprehensive immigration reform, and for issues related to Dreamers, is that a wall is a nonstarter.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

Vancouver is an amazing city and luckily, growing up in the Seattle area, I was able to immerse myself into the culture at a young age, traveling back and forth across the border for skating competitions as a youngster.

The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.

Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.