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Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement on reaching the October 5th DACA renewal deadline, which will leave tens of thousands of DACA recipients unprotected as a result of the artificial cutoff date:

"Today is a sad day in America. Today the President of the United States and his administration began to undocument the documented. It began when President Trump irresponsibly ended DACA and set an arbitrary and rushed 30 day renewal period endangering thousands of young Americans. Now, the President recklessly and dangerously leaves young patriots who have met every requirement to earn DACA status unprotected from deportation. Not only is this shameful, but it tears at the moral fiber of who we are as a country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement in reaction to the Committee on Homeland Security's markup of H.R. 3548, the so-called Border Security for America Act of 2017:

"H.R. 3548 is draconian and counterproductive to the goal of enacting common-sense legislative solutions to our broken immigration system. At a time when our border is the safest it's ever been and passing a clean DREAM Act is more urgent than ever, House Republicans want to bring forth legislation that would irresponsibly divert billions of American taxpayer dollars to pay for a rushed border agent hiring surge and President Trump's border wall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), CHC Immigration and Border Issues Task Force Chair Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL-04), and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security sent a letter to Acting Secretary of U.S.

Washington D.C. – Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) including Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), Rep. José E. Serrano (NY-15), Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL-04), Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09), released the following statements in response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Puerto Rico one week after it was struck by Hurricane Maria, the second hurricane to hit the Island in September:

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) and Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said, "The Trump Administration's response to the disaster in Puerto Rico is unacceptable. One of the strongest and most devastating storms to hit Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands requires a rapid, coordinated and comprehensive disaster recovery response from the federal government and Congress.

Washington D.C. – The Chairs of Congressional Tri-Caucus – which is comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statement on immigration legislation announced by U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and James Lankford (R-OK):

"The American public is clear that Congress must pass legislation that reflects our shared American values and provides an earned-path to citizenship for Dreamers, young patriots who have done everything right. Regrettably, the Tillis-Lankford bill falls far short of meeting this critical standard.

September 8, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest ranking Hispanic member of Congress, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai inquiring about the status of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE) announced back in April. As Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, Menendez used the attention garnered by the diversity of the winners at the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards to request an update on the strategy by the ACDDE to tackle systemic challenges of Latino representation in the media and information sector in general. Joining the Senator in sending the letter was Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep.