Excerpts from Attorney General Gonzales and Rebecca Gonzales's interview with Stumbling Blocks on ICE Actions, Immigration, and the Epstein Files

Excerpted Quotes from Attorney General Gonzales On ICE Actions and Immigration

Based on what I've observed… it seems like we're going through an unprecedented, dangerous time. I worry about what's going on in our country, and I think a lot of Americans are worried about it.

The way that we're enforcing immigration today, to me, it sends a terrible message, not just to the American people. It sends a terrible message to people around the world, in terms of what America is today, as opposed to…talking about the value of immigrants and how much they've contributed and why we as a country are stronger and better because we have welcomed immigrants and they're part of the fabric of our society. I don't think that message is out there anymore, and I think that really does sadden me.

I think that makes America weaker. I really do. And I think it emboldens our enemies.

Hopefully the courts and hopefully Congress will take action and address it.

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Excerpted Quotes from Attorney General Gonzales On the Epstein Files

I think this whole episode is embarrassing. I think it's an embarrassment to this Administration, to the Department of Justice, a complete failure of the Department to abide by the law. That's the role of the Department of Justice — to enforce the law. And here we have a Department that's not doing that.

But what appears to be, in some cases, selective redactions and the selective release of documents, drip, drip, drip process, it sends a terrible message.

And I think it's legitimate for the American people to wonder, “what are you hiding?”

It hurts the image of America, I think, around the world.

The way that this has been handled from the very beginning has been a disaster. For the American people, certainly for this Administration, and for the victims.