Ryan Schwenk

I have a family.

I walked away from a well-paid, secure career doing something that I thought was good into a world where I have no job security.

I have no idea what the future holds.

I told my wife when I walked off the Senate floor,

The words that kept going through my head was, and now for the rest of my life.

Sorry, I didn't think this conversation would make me emotional, but it does.

It's okay.

Can I just have a second?

Of course, of course.

Take your time.

We took a small break.

Hello.

You know, I want to say something real quick before we keep going.

Like, for the last four and a half years, this has been my life, right?

But I'm the son of an immigrant.

My father is a doctor from Guatemala who came to the U.S.

to practice.

And because he came here to practice from Guatemala, he had a fantastic life, right?

He had a very successful career as a neurosurgeon.

i grew up with hundreds of immigrant friends and family members um when i took this job i gave up the tribe i had before i lost a lot of friends over my decision to go work for ice and that was a hard transition too and i know that that's one of the things that has been said about me is oh he's