Immigration

Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Report on Trump Tower Meeting

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee released more than 2,500 pages of documents related to its investigation into the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between top Trump aides and a delegation of Russians who promised to help the Trump presidential campaign: “These preliminary findin... Read more »

Nadler & Lofgren Statement on Trump Administration Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 50,000 Hondurans: “The Trump Administration's decisio... Read more »

NADLER'S STATEMENT FOR THE MARKUP OF H.R. 1689, THE “PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2017”

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 1689, the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017: “Mr. Chairman, I question whether marking up H.R. 1689, the “Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017”, is the wisest use of the Committee’s time. To begin with, the bill is a resp... Read more »

All Senate and House Judiciary Democrats Condemn Recent Actions by the Justice Department Undermining Due Process Protections for Immigrants

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(TUESDAY, April 17, 2018) -- U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) have led all Senate and House Judiciary Democrats in a letter condemning recent actions by the Justice Department undermining basic due process protections for immigrants. As Members of the committees of jurisdic... Read more »

Groups Oppodsing the So-Called "Balanced Budget Amendment"

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF AGING ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSING THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS KEY POINTS TO HJRES 2 (STANDARD BBA) NAACP NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WAYS AND MEANS Read more »

HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY DEMS DEMAND ANSWERS ON TRUMP’S BORDER TROOP DEPLOYMENT

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Seven House Democratic national security leaders sent a letter to Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Defense Secretary James Mattis to oppose President Trump’s recent decision to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Given the potential cost and with border crossings at a 40-year low, the Administration must provide a thorough justification and plan for any deployment of troo... Read more »

Nadler's Statement for Markup of Classification Bills Making Technical Amendments to Update Statutory References to Certain Provisions Classified to the United States Code

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Today we are considering four classification bills. These are noncontroversial and bipartisan bills and I hope that we can move through them quickly. To that end, I am incorporating my comments on all four bills into this single statement. H.R. 5283, H.R. 5293, H.R. 5335, and H.R. 5344 -- make a series of long-overdue technical amendments to the United States Code. They are the product of a metic... Read more »

Nadler Statement on Trump Administration Including Citizenship Question in 2020 Census

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census: “More than fifty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans are still trying to disenfranchise voters and manipulate the process for partisan political advantage. With the rollbac... Read more »