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June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azr, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Demands Answers From Trump Health Secretary Azar on Safety, Reunification of Separated Children
Sen. Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "Until President Trump unwinds the damage caused by his reckless, hateful family separation policy, absolutely none of this is OK. Those of us on the right side of history won't back down, & we won't stop raising our voices."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Keeping Families Together at Border
Rep. Dan Newhouse, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Rep. Adam Smith, ...
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "People in WA & across the nation will continue speaking out until President Trump & his Administration finally address how they plan to reverse the incredible damage they've inflicted upon thousands of migrant children & families."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "Truth from @EverettHerald on Trump's family separation policy: " .what it was another attempt by Trump to leverage a situation to get what he wanted: acquiescence from Democrats & moderate Republicans in Congress to his terms on immigration reform "
Sen. Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services - Cardin, Finance Democrats Demand Plan to Reunite Children Separated from Their Parents at the Border
Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
June 21, 2018
Newhouse Statement on H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act
Rep. Dan Newhouse
June 21, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
Rep. Dan Newhouse
June 20, 2018
Families Have A Right to Petition for Asylum
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
June 20, 2018
House Democrats Gather in Front of U.S. Capitol to Introduce Keep Families Together Act, Legislation to End Family Separation at the Border
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "We're still digging into Trump's EO, but here's what we know right now: If implemented, there will continue to be zero tolerance for all asylum seekers, including domestic violence survivors, a system of locking up children by the thousands & all carried out in our country's name"
Sen. Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "People nationwide have have been watching the pain this forced family separation has caused so many innocent children and have begged President Trump to pick up the phone, sign a piece of paper--do whatever it takes to make it stop."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "I'm heading to the Senate floor to lift up the voices of millions of people across the country and in my home state of Washington who have been outraged and frustrated by what President Trump has been doing on our southern border. -PM"
Sen. Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "People across the globe who have held up America as a beacon of freedom are now seeing our government rip apart families seeking safety & asylum, & detaining kids in cages. President Trump & his Administration should end this cruel practice immediately."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Jayapal Responds to Trump's Executive Order Implementing Indefinite Detention of Families
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Congress Must Have Access to Migrant Children on Military Bases
Rep. Adam Smith, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen. Patty Murray
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "People across the country are seeing what's happening in their country's name--a deliberate choice being made by President Trump and his Administration to separate children from their families. And they're calling for it to stop now."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "The moral hole that President Trump has been digging since the moment he declared his candidacy has reached a new low--and we cannot allow what has been become expected to become acceptable. What we are seeing being done right now, in our great country's name, is truly horrific."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "No matter your party, it should go w/o saying that detaining innocent kids & separating them from their families is beyond cruel. Now more than ever, we must make our voices heard to end this despicable treatment of families seeking to come to our country."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump could choose to have empathy & show compassion to families fleeing traumatic crime & violence. He could choose to keep families together instead of ripping them apart. The reality is he simply chooses not to."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "Powerful words President Trump needs to hear: "Children need their parents, & children in families seeking refuge are especially vulnerable (l)et us be a nation that values families & offers a promise that all people seeking safety will find it here""
Sen. Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 17, 2018
Tweet - "A sad but timely perspective on what's at stake: "This is now who we are, until we prove we're better: A country that strategically terrorizes kids and parents while all the regular comings and goings of American life proceed in normalcy"
Sen. Patty Murray
June 16, 2018
Tweet - "It's hard to fathom that Trump's vision of a great America would include traumatizing children & housing their parents in facilities built for murderers & gangsters. It's certainly not a vision shared by most Americans."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 16, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's efforts to deter families from seeking freedom in our country seem to grow crueler w each passing day. Republican leaders must come back to the table to work w Democrats & finally repair our broken immigration system. Too many futures are at stake."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 13, 2018
Tearing Immigrant Children Away From Their Parents
Rep. Adam Smith
June 12, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 12, 2018
Tweet - "Ripping children away from their parents who come to the US fleeing violence goes against everything we stand for--we deserve answers from the Trump Administration about the disgraceful treatment of migrant families on US soil, & I won't stop holding them accountable."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 12, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Immigration Reform
Rep. Dan Newhouse
June 11, 2018
Tweet - ".@RepJayapal is right--this treatment of those seeking a better life on US soil is disturbing & cruel. We cannot allow this to continue. President Trump & Republican leaders must keep their word & work w/ Democrats to fix our broken immigration system."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Senator Murray: Sessions' Rollback of Asylum for Domestic Violence Survivors Shows Blatant, Frightening Disregard for Women's Lives
Sen. Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Tweet - "Despite what President Trump & AG Sessions may want to claim, domestic violence is not just a "private' concern--and the United States should be a leader among nations in rooting it out here at home and protecting those who flee their homes to escape this scourge abroad."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Senators Murray, Cantwell Push Back against Trump's Policy of Tearing Apart Immigrant Families at the Border
Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
June 9, 2018
Jayapal Goes Inside Federal Detention Center to Meet with Asylum-Seeking Women: "The Mothers Could Not Stop Crying"
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Smith Sends Letter Voicing Concerns with Inhumane Family Separation and Detention Practices
Rep. Adam Smith
June 7, 2018
Jayapal Responds to ICE Holding Asylum Seekers in Federal Prison Facilities
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen. Patty Murray, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "From stripping away protections for DREAMers to the disgraceful treatment of migrant children on our soil, it is evident that our immigration system is broken. Democrats remain ready to work toward solutions, but we need action from Republican leaders to get it done."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "This is disgraceful. I share @SenJeffMerkley's outrage at the treatment of these children on US soil, and we must continue fighting back against President Trump's repeated attempts to take our country backward."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "I'm proud to support legislation Senator @timkaine introduced to protect children if they are separated from their parents, and I'm going to continue looking at what else we can to do end the Trump Administration's deeply wrong policy."
Sen. Patty Murray
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
Date
Title
Politician
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azr, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Demands Answers From Trump Health Secretary Azar on Safety, Reunification of Separated Children
Sen.Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "Until President Trump unwinds the damage caused by his reckless, hateful family separation policy, absolutely none of this is OK. Those of us on the right side of history won't back down, & we won't stop raising our voices."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Keeping Families Together at Border
Rep.Dan Newhouse, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Rep.Adam Smith, ...
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "People in WA & across the nation will continue speaking out until President Trump & his Administration finally address how they plan to reverse the incredible damage they've inflicted upon thousands of migrant children & families."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Tweet - "Truth from @EverettHerald on Trump's family separation policy: " .what it was another attempt by Trump to leverage a situation to get what he wanted: acquiescence from Democrats & moderate Republicans in Congress to his terms on immigration reform "
Sen.Patty Murray
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, Department of Health and Human Services - Cardin, Finance Democrats Demand Plan to Reunite Children Separated from Their Parents at the Border
Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
June 21, 2018
Newhouse Statement on H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act
Rep.Dan Newhouse
June 21, 2018
Providing for Consideration of H.R. Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
Rep.Dan Newhouse
June 20, 2018
Families Have A Right to Petition for Asylum
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senator Murray, Cantwell Call for Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Treatment of Migrant Children
Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
June 20, 2018
House Democrats Gather in Front of U.S. Capitol to Introduce Keep Families Together Act, Legislation to End Family Separation at the Border
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "We're still digging into Trump's EO, but here's what we know right now: If implemented, there will continue to be zero tolerance for all asylum seekers, including domestic violence survivors, a system of locking up children by the thousands & all carried out in our country's name"
Sen.Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "People nationwide have have been watching the pain this forced family separation has caused so many innocent children and have begged President Trump to pick up the phone, sign a piece of paper--do whatever it takes to make it stop."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "I'm heading to the Senate floor to lift up the voices of millions of people across the country and in my home state of Washington who have been outraged and frustrated by what President Trump has been doing on our southern border. -PM"
Sen.Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Tweet - "People across the globe who have held up America as a beacon of freedom are now seeing our government rip apart families seeking safety & asylum, & detaining kids in cages. President Trump & his Administration should end this cruel practice immediately."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 20, 2018
Jayapal Responds to Trump's Executive Order Implementing Indefinite Detention of Families
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Congress Must Have Access to Migrant Children on Military Bases
Rep.Adam Smith, ...
