Press Releases

Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Trump's Lawless and Dangerous Purge of FBI Agents and DOJ Prosecutors

January 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2025)-Rep.

Ranking Member Raskin: Kash Patel Is Dangerous, Unfit to Lead FBI

January 30, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement rebuking President Donald Trump's dangerous pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, after his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee only further proved that he is staggeringly unfit to lead the nation's premier law enforcement agency.

In Bicameral Letter, Ranking Members Call on Secretary Rubio to Immediately Restore Refugee Resettlement Services

January 29, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 29, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, along with Sen. Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen.

Issues: Immigration

Ranking Member Raskin Statement on Disastrous Consequences of Trump's Federal Funding Freeze

January 28, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement and a fact sheet after the Trump Administration announced a sweeping freeze on all federal funding-a brazen attack on millions of American families and a blatant episode of executive trespass on Congressional powers.

Ranking Members Raskin and Connolly Demand Answers Regarding Widespread Firings, Involuntary Reassignments of Career Employees at DOJ

January 28, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)- Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Gerald E.

Rebuking Late-night Purge of Inspectors General, House Democratic Ranking Members Demand President Trump Comply with the Law

January 25, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2025)- Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation.

Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Trump DOJ Memo Threatening to Prosecute Local Officials Over Immigration Enforcement

January 23, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 23, 2025)-Rep.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Immigration Enforcement

January 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)-Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on immigration enforcement.

Below are Rep. Lofgren's remarks, as delivered, at today's subcommittee hearing.

Ranking Member Jamie Raskin's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Immigration Enforcement

January 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on immigration enforcement.

Below are Ranking Member Raskin's remarks, as delivered, at the subcommittee hearing.

Judiciary Democrats Rebuke House Republicans For Demonizing Immigrants to Rail About "Public Safety" While Trump Pardons and Frees Violent Criminal

January 22, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in debunking Republican mistruths on immigration enforcement under the Biden Administration and outlining the harms of President Donald Trump's day one executive orders that demonize immigrants, reduce legal immigration, reverse immigration policies that were proven effective, and create chaos in our immigration system.