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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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance' policy harms kids and must be stopped. It's time to close this embarrassing chapter in our nation's history once and for all."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement On Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Rep. Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Defeat Of Immigration Reform
Rep. Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Our police know that detaining families seeking safety is inhumane and cruel and doesn't make us safer. The process at our Southern border must be orderly and caring, and align with our American values #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Glad HHS answered @SenateDems request by taking this important step for the health and well being of these children. We need full transparency about what's happening under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "The way we treat the people at our borders is a message to the world. We have to be humane, civilized, and caring #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen. Dick Durbin
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. Dick Durbin, ...
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security - Duckworth Calls on HHS & DHS to Reunite Families Separated Under Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Demand Details On How Many Tax Dollars are Being Spent on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 26, 2018
Casten: Scotus Decision Undermines Our Constitution
Rep. Sean Casten
June 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Duckworth Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Preserve Trump's Discriminatory Travel Ban
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy has created a humanitarian and health crisis that they now have a moral obligation to solve. I'm asking HHS for more info on the health and well-being of separated children, and when they'll be reunited with their parents."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 25, 2018
Duckworth, Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 25, 2018
Tweet - "As of today, more than 2,000 children remain separated from their parents. Also as of today, the President has continued to verbally attack immigrants and demand deportations without due process. He lacks the compassion to help solve the humanitarian crisis he created."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 22, 2018
Tweet - "Where is the plan from the Trump Administration to reunite these children with their parents? President Trump created this humanitarian crisis--he hasn't solved anything."
Sen. Dick Durbin
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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2018
Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2018
Foster Statement On Opposition to Immigration Legislation
Rep. Bill Foster
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Trump Administration Must Account for Every Immigrant Child Separated from Parents
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 21, 2018
Immigration Legislation
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 21, 2018
Schneider Statement On Failure Of Hard-Line House Immigration Bill
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 21, 2018
Immigration Legislation
Rep. Mike Quigley
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: the President is doubling down on his "zero tolerance' policy. His new Executive Order criminalizes asylum-seekers and seeks to indefinitely detain their children."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Family Separation
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 20, 2018
Nation's Moral Traditions
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 20, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Trump Executive Order to Continue Family Separation
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2018
Durbin Statement On Trump Order To Continue 'Zero Tolerance' & Detain Children Indefinitely
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
House Democrats, Immigration Advocates Demand the Trump Administration End Family Separation
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "This is a hostage crisis. Babies and preschoolers are torn from their parents, and right now Republican senators are figuring out how much they can extort in Congress instead of telling the President to simply stop."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health - E&C Democrats Demand Hearing on Child Detention Centers
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 19, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Renewed Attack on Sanctuary Cities
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 19, 2018
Family Separation
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 19, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Inhumane Trump Administration Policy of Family Separation
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "To my Republican colleagues: Be unafraid of what Breitbart will say tomorrow. Be unafraid what right-wingers' are going to do to you in the next primary. If you truly believe family separation is reprehensible and shameful, have the courage to stand up to this President."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "The White House is trying to play the blame game for its own policy of separating children from their parents--they're not fooling anybody."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 18, 2018
Foster Leads Call to Demand Answers to ICE Arrests
Rep. Bill Foster
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump continues to blame Democrats for family separation at the border. Let's get the facts straight: AG Sessions and President Trump made this decision. It's false to say there's a law they're enforcing. They could end this cruelty if they so desire."
Sen. Dick Durbin
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. Dick Durbin, ...
