Press Releases

Raskin, Meeks, Castro Send Letter to Rubio Demanding Documents on CECOT Agreement with El Salvador

December 23, 2025

Washington, DC -- Representatives Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding documents and information regarding reports that the administration terminated U.S. law enforcement agreements as part of a quid pro quo with El Salvador’s

House and Senate Immigration Leaders Rebuke Trump DHS Proposal That Would Punish Immigrant Families for Lawfully Accessing Health Care and Food Assistance

December 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 22, 2025)—House and Senate immigration leaders submitted a formal regulatory comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opposing the Trump Administration’s proposed “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility” rule, warning that the proposal unlawfully rewrites longstanding immigration law and would deter immigrant families from accessing basic health, nutrition, and housing assistance they are legally entitled to receive.

Ranking Member Raskin, Rep. Lieu Demand DOJ Investigation into Hegseth’s Strike Targeting Survivors Clinging to Shipwrecked Boat

December 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Ted Lieu sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) open a criminal investigation into the Trump Administration’s lethal military strikes in the Caribbean.

Joint Statement by Ranking Members Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia on Trump Administration’s Decision to Defy Epstein Files Transparency Act and Continue Epstein Cover-Up

December 19, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 19, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice will fail to release all of the Epstein files to the American public by the legal deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law that was forced through by House Democrats and reluctantly signed into law

Ranking Members Raskin, Waters Demand Answers from AG Bondi on Trump Administration’s Latest Attempt to Sabotage Consumer Protection and Let Financial Fraudsters Walk Free

December 19, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.

Trump’s Attacks On Temporary Protected Status Program Are Throwing Communities, Economy Into Chaos, Democrats Say

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2025)—Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, led subcommittee Democrats in exposing the Trump Administration’s lawless and indiscriminate crusade against legal immigrants, taking aim at the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program and recklessly throwing more than one million individuals into legal limbo.

Court Rules Trump-Vance Administration Cannot Block Members of Congress From Conducting Oversight at Federal Immigration Detention Facilities

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain individuals — including U.S. citizens — and spend billions in taxpayer dollars, while the case continues.

At Subcommittee Hearing, Former Trump Administration Official Explains How Antitrust Enforcement in America Has Become Corrupt and Politicized and Americans Are Paying the Price

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Becca Balint led Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Democrats in a hearing examining how under President Trump, corruption and favoritism is replacing law and facts as the cornerstones of the government’s antitrust agenda.

Raskin, Ross, Blumenthal, Johnson Lead Bicameral Legislation to Increase Transparency on Supreme Court Shadow Docket Decisions

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced bicameral legislation to create greater visibility into decisions on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, known as the “shadow docket.” The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act requires the Supreme Court to provide explanation of shadow docket decisions, as well as a vote count of each Justice’s individual vote to

Subcommittee Ranking Member Jayapal’s Opening Statement at Hearing on Trump’s Assault on Legal Immigration

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2025)—Today, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on President Donald Trump’s assault on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.