Pramila Jayapal

I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am…

— Pramila Jayapal

Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very…

— Pramila Jayapal

Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for…

— Pramila Jayapal

I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was…

— Pramila Jayapal

For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you…

— Pramila Jayapal

OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement…

— Pramila Jayapal

We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies…

— Pramila Jayapal

After 9/11, I had just become an American citizen, and I remember sitting in front of my TV set watching the news…

— Pramila Jayapal

Districts are really different across the country, but the more that people on the progressive Left show power at the ballot box…

— Pramila Jayapal

If there is one thing that resonates for women, it is that regardless of where we come from or what we look…

— Pramila Jayapal

We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that…

— Pramila Jayapal

The immigration system is broken and it needs to be fixed. And it needs to be fixed comprehensively, because this country depends…

— Pramila Jayapal

When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers…

— Pramila Jayapal

As difficult as my story is, it's nothing compared to the people I've worked with. And so I just want to do…

— Pramila Jayapal

There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even…

— Pramila Jayapal

If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind…

— Pramila Jayapal

We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country…

— Pramila Jayapal

My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small…

— Pramila Jayapal

I actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that…

— Pramila Jayapal

Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we…

— Pramila Jayapal

Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with…

— Pramila Jayapal

I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement…

— Pramila Jayapal