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July 16, 2018
Tweet - "Your daily reminder that after several weeks, thousands of young migrant kids are still needlessly sitting in detention centers on orders from the Trump Administration & are waiting for officials to finally reunite them w their parents. Thousands."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 13, 2018
Jayapal Statement on the Trump Administration's New Guidance For Asylum Seekers
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families
Rep. Adam Smith, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Terminate ICE and Transfer Critical Functions to Other Agencies
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 12, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
July 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee - Armed Services Committee Democrats Call for Oversight of Trump Plan to House Migrants on Military Bases
Rep. Rick Larsen, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Terminate ICE and Transfer Critical Functions to Other Agencies
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration missed a critical deadline to reunite dozens of young kids w their parents after they were needlessly separated. Today, we must raise our voices & make them even louder to ensure President Trump brings these families back together."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "When I visited a federal detention center in my home state of WA, I met with mothers who were desperate to be reunited with their children who had been torn away from them. There is no part of Trump's zero tolerance policy that is generous or charitable. It's a nightmare."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "After weeks & months of separation, some of the youngest kids being reunited w their families don't even recognize their parents. Make your voice heard that people in WA & across the country won't let this unthinkable action stand."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Even after a court ruling, too many migrant kids who were needlessly separated from their families are still waiting for the Trump Administration to reunite them w their parents. We will not stop watching. We will not stop holding you accountable. We will not forget."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Whitehouse Demands Judiciary Committee Hearing on Family Separation
Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
July 10, 2018
Senator Murray's Statement on Trump Administration Missing Court-Ordered Deadline for Family Reunification: Democrats Will Keep This Administration's Feet to the Fire
Sen. Patty Murray
July 9, 2018
Tweet - "Until we know every single child is given the chance to be reunited with their parent, we cannot rest. #KeepFamiliesTogether"
Sen. Patty Murray
July 9, 2018
Tweet - "This is unconscionable. President Trump, we have not forgotten about the thousands of children your Administration needlessly separated from their parents--& know that people in WA & across the country will not stop holding you accountable."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 7, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Rep. Susan DelBene Interviewed
Rep. Suzan DelBene
July 6, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Visit to Southern Border
Rep. Dan Newhouse
July 4, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Washington Congressman Adam Smith
Rep. Adam Smith
July 3, 2018
Tweet - "I visited a federal detention center and heard from women fleeing gang violence and terror in their home country. One mother told me she was separated right away from her daughter and didn't get to hug or even say goodbye."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "On Friday, I went to a federal detention center in my home state of Washington, where I met women who were detained in the past few months after turning themselves in at the southern U.S. border. I wanted to share some of my thoughts with you:"
Sen. Patty Murray
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "My heart aches for these women, and for everyone targeted by President Trump's cruel and heartless policies over the past year and a half. I talked with some of them with some of them in my home state of Washington."
Sen. Patty Murray
July 1, 2018
Tri-City Herald - Some in Congress Want to Keep Immigration Crisis Alive for Short-Term Gain
Rep. Dan Newhouse
June 29, 2018
Senator Murray's Statement on Visit to Federal Detention Center
Sen. Patty Murray
June 29, 2018
Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders
Rep. Adam Smith, ...
June 28, 2018
Senator Murray Introduces Legislation To Limit Warrantless Vehicle Stops and Property Searches Near the Border
Sen. Patty Murray
June 28, 2018
Leahy And Murray Introduce Legislation To Limit Warrantless Vehicle Stops And Property Searches Near The Border
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
June 28, 2018
Smith Statement on Republicans' False Choice on Immigration
Rep. Adam Smith
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
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. Patty Murray, ...
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. Patty Murray, ...
June 27, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Immigration Vote in House
Rep. Dan Newhouse
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. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Labor - Support of Seasonal Guest Workers
Rep. Dan Newhouse, ...
