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June 27, 2019 Tonko Presses for Congressional Oversight in Border Funding Bill Rep. Paul Tonko
June 27, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Votes to Pass Critical Border Legislation to Protect Children and Keep America Safe Rep. Adriano Espaillat
June 27, 2019 NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 2 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 27, 2019 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?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 26, 2019 Velázquez on Border Supplemental Rep. Nydia Velázquez
June 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Harris, Democrats Call on Trump to Help Venezuelans by Granting them Temporary Protected Status Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 26, 2019 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?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2019 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 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
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. Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 24, 2019 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 24, 2019 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." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2019 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020--Motion to Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2019 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." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 21, 2019 Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers, Migrant Children, and Families Entering the Country Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 21, 2019 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." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2019 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" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2019 Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 20, 2019 Velázquez Wants Private Prisons Out of Immigration Enforcement Rep. Nydia Velázquez
June 20, 2019 Cortez Masto, Gillibrand, Markey, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Immigrant Detention Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Family Reunification Act of 2019 Rep. Adriano Espaillat
June 18, 2019 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 Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
June 18, 2019 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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 18, 2019 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." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2019 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" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
June 27, 2019 Tonko Presses for Congressional Oversight in Border Funding Bill Rep.Paul Tonko
June 27, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Votes to Pass Critical Border Legislation to Protect Children and Keep America Safe Rep.Adriano Espaillat
June 27, 2019 NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 2 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 27, 2019 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?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 26, 2019 Velázquez on Border Supplemental Rep.Nydia Velázquez
June 26, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Harris, Democrats Call on Trump to Help Venezuelans by Granting them Temporary Protected Status Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 26, 2019 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?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2019 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 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
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.Adriano Espaillat, ...
June 24, 2019 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 24, 2019 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." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2019 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020--Motion to Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2019 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." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2019 Progressive Congresswomen Slam ICE and CBP: Not One More Dollar Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 21, 2019 Gillibrand, Senate Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers, Migrant Children, and Families Entering the Country Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 21, 2019 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." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2019 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" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2019 Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Guarantee Dreamers Access to Home Loans Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 20, 2019 Velázquez Wants Private Prisons Out of Immigration Enforcement Rep.Nydia Velázquez
June 20, 2019 Cortez Masto, Gillibrand, Markey, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Require Alternatives to Immigrant Detention Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Family Reunification Act of 2019 Rep.Adriano Espaillat
June 18, 2019 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 Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
June 18, 2019 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 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 18, 2019 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." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 18, 2019 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" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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