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U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gestures as she talks optimistically about Democrats' chances in down-ticket races in 2016, during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 7, 2016.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gestures as she talks optimistically about Democrats' chances in down-ticket races in 2016, during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 7, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Pelosi also praised the Christian clergy for their work, and said that she stands by them in raising concern for the way U.S. government officials have been carrying out deportations.

"From the senseless end to DACA and the elimination of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of law-abiding immigrants, to the barbaric and unacceptable policy of ripping children from their parents at the border. Barbaric – it's not American, it's not faith-based," Pelosi declared.

The Democratic leader said that a "deportation dragnet" is "being thrown over our cities, splitting apart families. We must have a call to action. People of faith must weigh in."

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She argued that historically, U.S. presidents have respected the value of immigration, but accused Trump's administration of failing to do so.

"This is the first time in recent history where we have had a president who does not respect the dignity and worth of every person coming into our country, the recognition that immigration is the constant reinvigoration of America," she said.

"When newcomers come to America, their hopes and dreams and aspirations and optimism and courage to make the future better for their children — those are American dreams. Those immigrants — they make America more American and we must respect that."

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