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Sept. 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Secretary and the Hon Jeff Session, Attorney General - Wyden Raises Concerns over ICE Plans to Reopen Closed Deportation Cases
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono
Sen. Mazie Hirono
Aug. 30, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - With the Number of Refugees Permitted to Come to the U.S. on Pace for Lowest Number on Record, Senators Call on Trump Administration to Step Up Efforts and Honor America's Legacy as a Safe Haven for Families Fleeing Persecution
Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen M. Nielsen - Under Your Leadership, Immigration Crisis Grows Worse By The Day
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Following Troubling Reports That Federally Contracted, Privately Run Detention Centers Are Withholding Basic Necessities From Immigrant Detainees Unless They "Volunteer" To Work, Gillibrand Leads Group Of Six Senators In Calling On Department Of Homeland Security To Immediately End These Illegal Practices, Create More Accountability And Oversight At These Facilities
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 2, 2018
Letter to Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Reinstate TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 31, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono
Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 30, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Maryland Senator Ben Cardin
Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 25, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 20, 2018
Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 19, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Acting Director Vitiello - Question ICE's Practice of Arresting Undocumented Immigrants Taking Steps Toward Legal Status
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 18, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Whitehouse Demands Judiciary Committee Hearing on Family Separation
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
July 6, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 30, 2018
Hirono Joins Families Belong Together Rally, Calls for End to Family Separation & Detention
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Levinson, Office of Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services - Inspector General Launches Inquiry After Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Investigation of Health Department's Treatment of Children Separated from Parents Under President Trump's Policy
Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
June 26, 2018
PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Hirono: Immigrant Detention "Very Reminiscent' of Japanese-american Internment During Wwii
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
PBS "NewsHour" - Transcript: Hirono: Immigrant Detention "Very Reminiscent' of Japanese-American Internment During Wwii
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
Hirono Statement on Muslim Ban Ruling
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
Schatz Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Korematsu v. United States
Sen. Brian Schatz
June 26, 2018
Schatz Statement On Trump Muslim Ban Ruling
Sen. Brian Schatz
June 22, 2018
Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Call Attention to Trump Administration's Slashing of Refugee Admissions
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 21, 2018
CNN "Wolf" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Maize Hirono
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen. Mazie Hirono
June 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Calls For Hearing On President Trump's Family Separation Policy
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen. Brian Schatz, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Maintain Protections for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Lee Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Questions Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security - Concerns over USCIS Plan for New Oversight Division
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Sen. Committee on Appropriations Chairman, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Shelly Moore Capito, Chairwoman, and the Hon. Jon Tester, Ranking Member - Demand Rejection of Trump's Deportation Force Budget Request
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 26, 2018
Hirono: DHS Decision to Terminate Nepal TPS Is Heartless, Continues Attacks on Vulnerable Communities
Sen. Mazie Hirono
April 18, 2018
Hirono, Gillibrand, Harris Introduce Bill to Insulate Immigration Judges from Political Interference
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney General - Senators Murray, Cantwell Urge Department of Justice to Restart Legal Orientation Program
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - TPS Rulings
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - All Senate and House Judiciary Democrats Condemn Recent Actions by the Justice Department Undermining Due Process Protections for Immigrants
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
April 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Thomas Homan, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Call on Ice to Reverse Decision to Detain Pregnant Women
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question
Sen. Mazie Hirono, ...
Date
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Politician
Sept. 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Secretary and the Hon Jeff Session, Attorney General - Wyden Raises Concerns over ICE Plans to Reopen Closed Deportation Cases
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono
Sen.Mazie Hirono
Aug. 30, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - With the Number of Refugees Permitted to Come to the U.S. on Pace for Lowest Number on Record, Senators Call on Trump Administration to Step Up Efforts and Honor America's Legacy as a Safe Haven for Families Fleeing Persecution
Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
Aug. 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen M. Nielsen - Under Your Leadership, Immigration Crisis Grows Worse By The Day
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Take Immediate Steps to Reunite Children and Families
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Following Troubling Reports That Federally Contracted, Privately Run Detention Centers Are Withholding Basic Necessities From Immigrant Detainees Unless They "Volunteer" To Work, Gillibrand Leads Group Of Six Senators In Calling On Department Of Homeland Security To Immediately End These Illegal Practices, Create More Accountability And Oversight At These Facilities
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
Aug. 2, 2018
Letter to Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State - Reinstate TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 31, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono
Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 30, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Maryland Senator Ben Cardin
Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 25, 2018
Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 20, 2018
Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 19, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Acting Director Vitiello - Question ICE's Practice of Arresting Undocumented Immigrants Taking Steps Toward Legal Status
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 18, 2018
Executive Calendar
Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Whitehouse Demands Judiciary Committee Hearing on Family Separation
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
July 6, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 30, 2018
Hirono Joins Families Belong Together Rally, Calls for End to Family Separation & Detention
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General - Answers on Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy, Plans to Reunite Families
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Levinson, Office of Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services - Inspector General Launches Inquiry After Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Investigation of Health Department's Treatment of Children Separated from Parents Under President Trump's Policy
Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
June 26, 2018
PBS "News Hour" - Transcript: Hirono: Immigrant Detention "Very Reminiscent' of Japanese-american Internment During Wwii
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
PBS "NewsHour" - Transcript: Hirono: Immigrant Detention "Very Reminiscent' of Japanese-American Internment During Wwii
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
Hirono Statement on Muslim Ban Ruling
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 26, 2018
Schatz Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Korematsu v. United States
Sen.Brian Schatz
June 26, 2018
Schatz Statement On Trump Muslim Ban Ruling
Sen.Brian Schatz
June 22, 2018
Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Call Attention to Trump Administration's Slashing of Refugee Admissions
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 21, 2018
CNN "Wolf" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Maize Hirono
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen.Mazie Hirono
June 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Calls For Hearing On President Trump's Family Separation Policy
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen.Brian Schatz, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Maintain Protections for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Lee Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Questions Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security - Concerns over USCIS Plan for New Oversight Division
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Sen. Committee on Appropriations Chairman, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Shelly Moore Capito, Chairwoman, and the Hon. Jon Tester, Ranking Member - Demand Rejection of Trump's Deportation Force Budget Request
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 26, 2018
Hirono: DHS Decision to Terminate Nepal TPS Is Heartless, Continues Attacks on Vulnerable Communities
Sen.Mazie Hirono
April 18, 2018
Hirono, Gillibrand, Harris Introduce Bill to Insulate Immigration Judges from Political Interference
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney General - Senators Murray, Cantwell Urge Department of Justice to Restart Legal Orientation Program
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - TPS Rulings
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - All Senate and House Judiciary Democrats Condemn Recent Actions by the Justice Department Undermining Due Process Protections for Immigrants
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
April 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Thomas Homan, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Call on Ice to Reverse Decision to Detain Pregnant Women
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border U.S. BORDER
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to Mr. Kelly - Investigate Allegations Of Separation Of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents At U.S. Border
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 22, 2018
Letter to John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Investigate Resignation of San Francisco ICE Spokesman
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General - Demand Answers from DOJ on Potential Census Citizenship Question
Sen.Mazie Hirono, ...
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