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March 20, 2020 Letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Department of Homeland Security - Connolly, Bicameral Group of Members Press Trump Administration on Reports DHS is Preparing Mass Deportations of DREAMers Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Raskin urges congressional leadership to eliminate immigrant restrictions on COVID-19 testing Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Rep. Omar Leads Letter Calling for Deportation Freeze, Comprehensive Plan to Prevent Outbreak in Immigration Detention Facilities Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 17, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Peters & Stabenow Raise Concerns over Possible Michigan Impact of Canada's Coronavirus Travel Restrictions Sen. Gary Peters, ...
Feb. 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Green, Admin. of the U.S. Agency for International Development - Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Letter Opposing Hmong and Lao Deportations Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice - Dingell, Escobar, Tlaib Deeply Concerned over DHS Program to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants on Border Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020 Sen. Elissa Slotkin, ...
Jan. 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Reps. Tlaib, Castro, and Escobar Call on DHS to End DNA Collection from Detained Immigrants Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Reps. Omar, Jayapal, Clarke, and Smith Lead Letter Calling for Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Somali-Americans Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Dingell Calls for DHS to Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Rep. Debbie Dingell
Jan. 7, 2020 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Statement on CBP Collecting DNA at Detroit Border Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Jan. 6, 2020 Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 20, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Schneider, Wasserman Schultz Lead Jewish Members of Congress in Call for Dismissal of White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller Sen. Elissa Slotkin, ...
Dec. 20, 2019 Letter to the Honorable Joseph V. Cuffari, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Cárdenas, Correa, Escobar Call for Investigation into Reports of CBP Officials Issuing Fake Court Notices to Asylees Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 Peters Security Provisions Included in Year-End Funding Bill Sen. Gary Peters
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State - Dingell Leads Call to Extend, Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
Dec. 16, 2019 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Warren, DeLauro, Colleagues Reiterate Urgent Concerns With Border Protection Agency's "Unconscionable" Failure to Provide Flu Vaccines for Migrants in Custody Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Harris Leads Colleagues in Demand For Stephen Miller's Removal From The White House Sen. Gary Peters, ...
Nov. 25, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the U.S. Dept. of Justice - Cárdenas Sends Letter to DHS, DOJ Demanding Answers on Tent Courts Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - 100+ Democrats Demand Stephen Miller's Immediate Firing Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 20, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - 80+ Members Call on Trump Administration to Abandon Fee Hikes for Immigrants Applying for Citizenship Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Kenneth Cuccinelli, Acting Dir. of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Engel Joins House Colleagues in Demanding DHS Stop Fee Increases for Naturalization Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 12, 2019 Peters Highlights Efforts to Strengthen Border Security, Encourage Safe Trade and Travel at Detroit Airport Sen. Gary Peters
Nov. 8, 2019 FOX News - Op-Ed: Democrats obsessed with impeachment, ignore border crisis Rep. Tim Walberg, ...
Nov. 4, 2019 Walberg Visits Southern Border to Examine Security Challenges Rep. Tim Walberg
Nov. 1, 2019 Problem Solvers Caucus Endorses Landmark Bipartisan Agricultural Workers Bill Sen. Elissa Slotkin, ...
Nov. 1, 2019 Letter to Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Takano Leads 24 Members in Sending Letter to DHS Expressing Concerns Over Detainee DNA Collection Practices Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
Oct. 18, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State - Huizenga: The Trump Administration should reconsider its position on refugee resettlement Rep. Bill Huizenga, ...
Oct. 16, 2019 Letter to Hon. William Barr, United States Attorney General - Rep. Sánchez to DOJ: Don't Strip Bargaining Rights of Immigration Judges Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Oct. 4, 2019 Harris, Colleagues File Amicus Brief in Support of DACA in the Supreme Court Sen. Gary Peters, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 U.S. Rep. Kirkpatrick Introduces Legislation Allowing DREAMers Employment on Capitol Hill Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 23, 2019 Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - 35+ Members Demands Answers from DHS about Appalling Treatment of Children, Deprivation of Menstrual Hygiene Products to Girls Detained at the Bor Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Cisneros leads letter to DoD and DHS on non-citizen servicemembers seeking naturalization with Escobar and Carbajal Rep. Haley Stevens, ...
Aug. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Dir. for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Hon. Matthew Albence, Acting Dir. for Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Durbin Demands Answers On Elimination Of Medical Deferred Action Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
Aug. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Senators Leahy, Murray, and Peters Ask Government Accountability Office (GAO) For Review of Border Patrol Checkpoints Sen. Gary Peters, ...
Aug. 13, 2019 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Peters Presses for Answers on CBP Action that Halted Service at Port of Monroe Sen. Gary Peters
Aug. 2, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Peters Urges Customs and Border Protection to Assign Customs Officer to Sawyer International Airport Sen. Gary Peters
July 29, 2019 Letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan - With Temporary Protected Status For Nearly 7,000 Syrians Living In U.S. Set To Expire Without Action This Week, Gillibrand, Kaine Lead Senate Colleagues To Call On Trump Administration To Extend And Redesignate TPS Sen. Gary Peters, ...
July 26, 2019 Slotkin Bill Demanding Humane Treatment of Migrants in Detention Passes House with Bipartisan Support Sen. Elissa Slotkin
July 19, 2019 Letter to the President - Carper, Coons to President Trump: Use Emergency Border Funds Only for Humanitarian Purposes Sen. Gary Peters, ...
July 18, 2019 Slotkin Bill to Hold Administration Accountable for Humane Treatment of Migrants Passed out of Committee with Bipartisan Support Sen. Elissa Slotkin
July 18, 2019 Letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security - Slotkin Demands Answers, Calls for Action to Alleviate Suffering at Southern Border in Letter to Homeland Security Secretary, Announces Trip to Southern Border Sen. Elissa Slotkin
July 17, 2019 Problem Solvers Caucus Members Plan Bipartisan Visit to Southern Border Sen. Elissa Slotkin, ...
July 15, 2019 Rep. Elissa Slotkin Introduces Bill to Hold Administration Accountable for Humane Treatment of Migrants Sen. Elissa Slotkin
July 15, 2019 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rep. Rashida Tlaib
July 11, 2019 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: "Trump admits defeat" Sen. Gary Peters
July 10, 2019 House Passes Stevens-Backed Bill to Eliminate Per-Country Limits on Employment-Based Visas Rep. Haley Stevens
July 3, 2019 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rep. Rashida Tlaib
July 3, 2019 Dingell Response to Visitors to her Office Expressing Concerns on the Border Rep. Debbie Dingell
July 2, 2019 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: "HAYES: Here with me now House Oversight Committee member and Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan who`s among members who toured several border facilities yesterday. Congresswoman, how does what`s described in that IG report compared with what you witnessed firsthand yesterday? TLAIB: I think many of my colleagues when we walked in, we had heard the rumors, we had saw the media reports, but we actually saw firsthand some of the conditions, but we actually were able to speak to women some up to 40 days that have been in the facility not access to showers and so forth, but also the trauma that has been created. Many of them not knowing what`s going to happen, not knowing where their children is. I talked to a grandmother who`s been there for 40 days, had not seen her grandchild she came with, doesn`t know where she -- where he is. And another woman who`s 30 years old found out she was pregnant while she was there, has not seen an OB/GYN. She`s been there for 27 days. She doesn`t know how far along she is. But you also -- what you saw in the eyes of many of them is fear, is the sense of loss, just glassy eyes, they look exhausted. And one of the things that I noticed is just holding their hands in those moments of realizing that even that moment that human contact made them feel at least a little bit more whole because of the treatment that they are enduring while in custody while in our care in the United States of America. And I can tell you seeing the children through glass door -- and they knew we were coming. I mean, we went to a facility Clint, Texas where there was 700 children in this facility two months ago. We get there, there`s only 25 children. We`ve been told that they move people around consistently maybe to avoid any kind of further inspection but I`m wondering how do you move 675 children in two months. Where did they go? You know, the current administration continues, continues to deny access to information. The subpoena bipartisan supported through oversight that we issued to the administration has yet to be abided by. They completely obstruct any kind of access to information. And that`s the problem is I don`t want to wait a year or two years to find out about the other horrors that we yet to have to know about where the children are. And we`re not talking about a few hundred, we`re talking about thousands. I`ve heard up to 16,000 to 20,000 children have been separated from their parents. The other thing too is really important as I was there and it was my colleagues all agreed is we`ve been focused so much on the children, that meeting the parents, meeting the abuela, meeting the father, they looked right in the eye. I mean, we are also not giving justice to this travesty that is happening at the border if we`re not also understanding the human impact on the parents. HAYES: I just wanted -- that number 16,000 and 20,000 children, those -- I`ve never heard that number as the number separated. The number they gave the administration was 2,000. It could be thousands more. Do you mean unaccompanied minors? What do you mean by that? TLAIB: Unaccompanied. So they said up to 14,000 at the last time I heard from Oversight Committee staff of children that again we don`t have accessed the information. These are rumors that we understand from the fact that the policy when it was put into place, how many children were directly impacted. Again, in this one facility, there were 675 more children that were there two months ago, now we don`t know where these children are. I don`t know how you move that many children, again, without their parents. Even the CBP agents that we`re giving us a tour did not know where the children went. Many of them couldn`t answer some basic questions of when`s the last time they`ve seen a doctor, how long have they been in the facility. That alone tells you that there is complete chaos. And many of them, all of them actually, every single one I asked specifically from the chief town that gave us the tour said throwing money at this is not going to fix the problem. And that`s one of the key things that needs to be really pushed forward is when the administration asks us to continue to fund the separation of families, continue to fund these camps at the border, I`m asking many of my colleagues, many people to say enough. We need real policy change to actually bring humanity back into this situation. We need immigration reform. HAYES: All right. So if money is not the solution, clearly something`s broken here. What is the solution? TLAIB: I mean, the solution is to talk about discontinuing, completely abolishing the camps. So that means no separation of families. That means let`s go by the legal process of asylum. If you`re coming to the border and you seek asylum, let`s go through those legal processes. Let`s talk about the fact that there are standards and those Flores standards. Each place that has any child should go through these what they call the Flores standard where they have to be processed, they have to see care, that they actually are given the basic standard of human rights that any person should be given. These are the things that are not happening. The for-profit industry has their teeth into this. You know, 75 out of 100 detainees are going to for- profit agencies and companies. To be honest, these are for-profit corporations, many of which support this current president, many of which supported an inauguration committee. We have to follow the money and show that that`s what`s fueling the continuation to look the other way, and that`s something that many of my colleagues when we got there we said we`re not going to look the other way. We`re going to expose the fact that this is broken system and throwing money at it is not the solution. That is something that it needs to be very, very clear to my Democratic and Republican colleagues in the -- in the Congress. HAYES: But respectfully just on the final -- the final point here, but respectfully the private contractors that are -- that are dealing with some of the housing the immigrants are coming through, that`s not the CBP facilities. I just want to be clear like the facilities that you`re touring, those are the government ones that where -- it does see the most acute and worst humanitarian crisis is taking place. TLAIB: Absolutely. And that`s one of the things the agent said to us as they went through is you know go see these HHS facilities, go find out where those children are because they don`t know. But what they do know is that they are given this problem, this crisis -- literally handed hundreds and thousands of people all at once and the facility that we were even in, they said we can only really house -- it`s only built for 106 and it wasn`t built to house children. HAYES: Right. TLAIB: It wasn`t -- you know, they said look, we weren`t trained to be social workers or medical care workers. We were not trained to deal with the situation. And that`s the problem is that we haven`t actually dealt with the thing that created the crisis which is this continuation of the separation policy that is un-humane and un-American. HAYES: All right, Congressman Rashida Tlaib, thank you for making the time." Rep. Rashida Tlaib
July 1, 2019 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's Statement on Trip to Southern Border Rep. Rashida Tlaib
June 27, 2019 Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to H.R. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security At the Southern Border Act, 2019 Rep. Rashida Tlaib
June 27, 2019 Moolenaar Supports Bipartisan Solution for the Border Crisis Rep. John Moolenaar
June 27, 2019 Walberg Votes for Bipartisan Bill to Address Border Crisis Rep. Tim Walberg
June 27, 2019 Huizenga Supports Bipartisan Humanitarian Aid Package for Our Southern Border Rep. Bill Huizenga
June 25, 2019 Huizenga Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis Along Our Nation's Southern Border Rep. Bill Huizenga
June 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Benjamin Carson M.D., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Rep. Juan Vargas Leads Letter Urging HUD to Affirm Dreamers Eligibility for FHA Backed Mortgages Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep. Rashida Tlaib, ...
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep. Rashida Tlaib
June 20, 2019 Rep. Tlaib: U.S. Has Lost Its Way of Welcoming Refugees Rep. Rashida Tlaib
June 5, 2019 Huizenga: Real Solutions are Needed to Address Our Broken Immigration System Rep. Bill Huizenga
June 4, 2019 Dingell Votes to Extend Protections for TPS Recipients, Dreamers Rep. Debbie Dingell
June 4, 2019 Walberg: Time to Get Serious About Solving Border Crisis Rep. Tim Walberg
June 3, 2019 Rep. Elissa Slotkin's Statement on Treatment of Migrant Children at Southern Border Sen. Elissa Slotkin
June 2, 2019 Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Debbie Dingell Rep. Debbie Dingell
April 15, 2019 Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Elissa Slotkin Sen. Elissa Slotkin
April 9, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Gary Peters, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at The Southern Border: Perspectives from The Frontline Sen. Gary Peters
April 9, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Senator Johnson, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: Perspectives From the Frontlines Sen. Gary Peters
April 5, 2019 Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Acting Director Vitiello - Congressman Andy Levin, Bipartisan House Members, Urge DHS and ICE to Halt Mass Deportation of Iraqi Nationals Rep. Bill Huizenga, ...
April 4, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Peters, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: By the Numbers Sen. Gary Peters
April 3, 2019 Peters, Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Staffing Shortages at Ports of Entry Sen. Gary Peters
March 28, 2019 Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Senate Resolution Condemning Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand Sen. Gary Peters, ...
March 14, 2019 Peters Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Resolution Terminating Emergency Declaration Sen. Gary Peters
March 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ronaldo Vitiello, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Dingell, Upton Urge Immigration Officials to Halt Deportation of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, UMich Journalism Fellow Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
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March 20, 2020 Letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Department of Homeland Security - Connolly, Bicameral Group of Members Press Trump Administration on Reports DHS is Preparing Mass Deportations of DREAMers Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Raskin urges congressional leadership to eliminate immigrant restrictions on COVID-19 testing Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 20, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Rep. Omar Leads Letter Calling for Deportation Freeze, Comprehensive Plan to Prevent Outbreak in Immigration Detention Facilities Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
March 17, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Peters & Stabenow Raise Concerns over Possible Michigan Impact of Canada's Coronavirus Travel Restrictions Sen.Gary Peters, ...
Feb. 28, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Green, Admin. of the U.S. Agency for International Development - Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Letter Opposing Hmong and Lao Deportations Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice - Dingell, Escobar, Tlaib Deeply Concerned over DHS Program to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants on Border Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
Jan. 27, 2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020 Sen.Elissa Slotkin, ...
Jan. 21, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Reps. Tlaib, Castro, and Escobar Call on DHS to End DNA Collection from Detained Immigrants Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Jan. 9, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State, and the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Reps. Omar, Jayapal, Clarke, and Smith Lead Letter Calling for Extension and Redesignation of TPS for Somali-Americans Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Dingell Calls for DHS to Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Rep.Debbie Dingell
Jan. 7, 2020 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Statement on CBP Collecting DNA at Detroit Border Rep.Rashida Tlaib
Jan. 6, 2020 Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 20, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Schneider, Wasserman Schultz Lead Jewish Members of Congress in Call for Dismissal of White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller Sen.Elissa Slotkin, ...
Dec. 20, 2019 Letter to the Honorable Joseph V. Cuffari, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Cárdenas, Correa, Escobar Call for Investigation into Reports of CBP Officials Issuing Fake Court Notices to Asylees Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 19, 2019 Peters Security Provisions Included in Year-End Funding Bill Sen.Gary Peters
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of State - Dingell Leads Call to Extend, Re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
Dec. 16, 2019 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Warren, DeLauro, Colleagues Reiterate Urgent Concerns With Border Protection Agency's "Unconscionable" Failure to Provide Flu Vaccines for Migrants in Custody Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Dec. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Harris Leads Colleagues in Demand For Stephen Miller's Removal From The White House Sen.Gary Peters, ...
Nov. 25, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the U.S. Dept. of Justice - Cárdenas Sends Letter to DHS, DOJ Demanding Answers on Tent Courts Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - 100+ Democrats Demand Stephen Miller's Immediate Firing Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 20, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - 80+ Members Call on Trump Administration to Abandon Fee Hikes for Immigrants Applying for Citizenship Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Kenneth Cuccinelli, Acting Dir. of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Engel Joins House Colleagues in Demanding DHS Stop Fee Increases for Naturalization Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Nov. 12, 2019 Peters Highlights Efforts to Strengthen Border Security, Encourage Safe Trade and Travel at Detroit Airport Sen.Gary Peters
Nov. 8, 2019 FOX News - Op-Ed: Democrats obsessed with impeachment, ignore border crisis Rep.Tim Walberg, ...
Nov. 4, 2019 Walberg Visits Southern Border to Examine Security Challenges Rep.Tim Walberg
Nov. 1, 2019 Problem Solvers Caucus Endorses Landmark Bipartisan Agricultural Workers Bill Sen.Elissa Slotkin, ...
Nov. 1, 2019 Letter to Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Takano Leads 24 Members in Sending Letter to DHS Expressing Concerns Over Detainee DNA Collection Practices Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
Oct. 18, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State - Huizenga: The Trump Administration should reconsider its position on refugee resettlement Rep.Bill Huizenga, ...
Oct. 16, 2019 Letter to Hon. William Barr, United States Attorney General - Rep. Sánchez to DOJ: Don't Strip Bargaining Rights of Immigration Judges Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Oct. 4, 2019 Harris, Colleagues File Amicus Brief in Support of DACA in the Supreme Court Sen.Gary Peters, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 U.S. Rep. Kirkpatrick Introduces Legislation Allowing DREAMers Employment on Capitol Hill Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 23, 2019 Letter to Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General - Rep. Grijalva Leads Members of Congress in Letter Demanding Investigation into Trump's Use of Troops at the Southern Border Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - 35+ Members Demands Answers from DHS about Appalling Treatment of Children, Deprivation of Menstrual Hygiene Products to Girls Detained at the Bor Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Sept. 12, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense and Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Cisneros leads letter to DoD and DHS on non-citizen servicemembers seeking naturalization with Escobar and Carbajal Rep.Haley Stevens, ...
Aug. 30, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Dir. for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Hon. Matthew Albence, Acting Dir. for Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Durbin Demands Answers On Elimination Of Medical Deferred Action Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
Aug. 21, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Senators Leahy, Murray, and Peters Ask Government Accountability Office (GAO) For Review of Border Patrol Checkpoints Sen.Gary Peters, ...
Aug. 13, 2019 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Peters Presses for Answers on CBP Action that Halted Service at Port of Monroe Sen.Gary Peters
Aug. 2, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Peters Urges Customs and Border Protection to Assign Customs Officer to Sawyer International Airport Sen.Gary Peters
July 29, 2019 Letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan - With Temporary Protected Status For Nearly 7,000 Syrians Living In U.S. Set To Expire Without Action This Week, Gillibrand, Kaine Lead Senate Colleagues To Call On Trump Administration To Extend And Redesignate TPS Sen.Gary Peters, ...
July 26, 2019 Slotkin Bill Demanding Humane Treatment of Migrants in Detention Passes House with Bipartisan Support Sen.Elissa Slotkin
July 19, 2019 Letter to the President - Carper, Coons to President Trump: Use Emergency Border Funds Only for Humanitarian Purposes Sen.Gary Peters, ...
July 18, 2019 Slotkin Bill to Hold Administration Accountable for Humane Treatment of Migrants Passed out of Committee with Bipartisan Support Sen.Elissa Slotkin
July 18, 2019 Letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security - Slotkin Demands Answers, Calls for Action to Alleviate Suffering at Southern Border in Letter to Homeland Security Secretary, Announces Trip to Southern Border Sen.Elissa Slotkin
July 17, 2019 Problem Solvers Caucus Members Plan Bipartisan Visit to Southern Border Sen.Elissa Slotkin, ...
July 15, 2019 Rep. Elissa Slotkin Introduces Bill to Hold Administration Accountable for Humane Treatment of Migrants Sen.Elissa Slotkin
July 15, 2019 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rep.Rashida Tlaib
July 11, 2019 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: "Trump admits defeat" Sen.Gary Peters
July 10, 2019 House Passes Stevens-Backed Bill to Eliminate Per-Country Limits on Employment-Based Visas Rep.Haley Stevens
July 3, 2019 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rep.Rashida Tlaib
July 3, 2019 Dingell Response to Visitors to her Office Expressing Concerns on the Border Rep.Debbie Dingell
July 2, 2019 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: "HAYES: Here with me now House Oversight Committee member and Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan who`s among members who toured several border facilities yesterday. Congresswoman, how does what`s described in that IG report compared with what you witnessed firsthand yesterday? TLAIB: I think many of my colleagues when we walked in, we had heard the rumors, we had saw the media reports, but we actually saw firsthand some of the conditions, but we actually were able to speak to women some up to 40 days that have been in the facility not access to showers and so forth, but also the trauma that has been created. Many of them not knowing what`s going to happen, not knowing where their children is. I talked to a grandmother who`s been there for 40 days, had not seen her grandchild she came with, doesn`t know where she -- where he is. And another woman who`s 30 years old found out she was pregnant while she was there, has not seen an OB/GYN. She`s been there for 27 days. She doesn`t know how far along she is. But you also -- what you saw in the eyes of many of them is fear, is the sense of loss, just glassy eyes, they look exhausted. And one of the things that I noticed is just holding their hands in those moments of realizing that even that moment that human contact made them feel at least a little bit more whole because of the treatment that they are enduring while in custody while in our care in the United States of America. And I can tell you seeing the children through glass door -- and they knew we were coming. I mean, we went to a facility Clint, Texas where there was 700 children in this facility two months ago. We get there, there`s only 25 children. We`ve been told that they move people around consistently maybe to avoid any kind of further inspection but I`m wondering how do you move 675 children in two months. Where did they go? You know, the current administration continues, continues to deny access to information. The subpoena bipartisan supported through oversight that we issued to the administration has yet to be abided by. They completely obstruct any kind of access to information. And that`s the problem is I don`t want to wait a year or two years to find out about the other horrors that we yet to have to know about where the children are. And we`re not talking about a few hundred, we`re talking about thousands. I`ve heard up to 16,000 to 20,000 children have been separated from their parents. The other thing too is really important as I was there and it was my colleagues all agreed is we`ve been focused so much on the children, that meeting the parents, meeting the abuela, meeting the father, they looked right in the eye. I mean, we are also not giving justice to this travesty that is happening at the border if we`re not also understanding the human impact on the parents. HAYES: I just wanted -- that number 16,000 and 20,000 children, those -- I`ve never heard that number as the number separated. The number they gave the administration was 2,000. It could be thousands more. Do you mean unaccompanied minors? What do you mean by that? TLAIB: Unaccompanied. So they said up to 14,000 at the last time I heard from Oversight Committee staff of children that again we don`t have accessed the information. These are rumors that we understand from the fact that the policy when it was put into place, how many children were directly impacted. Again, in this one facility, there were 675 more children that were there two months ago, now we don`t know where these children are. I don`t know how you move that many children, again, without their parents. Even the CBP agents that we`re giving us a tour did not know where the children went. Many of them couldn`t answer some basic questions of when`s the last time they`ve seen a doctor, how long have they been in the facility. That alone tells you that there is complete chaos. And many of them, all of them actually, every single one I asked specifically from the chief town that gave us the tour said throwing money at this is not going to fix the problem. And that`s one of the key things that needs to be really pushed forward is when the administration asks us to continue to fund the separation of families, continue to fund these camps at the border, I`m asking many of my colleagues, many people to say enough. We need real policy change to actually bring humanity back into this situation. We need immigration reform. HAYES: All right. So if money is not the solution, clearly something`s broken here. What is the solution? TLAIB: I mean, the solution is to talk about discontinuing, completely abolishing the camps. So that means no separation of families. That means let`s go by the legal process of asylum. If you`re coming to the border and you seek asylum, let`s go through those legal processes. Let`s talk about the fact that there are standards and those Flores standards. Each place that has any child should go through these what