Press Releases
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August 15, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, the leadership of the Congressional Quad-Caucus – which is composed of chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) – and Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman David Cicilline sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the immediate removal of Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller from the White House. Bannon, Gorka and Miller serve as senior advisors to the President.
Congressional Quad-Caucus leadership along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statements upon release of the letter.
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August 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement on President Trump's endorsement of Republican Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue's (R-GA) legislation that would slash legal immigration levels and eliminate multiple categories of family-based legal immigration and diversity visas:
"Our nation's ability to attract the best and brightest from around the world is predicated on a legal immigration system that promises economic opportunity, prioritizes families, and meets the needs of American businesses. Yet Senators Cotton and Perdue's legislation would slash immigration levels in half and put tighter restrictions on visas. This misguided legislation threatens America's prosperity, our values, and our global competitive advantage to attract workers.
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July 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. - On Friday, July 28th, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez and 117 colleagues introduced the American Hope Act of 2017. Recent actions by State Attorneys General and the Trump Administration have put the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in peril. This bill would provide a permanent legislative solution for the more than 800,000 young people enrolled in DACA and put thousands of others on a path to earn permanent legal residency and eventual citizenship if they meet certain requirements.
An alliance made up of Members of House Democratic Leadership, the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus gathered for a press conference in support of Dreamers, DACA, and this critical legislation.
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July 24, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus opposes the addition of funding for President Trump's border wall to an upcoming "minibus" appropriations package:
Republican Leadership has announced that they plan to add border wall funding to a minibus appropriations package that the House will be considering this week. The critical national security funding package will include the Defense, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy & Water appropriations bills.
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July 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and CHC Immigration and Border Issues Task Force Chair Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez sent a letter to Members of the Appropriations Committee calling on them to reject the proposed increases in funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S.
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July 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Before the final vote of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered the following remarks as part of a Motion to Recommit (MTR). If adopted, the measure would have restored a bipartisan amendment that prevented Department of Defense dollars from being used to build President Trump's border wall. The amendment was not adopted in a straight party line vote:
Mr./Madam Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee.
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July 14, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the leadership of the CHC sent a letter to Senate Leadership urging them to oppose two anti-immigrant bills, No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003) and Kate's Law (H.R. 3004), and to not consider them in the Senate.
As the Members stated in the letter, "We strongly urge the Senate to oppose consideration of these bills, which have broad opposition from hundreds of advocacy groups, local governments and, more tellingly, law-enforcement groups.
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July 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) along with Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chairwoman Judy Chu (D-CA) today introduced the Anti-Voter Suppression Act, a bicameral bill that would repeal President Trump's Executive Order establishing an "election integrity" commission to investigate widespread voter fraud.
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July 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Washington, D.C. - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement after Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee unveiled a bill that includes $1.6 billion in taxpayer funds for President Trump's border wall:
"The people who know the border the best, whether it's companies or lawmakers, border communities, trade groups, economists, and law enforcement officials, both Republicans and Democrats, all agree that building a wall is unnecessary, impractical, ineffective, and a complete waste of time and taxpayer money.
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July 11, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Leadership of the Congressional Quad-Caucus – which is composed of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), sent a letter to the Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Reps.