June 26, 2018
Jayapal Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Muslim Ban
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "I'm going to keep doing all I can to ensure that the front door of our nation remains open for anyone fleeing horrific violence and seeking to build a life in safety here in the United States--and urge President Trump to reverse his dangerous vision for America's future."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Time and again President Trump has doubled down on his divisive rhetoric about refugees with policies that undermine critical humanitarian efforts and ignore the United States' role as a world leader."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
DelBene Denounces Supreme Court's Travel Ban Decision, Vows to Fight Back Against Ruling that Undermines Freedom of Religion
Rep. Suzan DelBene
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Our country has long stood as a symbol of hope and security for people around the world fleeing persecution and violence, and turning our backs on our global neighbors during one of the worst refugee crises in recent history flies in the face of who we are as a nation."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
Cantwell Presses HHS Secretary Azar on Family Reunification Raises Case of Ibis Obeida Guzman Colindres, Asylum Seeker held in SeaTac Prison, Separated from her Son
Sen. Maria Cantwell
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Note to President Trump & Administration officials: Until every last one of the migrant kids you needlessly separated from their parents are reunited w their families-- We will not let up. We will not stop asking questions. We will not stop holding you accountable."
Sen. Patty Murray
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. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 24, 2018
Tweet - "While I'm so grateful that there are millions of people across this country who adamantly refuse to buy into President Trump's hateful ruse, we cannot take this moment for granted--not for one second."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 23, 2018
Jayapal Returns to SeaTac Detention Center, Hears Heartbreaking Stories That Reinforce Need for Mass Mobilization
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 23, 2018
Tweet - "We need to keep sending a message that the Trump Administration's zero-tolerance policy is cruel, dehumanizing, and in no way represents what so many families in this country fight for every day."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Rep. Adam Smith, ...
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. Patty Murray, ...
June 22, 2018
Tweet - "We need to keep pushing hard for answers from President Trump & @HHSGov about what will happen to the more than 2300 children already separated from their parents, like: Are they safe? Do their parents even know where they are? And when will these families be reunited?"
Sen. Patty Murray
Date
Title
Politician
July 16, 2018
Tweet - "Your daily reminder that after several weeks, thousands of young migrant kids are still needlessly sitting in detention centers on orders from the Trump Administration & are waiting for officials to finally reunite them w their parents. Thousands."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 13, 2018
Jayapal Statement on the Trump Administration's New Guidance For Asylum Seekers
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families
Rep.Adam Smith, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Terminate ICE and Transfer Critical Functions to Other Agencies
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 12, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
July 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee - Armed Services Committee Democrats Call for Oversight of Trump Plan to House Migrants on Military Bases
Rep.Rick Larsen, ...
July 12, 2018
Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Terminate ICE and Transfer Critical Functions to Other Agencies
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration missed a critical deadline to reunite dozens of young kids w their parents after they were needlessly separated. Today, we must raise our voices & make them even louder to ensure President Trump brings these families back together."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "When I visited a federal detention center in my home state of WA, I met with mothers who were desperate to be reunited with their children who had been torn away from them. There is no part of Trump's zero tolerance policy that is generous or charitable. It's a nightmare."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "After weeks & months of separation, some of the youngest kids being reunited w their families don't even recognize their parents. Make your voice heard that people in WA & across the country won't let this unthinkable action stand."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 11, 2018
Tweet - "Even after a court ruling, too many migrant kids who were needlessly separated from their families are still waiting for the Trump Administration to reunite them w their parents. We will not stop watching. We will not stop holding you accountable. We will not forget."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 11, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 10, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Whitehouse Demands Judiciary Committee Hearing on Family Separation
Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
July 10, 2018
Senator Murray's Statement on Trump Administration Missing Court-Ordered Deadline for Family Reunification: Democrats Will Keep This Administration's Feet to the Fire
Sen.Patty Murray
July 9, 2018
Tweet - "Until we know every single child is given the chance to be reunited with their parent, we cannot rest. #KeepFamiliesTogether"
Sen.Patty Murray
July 9, 2018
Tweet - "This is unconscionable. President Trump, we have not forgotten about the thousands of children your Administration needlessly separated from their parents--& know that people in WA & across the country will not stop holding you accountable."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 7, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Rep. Susan DelBene Interviewed
Rep.Suzan DelBene
July 6, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Visit to Southern Border
Rep.Dan Newhouse
July 4, 2018
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With Washington Congressman Adam Smith
Rep.Adam Smith
July 3, 2018
Tweet - "I visited a federal detention center and heard from women fleeing gang violence and terror in their home country. One mother told me she was separated right away from her daughter and didn't get to hug or even say goodbye."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "On Friday, I went to a federal detention center in my home state of Washington, where I met women who were detained in the past few months after turning themselves in at the southern U.S. border. I wanted to share some of my thoughts with you:"
Sen.Patty Murray
July 2, 2018
Tweet - "My heart aches for these women, and for everyone targeted by President Trump's cruel and heartless policies over the past year and a half. I talked with some of them with some of them in my home state of Washington."
