Immigration and Border Issues
The Immigration and Border Issues Task Force provides a national voice and leadership with regard to immigration and border issues, both within the halls of Congress and on behalf of diverse communities across the United States.
Members:
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, Co-Chair
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Co-Chair
Rep. Joaquin Castro
Rep. Juan Vargas
Rep. Filemon Vela
Senator Robert Menendez
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August 31, 2017
Washington D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), released the following statement as President Trump considers terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides young men and women who were brought to America as children the opportunity to work and go to school in the United States.
This purely political move by the president would have disastrous impacts on our economy, devastate families and do nothing to secure our borders or fix our broken immigration system.
"Any attempt by the President to end DACA would be a betrayal to a group of young people who are the living embodiment of American values. This administration has continuously attacked and vilified immigrants and ending DACA would be another cruel attack on our community.
August 31, 2017
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August 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement after President Trump pardoned former Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio and issued a memo banning transgender Americans from enlisting in the military:
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August 31, 2017
Washington D.C. – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement on a report that House Republicans are planning to cut $876 million from Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief account to finance the President's border wall:
"It's disgusting and disgraceful that Republican lawmakers thought it was ok to pillage one-third of FEMA's disaster relief account and use it to build President Trump's senseless border wall. The federal disaster aid account is a critical lifeline for people recovering from catastrophes like Harvey, it is not a slush fund for ridiculous political whims.
August 29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Members of Congress sent a letter to Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to express deep concern and disappointment with the Department of Homeland Security's recent decision to terminate the Central American Minors (CAM) Parole program. This critical, life-saving program has allowed young children to escape violence, persecution and possible death in some of the most dangerous countries in the world.
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August 28, 2017
Washington D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released this statement following reports that President Trump appears likely to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
"Any attempts by President Trump to end DACA would be a betrayal against a group of young people who are the living embodiment of American values. Such a deliberately immoral decision would tear at the fabric of our country and be a permanent stain on our history. The end of DACA would cast out nearly a million young people who want nothing more than to contribute to the country they love, revere, respect, and call home. The President should know that we are united and ready to fight for DACA recipients because the stakes are too high."
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August 24, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement after President Trump threatened to shut down government if Congress does not spend billions of taxpayer dollars to begin construction of his border wall:
"It is shameful that this far into his Presidency, Mr. Trump continues to grow the divisions that he sowed during his campaign. Instead of using his platform to support a reasonable path forward on immigration reform, the economy and the budget, the President chose to push his divisive, nativist agenda. He continued his attacks on immigrant communities and recklessly threatened to shut down the government if Congress refuses to allocate billions of taxpayer funds to pay for his unnecessary and ineffective border wall.
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August 18, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement urging President Trump not to issue a pardon for former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. This statement comes on the heels of reports that the President said that he was "seriously considering" issuing a pardon for Arpaio, who was convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.
Arpaio's tenure as Maricopa Sheriff was mired in controversy related to alleged racism and abuse of power.
August 15, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This anniversary comes as ten Republican Attorneys General issued a threat to challenge DACA in court if the Trump Administration does not terminate the program by September 5th:
"DACA has been transformative to the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people and has resulted in economic gains for cities, states and our nation as a whole. Not only is defending and continuing DACA the morally right thing to do, it is economically beneficial for the nation. That is why the vast majority of Americans, regardless of their political affiliation, overwhelmingly support the DACA program.
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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.