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WASHINGTON, DC – Following considerable public outcry in opposition to President Trump's executive orders on immigration, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) this week introduced new legislation to rescind and defund Trump's interior enforcement and border wall executive orders.
The Protecting Our Border Communities Act (H.R. 920) and The Community Trust Act (H.R. 921) will render null and void President Trump's Executive orders issued on January 25, 2017 to construct a border wall and target all undocumented individuals for deportation, respectively.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 179House Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced legislation to defund and rescind President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from Muslim countries and suspending the refugee program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following introduction of the SOLVE Act, a bill to defund and rescind President Donald Trump's Muslim ban executive order, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) asked for unanimous consent for the House of Representatives to consider her legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D- Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following statement today after President Trump announced executive actions:
"I will undertake a legal analysis of President Trump's executive order today, and will issue a comprehensive review soon. However, it is clear that the effects of today's orders will be discriminatory and isolationist. They are un-American, driven by xenophobia, and will damage our nation's standing around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, today issued the following statement today after President Trump signed orders to build an taxpayer-funded wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and block federal resources to sanctuary cities:
"I am undertaking a thorough analysis of President Trump's executive orders on immigration today, and will be issuing a more comprehensive review soon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today applauded a new Department of Energy (DOE) "scientific integrity" policy announced this week by Secretary Ernest Moniz.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced new legislation today to curb H-1B visa outsourcing abuse and to start the overhaul of a broken high-skilled immigration program.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today applauded the Department of the Interior's official National Historic Landmark designation for Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Chapel (McDonnell Hall).
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement today regarding U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson's letter to members of Congress about the personal information of DACA applicants:
