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…

[SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, today led five House Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration to take “swift and immediate action” to protect…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today applauded the Committee’s advancement of her Access to Counsel Act of 2020. H.R. 5581.…

[WASHINGTON, DC] — Three years after President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban first separated thousands of families, and amid reports that the Trump Administration is expanding this discriminatory policy, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09) issued the following joint statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against King County over the county’s order that bans ICE from using from…

[WASHINGTON, DC] — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration issued the latest in a…