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U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “As a proud immigrant—one of only 14 naturalized citizens serving in…Issues: 116th Congress, Immigration
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following a growing number of immigrants in federal custody testing positive for COVID-19, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) unveiled new legislation, called the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together…Issues: 116th Congress, Immigration
High-level ICE and BOP officials are leaving their posts to work at the same companies they regulated, raising concerns about corruption and compliance with federal law [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary…Issues: 116th Congress, Civil Rights, Immigration
[WASHINGTON, DC]—Reps., Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, Yvette D. Clarke, and Adam Smith led 50 members in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf requesting that the Trump Administration allow Somali-American families with…Issues: 116th Congress, Civil Rights, Immigration
The introduction of the Access to Counsel Act comes ahead of the three-year anniversary of President Trump’s Muslim Ban & following reports that as many as 200 Iranian Americans were held at the Peace Arch Border crossing in Blaine, Washington…Issues: 116th Congress, Civil Rights, Immigration
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today led five colleagues in writing to the Trump Administration to demand more information on…Issues: 116th Congress, Civil Rights, Government Reform & Ethics, Immigration