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Nadler & Lofgren Condemn Trump Administration Decision to Strip Salvadorans of TPS

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), after the Trump Administration announced its decision to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Salvadorans:

"President Trump's decision to strip Temporary Protected Status from Salvadorans, many of whom have legally lived and worked in this country for decades, is shameful and wrong.

Lawmakers File Amicus Brief Against Sessions’ Efforts to Block Byrne-Jag Funds from American Cities

WASHINGTON—Twelve members of the United States Senate and 33 members of the United States House filed a Congressional amicus brief in the appeal of the case City of Chicago v. Sessions, which is the lawsuit that the City of Chicago brought in August seeking a preliminary injunction to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from blocking critical violence prevention funds from American cities in order to boost the Trump Administration's extreme immigration agenda.

Lofgren Announces Intent to Run for Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Position

WASHINGTON, DC – At a Democratic Caucus meeting this morning, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) announced to her colleagues her intention to seek the top Democratic position on the House Judiciary Committee should an official vacancy occur pursuant to House Democratic Caucus Rules. Below is a statement from Lofgren:

Lofgren Statement on Congressman John Conyers Jr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today regarding Congressman John Conyers Jr.:

"The reports about Congressman Conyers are as serious as they get. The Committee on Ethics should take up this matter immediately with a goal of promptly assessing the validity of the news account. This reported behavior cannot be tolerated in the House of Representatives or anywhere else."

Lofgren Statement on Trump Administration Cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Nationals

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today regarding the Trump Administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals in the United States:

Poe and Lofgren Urge Improvements to USA Liberty Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today announced their bipartisan push to amend and improve the USA Liberty Act, to ensure that the bill adequately reform's a sweeping, secretive government spying program:

Conyers & Lofgren Statement On Trump Administration's Decision to Strip Temporary Protected Status from Nicaraguans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) Ranking Member of the House Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement today on the Trump Administration's decision to strip Temporary Protected Status from Nicaraguans:

Lofgren Statement at EOIR Oversight Hearing

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement today during an oversight hearing of of the Executive Office for Immigration Review.:

"The last time the Immigration subcommittee gathered for an EOIR oversight hearing, we heard testimony from the former EOIR Director, Juan Osuna. In August of this year, Juan passed away suddenly, and I would like to take a moment to acknowledge Juan's life and service to this country.

Lofgren & Conyers: detention of 10-year-old disabled child unjust and inhumane

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following reports that a ten-year-old disabled child was taken into custody by Border Patrol agents immediately after emergency surgery at the Driscoll's Children hospital in Corpus Christi, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) wrote to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke today raising concerns that the child's detention is unjust, inhumane, and will create community-wide fear resulting in immigrants not seeking medical care, even for their children.

Bipartisan Coalition Introduces USA RIGHTS Act to Reform Secretive Warrantless Spy Program

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Ted Poe, R-Texas, Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, Justin Amash, R-Mich., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced the USA RIGHTS Act in the House of Representatives today. The legislation reforms a sweeping, secretive government spying program to protect the Constitutional rights of Americans, while giving intelligence agencies authority to target foreign terrorists, criminals and other overseas intelligence targets.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen.