| July 18, 2019
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Executive Session
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 18, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Beyer, House Democrats Demand Accountability For Agents Who Posted Racist, Misogynist Messages On CBP Facebook Groups
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Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
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| July 17, 2019
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Murphy, Blumenthal, colleagues introduce legislation to stop cruel and neglectful treatment of children at the border
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| July 17, 2019
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Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Nadler, Markup of the Humanitarian Standards for Individual in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| July 17, 2019
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House Judiciary Committee Passes Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| July 17, 2019
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Booker Introduces Bill to Block ICE, CBP Officers from Identifying as Local Police
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
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| July 16, 2019
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Hearing of the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Hearing on "Policy Changes and Processing Delays at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services"
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| July 16, 2019
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Tweet - "The situation in Venezuela is extremely dangerous That's why a bipartisan group of senators asked for TPS relief for Venezuelans in America @realDonaldTrump's admin just refused How can it say it supports Venezuela, but abandon vulnerable Venezuelans?"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 16, 2019
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Reps. Nadler and Lofgren: Trump Issues Illegal Regulation to Keep Refugees from Seeking Asylum in U.S.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| July 15, 2019
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Hearing of the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Jerry Nadler, Hearing on Overcrowding and Prolonged Detention at CBP Facilities
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| July 15, 2019
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Tweet - "These are human beings, not political pawns. They are coming to America in search of a better life. These new regulations are illegal and flout our asylum laws. They put vulnerable children and families at risk."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 15, 2019
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New Americans Caucus Co-Chairs Torres and Espaillat Call Out Trump's Racist Tweets
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Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
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| July 13, 2019
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Tweet - "It's hard to put into words what we're seeing our government do to immigrants. There can no longer be any doubt that this is a politically-driven crisis, a violation of human rights, and an atrocity. It has to stop. What more will it take?"
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| July 13, 2019
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Tweet - "The Trump administration's family separation policy is a stain on our country. Now, they're doubling down on their cruelty with their threat of raids. Every minute this crisis proceeds is an indictment on our humanity--and every one of us needs to refuse to comply."
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| July 12, 2019
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Tweet - "These are human beings, not political pawns. They are coming to America in search of a better life. It's time President @realDonaldTrump started remembering what America is all about. #LightsForLiberty"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 12, 2019
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Tweet - "It's time to pass the 'Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act'. Now. It would END family separations at the border Bolster health and safety protections for children and families And ensure that government funds are not used to traumatize or harm asylum seekers. #LightsForLiberty"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 12, 2019
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Cortez Masto joins legislation to block immigration enforcement at sensitive locations
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| July 11, 2019
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Outraged by Worsening Crisis at Southern U.S. Border, Senator Murray Outlines New Legislation to End Cruel Treatment of Migrant Children in Government Custody
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| July 11, 2019
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Chairman Nadler Statement for Markup of Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Subpoenas
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| July 11, 2019
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Tweet - "In border stations, there have been allegations of sexual assault, retaliation, overcrowding, lack of showers, clean clothes, space to sleep No. More. We must pass the "Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act' to ensure @realDonaldTrump doesn't traumatize more children & families."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 11, 2019
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Tweet - "The @NYTimes reported that President @realDonaldTrump is ordering ICE to resume plans to carry out mass deportation raids over the weekend. His plan will tear families apart and disrupt communities across America. Cruelty seems to be the point of these #ICEraids."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 11, 2019
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Tweet - "Big news: We're standing together to announce the "Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act.' These safeguards and reforms are exactly what's needed right now to ensure @realDonaldTrump doesn't traumatize or harm more children and families. #DontLookAway"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 11, 2019
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Velázquez Seeks to Block Immigration Feds from Identifying as Local Police
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez
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| July 11, 2019
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Menendez, Booker, Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Stop Cruel and Neglectful Treatment of Children at Border
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| July 10, 2019
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House Passes Fairness for Immigrants Bill, Stefanik is Original Cosponsor
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Rep. Elise Stefanik
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| July 10, 2019
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Tweet - "The top leadership at border patrol must be fired. Immediately. The accounts made by dozens of children at Arizona border stations are horrifying and are completely unacceptable. This cannot continue."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 10, 2019
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Executive Session
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 10, 2019
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Tweet - "A new report from @NBCNews details inhumane treatment of migrant children at Arizona border stations. Allegations of sexual assault, retaliation by @CBP officers, overcrowding, lack of showers, clean clothes or space to sleep. The top leadership at border patrol must be fired."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 9, 2019
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CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| July 8, 2019
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Border Security
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 8, 2019
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Tweet - "The latest accounts of conditions at the border patrol station in Clint, TX: Women and children, many locked up for weeks, some children without beds to sleep on, food shortages, insufficient sanitation. Border patrol must be reined in now, beginning with firing the leadership."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 8, 2019
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Letter to Steven Dillingham, Director and Census Bureau - Murray, Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Communities
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| July 7, 2019
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Tweet - "These are human beings, not political pawns. They are coming to America in search of a better life. It's time you start remembering what America is all about, @realDonaldTrump."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 6, 2019
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Tweet - "This is unacceptable. And this is why the top leadership at the border patrol needs to be fired."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - House Chairs Urge Trump Administration to Rescind Child Migrant Information-Sharing Memo
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to Jonathan Hayes, Director of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services - Following Troubling Reports Of Migrant Children Being Held For Extended Periods Of Time In Unlicensed Facilities With Dire Conditions, Gillibrand, Harris, Klobuchar Call On Agency To Immediately Implement Policies To Protect Children And Speed Up Family Reunification Process
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators Warren and Gillibrand Raise Concerns that the Trump Administration May Separate Military Families
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| July 3, 2019
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Letter to Kevin McAleenan - Meeks Leads NYC Delegation Letter to CBP in Response to Derisive Facebook Group
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Rep. Gregory Meeks
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "Acting @CBP Commissioner Morgan and other top leadership at U.S. Customs and Border Protection should be fired. A new, untainted team must be brought in to begin reining in the toxic culture at the border patrol."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "The inhumane conditions for children and their families. A secret border patrol workers' Facebook group sharing offensive images. The top leadership at the border patrol needs to be fired. Now."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "Cruelty is the point. Dehumanization of migrant children is the point. Family separation is the point. The administration's malignant policy of deterrence is immoral. #CloseTheCamps"
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "This is big. Make sure your friends see this. A federal court once again blocked President @realDonaldTrump and his administration from trying to divert money from military funding for his unnecessary, vanity border wall."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 3, 2019
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Tweet - "Maybe @realDonaldTrump should read the poem on the Statue of Liberty over the July 4th holiday. These are human beings. Coming to America in search of a better life. It's time he remembered what America was all about."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 2, 2019
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Tweet - "The recently exposed vile and racist border patrol agents have disgraced themselves and the badge. Our country is better than this. They must be terminated. Every. Single. One."
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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| July 2, 2019
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Rep. Jeffries: Border Agents Will Be Held Accountable for Their Vile and Reprehensible Behavior
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
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| July 1, 2019
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CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| July 1, 2019
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MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show - Transcript: "Trump, Kim Jong Un shook hands at DMZ."
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
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| June 28, 2019
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Meng Statement on Voting Against Senate's Border Spending Bill
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Rep. Grace Meng
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| June 28, 2019
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Tweet - "I will keep fighting for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. And it's absurd that I even have to say this, but I will: I would not divert border security funds into for-profit prisons to lock up children and asylum seekers. #DemDebate"
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
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| June 28, 2019
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CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks
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Rep. Gregory Meeks
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| June 27, 2019
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Tonko Presses for Congressional Oversight in Border Funding Bill
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Rep. Paul Tonko
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| June 27, 2019
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Representative Adriano Espaillat Votes to Pass Critical Border Legislation to Protect Children and Keep America Safe
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Rep. Adriano Espaillat
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| June 27, 2019
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NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 2
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 27, 2019
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Tweet - "I want @realDonaldTrump to see this @AP photo. Mr. President, these are not drug dealers, vagrants, criminals. How could you look at this and not understand these are human beings, fleeing violence and persecution, willing to risk a perilous journey in search of a better life?"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 26, 2019
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Velázquez on Border Supplemental
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez
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| June 26, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Harris, Democrats Call on Trump to Help Venezuelans by Granting them Temporary Protected Status
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 26, 2019
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Tweet - "How could you look at the @AP's picture of a Salvadoran father and daughter and not understand that these are human beings, fleeing violence and persecution, willing to risk a perilous--sometimes fatal--journey in search of a better life?"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 25, 2019
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Schumer and Gillibrand Joint Statement on the Issuance of a Humanitarian Visa for Benjamin Barragan, Man With Young Children and Terminally Ill Wife in Brooklyn
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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| June 24, 2019
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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
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Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
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| June 24, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Continues Fight to Secure Health Committee Hearing on Negative Consequences of Family Separation on Children
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 24, 2019
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Tweet - "Children are being ripped away from parents, kept in cages, denied basic nutrition, hygiene, diapers, toothbrushes. To rip kids from parents, to separate families as a policy is sick, twisted, inhumane. The people who are in charge of this mess should be ashamed of themselves."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 24, 2019
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020--Motion to
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 24, 2019
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Tweet - "After pushing @DHSgov and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico to prioritize Mr. Barragan's urgent case, I am relieved to learn that he was just approved for a humanitarian visa to care for his terminally ill wife in Brooklyn. My thoughts are with him and his family."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 22, 2019
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Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
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| June 21, 2019
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Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers, Migrant Children, and Families Entering the Country
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 21, 2019
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Tweet - "It is a miserable state of affairs when you have to remind @realDonaldTrump that children have human rights. The Trump administration must be held accountable for their egregious mistreatment of infants and children. We must put a stop to this. Now."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 21, 2019
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Tweet - "When things aren't going well, @realDonaldTrump plays to his base Instead of putting forth solutions to fix our broken immigration system, instead of pursuing criminals, he threatens to tear families apart This isn't leadership This is inhumane & unwise"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 20, 2019
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Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 20, 2019
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Velázquez Wants Private Prisons Out of Immigration Enforcement
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez
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| June 20, 2019
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Cortez Masto, Gillibrand, Markey, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Immigrant Detention
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 19, 2019
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Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Family Reunification Act of 2019
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Rep. Adriano Espaillat
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| June 18, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Nadler, Cummings, Thompson Question Legal Basis for Appointment of Ken Cuccinelli as Acting Director Of USCIS
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
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| June 18, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators Call on DOJ and DHS to Stop Implementation of Guidance Denying Citizenship Over Cannabis-related Activities
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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| June 18, 2019
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Tweet - "A four-month-old boy was separated from his parents. Stories like this are heart-wrenching. The policies that create them, unconscionable. Senate Democrats have proposed commonsense policies to secure our border and provide better conditions for migrants and asylum seekers."
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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| June 18, 2019
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Tweet - ".@NYTimes heartbreakingly documented a 4-mo-old separated from his parents We must be wary of giving additional funding if it's not used to actually secure our border or provide migrants better conditions @SenateDems have commonsense policies to do that"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer
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