Pelosi: End Raids Splitting Immigrant Families

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined hundreds of families Saturday evening at a church in

San Francisco

's Mission District demanding an end to the immigration raids and deportations that separate parents from children across the

United States

.

Pelosi, who has said securing

U.S.

borders is a top priority, used the forum to call for a comprehensive immigration program that recognizes the broad contributions immigrants have made to the fabric of the country.

"Our future is about our children," Pelosi told a crowd of mostly Latino families at St. Anthony's Church.

No matter if those families arrived two days ago or centuries ago, Pelosi said "that opportunity, that determination, that hope has made American more American."

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