they call the Flores standard where they have to be processed, they have to see care, that they actually are given the basic standard of human rights that any person should be given. These are the things that are not happening. The for-profit industry has their teeth into this. You know, 75 out of 100 detainees are going to for- profit agencies and companies. To be honest, these are for-profit corporations, many of which support this current president, many of which supported an inauguration committee. We have to follow the money and show that that`s what`s fueling the continuation to look the other way, and that`s something that many of my colleagues when we got there we said we`re not going to look the other way. We`re going to expose the fact that this is broken system and throwing money at it is not the solution. That is something that it needs to be very, very clear to my Democratic and Republican colleagues in the -- in the Congress. HAYES: But respectfully just on the final -- the final point here, but respectfully the private contractors that are -- that are dealing with some of the housing the immigrants are coming through, that`s not the CBP facilities. I just want to be clear like the facilities that you`re touring, those are the government ones that where -- it does see the most acute and worst humanitarian crisis is taking place. TLAIB: Absolutely. And that`s one of the things the agent said to us as they went through is you know go see these HHS facilities, go find out where those children are because they don`t know. But what they do know is that they are given this problem, this crisis -- literally handed hundreds and thousands of people all at once and the facility that we were even in, they said we can only really house -- it`s only built for 106 and it wasn`t built to house children. HAYES: Right. TLAIB: It wasn`t -- you know, they said look, we weren`t trained to be social workers or medical care workers. We were not trained to deal with the situation. And that`s the problem is that we haven`t actually dealt with the thing that created the crisis which is this continuation of the separation policy that is un-humane and un-American. HAYES: All right, Congressman Rashida Tlaib, thank you for making the time." Rep.Rashida Tlaib
July 1, 2019 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's Statement on Trip to Southern Border Rep.Rashida Tlaib
June 27, 2019 Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to H.R. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security At the Southern Border Act, 2019 Rep.Rashida Tlaib
June 27, 2019 Moolenaar Supports Bipartisan Solution for the Border Crisis Rep.John Moolenaar
June 27, 2019 Walberg Votes for Bipartisan Bill to Address Border Crisis Rep.Tim Walberg
June 27, 2019 Huizenga Supports Bipartisan Humanitarian Aid Package for Our Southern Border Rep.Bill Huizenga
June 25, 2019 Huizenga Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis Along Our Nation's Southern Border Rep.Bill Huizenga
June 24, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Benjamin Carson M.D., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Rep. Juan Vargas Leads Letter Urging HUD to Affirm Dreamers Eligibility for FHA Backed Mortgages Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep.Rashida Tlaib, ...
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep.Rashida Tlaib
June 20, 2019 Rep. Tlaib: U.S. Has Lost Its Way of Welcoming Refugees Rep.Rashida Tlaib
June 5, 2019 Huizenga: Real Solutions are Needed to Address Our Broken Immigration System Rep.Bill Huizenga
June 4, 2019 Dingell Votes to Extend Protections for TPS Recipients, Dreamers Rep.Debbie Dingell
June 4, 2019 Walberg: Time to Get Serious About Solving Border Crisis Rep.Tim Walberg
June 3, 2019 Rep. Elissa Slotkin's Statement on Treatment of Migrant Children at Southern Border Sen.Elissa Slotkin
June 2, 2019 Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Debbie Dingell Rep.Debbie Dingell
April 15, 2019 Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Elissa Slotkin Sen.Elissa Slotkin
April 9, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Gary Peters, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at The Southern Border: Perspectives from The Frontline Sen.Gary Peters
April 9, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Senator Johnson, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: Perspectives From the Frontlines Sen.Gary Peters
April 5, 2019 Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Acting Director Vitiello - Congressman Andy Levin, Bipartisan House Members, Urge DHS and ICE to Halt Mass Deportation of Iraqi Nationals Rep.Bill Huizenga, ...
April 4, 2019 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Peters, Hearing on Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: By the Numbers Sen.Gary Peters
April 3, 2019 Peters, Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Staffing Shortages at Ports of Entry Sen.Gary Peters
March 28, 2019 Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Senate Resolution Condemning Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand Sen.Gary Peters, ...
March 14, 2019 Peters Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Resolution Terminating Emergency Declaration Sen.Gary Peters
March 13, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ronaldo Vitiello, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Dingell, Upton Urge Immigration Officials to Halt Deportation of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, UMich Journalism Fellow Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
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