June 20, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - "Where are the Girls?"
Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
June 20, 2018
Forced Family Separation
Sen.Patty Murray
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "People across the country are seeing what's happening in their country's name--a deliberate choice being made by President Trump and his Administration to separate children from their families. And they're calling for it to stop now."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 19, 2018
Tweet - "The moral hole that President Trump has been digging since the moment he declared his candidacy has reached a new low--and we cannot allow what has been become expected to become acceptable. What we are seeing being done right now, in our great country's name, is truly horrific."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "No matter your party, it should go w/o saying that detaining innocent kids & separating them from their families is beyond cruel. Now more than ever, we must make our voices heard to end this despicable treatment of families seeking to come to our country."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump could choose to have empathy & show compassion to families fleeing traumatic crime & violence. He could choose to keep families together instead of ripping them apart. The reality is he simply chooses not to."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
Tweet - "Powerful words President Trump needs to hear: "Children need their parents, & children in families seeking refuge are especially vulnerable (l)et us be a nation that values families & offers a promise that all people seeking safety will find it here""
Sen.Patty Murray
June 18, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 17, 2018
Tweet - "A sad but timely perspective on what's at stake: "This is now who we are, until we prove we're better: A country that strategically terrorizes kids and parents while all the regular comings and goings of American life proceed in normalcy"
Sen.Patty Murray
June 16, 2018
Tweet - "It's hard to fathom that Trump's vision of a great America would include traumatizing children & housing their parents in facilities built for murderers & gangsters. It's certainly not a vision shared by most Americans."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 16, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's efforts to deter families from seeking freedom in our country seem to grow crueler w each passing day. Republican leaders must come back to the table to work w Democrats & finally repair our broken immigration system. Too many futures are at stake."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 13, 2018
Tearing Immigrant Children Away From Their Parents
Rep.Adam Smith
June 12, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Immigration
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 12, 2018
Tweet - "Ripping children away from their parents who come to the US fleeing violence goes against everything we stand for--we deserve answers from the Trump Administration about the disgraceful treatment of migrant families on US soil, & I won't stop holding them accountable."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 12, 2018
Newhouse Statement on Immigration Reform
Rep.Dan Newhouse
June 11, 2018
Tweet - ".@RepJayapal is right--this treatment of those seeking a better life on US soil is disturbing & cruel. We cannot allow this to continue. President Trump & Republican leaders must keep their word & work w/ Democrats to fix our broken immigration system."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Senator Murray: Sessions' Rollback of Asylum for Domestic Violence Survivors Shows Blatant, Frightening Disregard for Women's Lives
Sen.Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Tweet - "Despite what President Trump & AG Sessions may want to claim, domestic violence is not just a "private' concern--and the United States should be a leader among nations in rooting it out here at home and protecting those who flee their homes to escape this scourge abroad."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 11, 2018
Senators Murray, Cantwell Push Back against Trump's Policy of Tearing Apart Immigrant Families at the Border
Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
June 9, 2018
Jayapal Goes Inside Federal Detention Center to Meet with Asylum-Seeking Women: "The Mothers Could Not Stop Crying"
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Smith Sends Letter Voicing Concerns with Inhumane Family Separation and Detention Practices
Rep.Adam Smith
June 7, 2018
Jayapal Responds to ICE Holding Asylum Seekers in Federal Prison Facilities
Rep.Pramila Jayapal
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen.Patty Murray, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "From stripping away protections for DREAMers to the disgraceful treatment of migrant children on our soil, it is evident that our immigration system is broken. Democrats remain ready to work toward solutions, but we need action from Republican leaders to get it done."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "This is disgraceful. I share @SenJeffMerkley's outrage at the treatment of these children on US soil, and we must continue fighting back against President Trump's repeated attempts to take our country backward."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 4, 2018
Tweet - "I'm proud to support legislation Senator @timkaine introduced to protect children if they are separated from their parents, and I'm going to continue looking at what else we can to do end the Trump Administration's deeply wrong policy."
Sen.Patty Murray
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
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