I went to a predominantly African-American school. I didn’t even understand our immigration system. I knew my parents immigrated here. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government banned civil rights leaders from boycotting buses in Montgomery, Alabama, or banning divestment from Apartheid South Africa. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
Social niceties are not in order for men who would turn away refugees fleeing for their lives based on their faith to have them suffer in camps. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
I’m tired of just introducing legislation that’s just not going to change our lives. It’s going beyond that. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
From capitalizing housing trust funds, which allow low-income people to obtain grants to fix up and stay in their homes, to creating job training programs in schools, these are the kinds of economic stimuli that will give families the opportunity to thrive. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
I’m never going to be this polished politician. Nor am I going to be perfect. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
You know, as a child of Palestinian immigrants, again, every corner of my district is a reminder of the civil rights movement, and I bring that lens, and I try to – you know, many of the Palestinians, they have called me, reached out to me via social media. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
As a social justice lawyer, I started marches against Trump here in Detroit. Rashida Tlaib Read Quote
