We have to give some certainty to these young men and women—some of these young women that have families now—about what is their status in this country. So I think everyone's, you know, kind of dancing around the main topic. But at the end of the day, we're just going to have to come to the…
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Ruben Gallego
Ruben Marinelarena Gallego (born November 20, 1979) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving as assistant minority leader in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2012 until his resignation to run for Congress. Gallego was elected to Congress in the 2014 midterm congressional elections. His district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale. 2Personal life Gallego was born in Chicago and is a first generation American of a Colombian mother and a Mexican father.Along with his three sisters, he was raised by a single mother. The family eventually moved to Evergreen Park, Illinois and he graduated from Evergreen Park Community High School.On August 7, 2008, Ruben Marinelarena changed his name to Ruben Marinelarena Gallego to honor his mother, Elisa Gallego, who raised him and his three siblings on her own after his father abandoned the family in his childhood. Gallego was married to Kate Gallego, a member of the Phoenix City Council. They divorced in 2017, just prior to the birth of their first and only child. Gallego currently sits on the boards of Valley Citizens League, and the President’s Community Advisory Board for South Mountain Community College. 2Career After graduating from Harvard University, Gallego joined the Marines but did not receive an officers commissio
We've had a lot of conversations about what we're willing to do. And border security has always been a part of that. You know, what we're not going to do is fund a stupid wall for the sake of saying that we funded a wall, for the sake of, you know, fulfilling the president's ego and, specifically,…
I do feel frustrated because I think that we had the best opportunity to pass this when we had it all together at once. And, you know, there's a lot of, you know, talk about taking care of our military. And I think people forget that there is 10,000 DREAMers that are actually in—well, 1,000 that are…