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Ranking Members Raskin, Durbin, Padilla Press DHS Secretary on Refugee Admission During Refugee Consultation with Congress

September 24, 2026

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), yesterday pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin on the Trump Administration’s uncertain refugee policies during an annual, statutorily required refugee consultation for Fiscal Year 2027. The meeting occurred as the Trump Administration announced a plan to welcome up to 17,500 White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next year.

House, Senate Leaders Demand Criminal Investigation into Labor Department’s Public Comment Scandal

September 18, 2026

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Todd Blanche and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel open a criminal investigation into the reported use of unverifiable or stolen identities to submit public comments. Ranking Members Scott and Sanders also called on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Keith E. Sonderling and DOL Inspector General Anthony P. D’Esposito to investigate the matter.

Subcommittee Ranking Member Crockett’s Opening Statement At Hearing On Trump and Republicans’ Attacks on American Elections

September 16, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Republicans’ continued efforts to sow distrust in American elections, interfere with voting and fuel false claims of widespread voter fraud, instead of addressing the rising cost of living and other pressing issues facing American families.

Judiciary Democrats Highlight How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Pulling Federal Agents Away From Fighting Serious Crime

September 15, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, led Subcommittee Democrats in highlighting how the Trump Administration is diverting federal law enforcement resources from fighting serious crime to immigration enforcement—while Judiciary Republicans held yet another hearing blaming states and localities rather than scrutinizing how DHS is using its record resources.

Judiciary Democrats Expose Republican Cuts to Tribal Public Safety Amid Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis

September 15, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, led Judiciary Democrats in highlighting the federal government’s longstanding failure to protect Indigenous people—and how proposed cuts to Tribal law enforcement and victim services risk exacerbating the missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis.

Judiciary Democrats Challenge DOJ’s Live Nation-Ticketmaster Settlement, Urge Court to Investigate Trump Administration’s Backroom Deal

September 10, 2026

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Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2026)—On Friday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.

Over 250 Current & Former Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Block Trump’s Executive Order Limiting Mail Voting

September 8, 2026

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Current and former Members of Congress mobilized in a court filing challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The effort was led by House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle; Assistant House Minority Leader Joe Neguse, who leads the House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force; and Task Force Co-Chairs Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia and Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.

Judiciary Democrats Blast Republicans for Renewing Failed Attack on Birthright Citizenship After Resounding Supreme Court Defeat

September 3, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (September 3, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, led Judiciary Democrats in condemning Republicans’ continued efforts to undermine the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship after President Trump’s first attempt to strip citizenship from American-born children was rejected by the courts.

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement Blasting Republicans For Trying to Strip American Children of Their Constitutional Right to Citizenship

September 2, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (September 2, 2026)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on Republicans’ continued efforts to undermine the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, even after the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s attempt to strip citizenship from children born in the United States based on who their parents are.

Ranking Member Scanlon’s Opening Statement Blasting Republicans for Trying to Strip American Children of Their Constitutional Right to Citizenship

September 2, 2026

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (September 2, 2026)—Today, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Republicans’ continued efforts to undermine the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, even after the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s attempt to strip citizenship from children born in the United States.

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