June 18, 2018
Foster Statement on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Rep. Bill Foster
June 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Investigate Trump Policy of Separating Children at Border
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Date
Title
Politician
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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance' policy harms kids and must be stopped. It's time to close this embarrassing chapter in our nation's history once and for all."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Foster Statement On Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Rep.Bill Foster
June 27, 2018
Bost Statement On Defeat Of Immigration Reform
Rep.Mike Bost
June 27, 2018
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to Secretary Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services, and Director Scott Lloyd, Office of Refugee Resettlement - Answers Regarding Allegations of Abuse Toward Migrant Children in Custody
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Our police know that detaining families seeking safety is inhumane and cruel and doesn't make us safer. The process at our Southern border must be orderly and caring, and align with our American values #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "Glad HHS answered @SenateDems request by taking this important step for the health and well being of these children. We need full transparency about what's happening under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Tweet - "The way we treat the people at our borders is a message to the world. We have to be humane, civilized, and caring #FamiliesBelongTogether."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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.Dick Durbin, ...
June 27, 2018
Durbin Statement On Court Order Blocking Trump Child Separation Policy
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security - Duckworth Calls on HHS & DHS to Reunite Families Separated Under Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Demand Details On How Many Tax Dollars are Being Spent on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 26, 2018
Casten: Scotus Decision Undermines Our Constitution
Rep.Sean Casten
June 26, 2018
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2018
Duckworth Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Preserve Trump's Discriminatory Travel Ban
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy has created a humanitarian and health crisis that they now have a moral obligation to solve. I'm asking HHS for more info on the health and well-being of separated children, and when they'll be reunited with their parents."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 25, 2018
Duckworth, Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 25, 2018
Tweet - "As of today, more than 2,000 children remain separated from their parents. Also as of today, the President has continued to verbally attack immigrants and demand deportations without due process. He lacks the compassion to help solve the humanitarian crisis he created."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 22, 2018
Tweet - "Where is the plan from the Trump Administration to reunite these children with their parents? President Trump created this humanitarian crisis--he hasn't solved anything."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2018
Booker, Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Family Detention, Inhumane Conditions of Immigration Detention Centers, Flawed Detention Processing System
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 22, 2018
Foster Statement On Opposition to Immigration Legislation
Rep.Bill Foster
June 22, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Trump Administration Must Account for Every Immigrant Child Separated from Parents
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 21, 2018
Immigration Legislation
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 21, 2018
Schneider Statement On Failure Of Hard-Line House Immigration Bill
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 21, 2018
Immigration Legislation
Rep.Mike Quigley
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: the President is doubling down on his "zero tolerance' policy. His new Executive Order criminalizes asylum-seekers and seeks to indefinitely detain their children."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Family Separation
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 20, 2018
Nation's Moral Traditions
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 20, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Trump Executive Order to Continue Family Separation
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
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.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 20, 2018
Durbin Statement On Trump Order To Continue 'Zero Tolerance' & Detain Children Indefinitely
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
House Democrats, Immigration Advocates Demand the Trump Administration End Family Separation
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "This is a hostage crisis. Babies and preschoolers are torn from their parents, and right now Republican senators are figuring out how much they can extort in Congress instead of telling the President to simply stop."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health - E&C Democrats Demand Hearing on Child Detention Centers
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 19, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Renewed Attack on Sanctuary Cities
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 19, 2018
Family Separation
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
June 19, 2018
Duckworth Statement on Inhumane Trump Administration Policy of Family Separation
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "To my Republican colleagues: Be unafraid of what Breitbart will say tomorrow. Be unafraid what right-wingers' are going to do to you in the next primary. If you truly believe family separation is reprehensible and shameful, have the courage to stand up to this President."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "The White House is trying to play the blame game for its own policy of separating children from their parents--they're not fooling anybody."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 18, 2018
Foster Leads Call to Demand Answers to ICE Arrests
Rep.Bill Foster
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump continues to blame Democrats for family separation at the border. Let's get the facts straight: AG Sessions and President Trump made this decision. It's false to say there's a law they're enforcing. They could end this cruelty if they so desire."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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.Dick Durbin, ...
June 18, 2018
Foster Statement on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Rep.Bill Foster
June 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Trey Gowdy - Investigate Trump Policy of Separating Children at Border
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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