We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs.

We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs.

I have an incredibly supportive family.

I have an incredibly supportive family.

We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women.

We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women.

Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent.

Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent.

We have to take our anger and rage and channel it into building, growing, loving, holding each other up.

We have to take our anger and rage and channel it into building, growing, loving, holding each other up.

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity.

For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity.

I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there.

I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there.

I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom.

I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom.

There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up?

There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up?

I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.

I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.

I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.

I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.