OMAR: For many of us in Congress there has been a longstanding support for its two-state solution and this annexation now is going to make sure that that peace process does not happen. And we will not get to a two-state solution. You have to give people the opportunity to seek the kind of justice they want in a peaceful way. And I think the opportunity to boycott divest sanction is the kind of pressure that leads to that peaceful process.
OMAR: I believe that decision is morally and legally wrong. Seeking asylum is a legal right that people have and we know that the Supreme Court has been wrong before. What we now have an opportunity to do as legislators is make sure that we are creating immigration policy that is humane and just.
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The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2019 (Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2019-20 races). Click here for other excerpts from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2019 (Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2019-20 races). Click here for other excerpts by Ilhan Omar. Click here for a profile of Ilhan Omar.
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