As the first bill the Congresswoman introduced in 2017, this legislation is a direct response to President Trump’s Muslim Ban and to Iranian Americans being detained at the Blaine, Wash. border crossing
The House of Representatives passed the Access to…
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…
[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…