Sen.Patty Murray
July 1, 2018
Tri-City Herald - Some in Congress Want to Keep Immigration Crisis Alive for Short-Term Gain
Rep.Dan Newhouse
June 29, 2018
Senator Murray's Statement on Visit to Federal Detention Center
Sen.Patty Murray
June 29, 2018
Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders
Rep.Adam Smith, ...
June 28, 2018
Senator Murray Introduces Legislation To Limit Warrantless Vehicle Stops and Property Searches Near the Border
Sen.Patty Murray
June 28, 2018
Leahy And Murray Introduce Legislation To Limit Warrantless Vehicle Stops And Property Searches Near The Border
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
June 28, 2018
Smith Statement on Republicans' False Choice on Immigration
Rep.Adam Smith
June 28, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
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.Patty Murray, ...
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.Patty Murray, ...
June 27, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Immigration Vote in House
Rep.Dan Newhouse
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.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Azar, Secretary of Labor - Support of Seasonal Guest Workers
Rep.Dan Newhouse, ...
June 26, 2018
Jayapal Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Muslim Ban
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "I'm going to keep doing all I can to ensure that the front door of our nation remains open for anyone fleeing horrific violence and seeking to build a life in safety here in the United States--and urge President Trump to reverse his dangerous vision for America's future."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Time and again President Trump has doubled down on his divisive rhetoric about refugees with policies that undermine critical humanitarian efforts and ignore the United States' role as a world leader."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
DelBene Denounces Supreme Court's Travel Ban Decision, Vows to Fight Back Against Ruling that Undermines Freedom of Religion
Rep.Suzan DelBene
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Our country has long stood as a symbol of hope and security for people around the world fleeing persecution and violence, and turning our backs on our global neighbors during one of the worst refugee crises in recent history flies in the face of who we are as a nation."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 26, 2018
Cantwell Presses HHS Secretary Azar on Family Reunification Raises Case of Ibis Obeida Guzman Colindres, Asylum Seeker held in SeaTac Prison, Separated from her Son
Sen.Maria Cantwell
June 26, 2018
Tweet - "Note to President Trump & Administration officials: Until every last one of the migrant kids you needlessly separated from their parents are reunited w their families-- We will not let up. We will not stop asking questions. We will not stop holding you accountable."
Sen.Patty Murray
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.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 24, 2018
Tweet - "While I'm so grateful that there are millions of people across this country who adamantly refuse to buy into President Trump's hateful ruse, we cannot take this moment for granted--not for one second."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 23, 2018
Jayapal Returns to SeaTac Detention Center, Hears Heartbreaking Stories That Reinforce Need for Mass Mobilization
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 23, 2018
Tweet - "We need to keep sending a message that the Trump Administration's zero-tolerance policy is cruel, dehumanizing, and in no way represents what so many families in this country fight for every day."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Rep.Adam Smith, ...
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.Patty Murray, ...
June 22, 2018
Tweet - "We need to keep pushing hard for answers from President Trump & @HHSGov about what will happen to the more than 2300 children already separated from their parents, like: Are they safe? Do their parents even know where they are? And when will these families be reunited?"
Sen.Patty Murray
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