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Nadler: GOPs Sanctuary City Bill Demonizes Immigrants While Destroying Trust Between Law Enforcement and Local Communities

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following floor statement in opposition to H.R. 3003, the so-called “No Sanctuary for Criminals Act,” which would withhold needed law enforcement funding from so-called “sanctuary cities” that choose not to assist federal authorities in enforcing…

Rep. Nadler: Republican Immigration Bill Subjects Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum to Cross-Examination by ICE Attorneys About Sexual Abuse and Violence

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, offered an amendment during the committee’s markup of H.R. 495, an immigration bill that subjects unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States to increased interrogation before…

ICYMI: Nadler Amendment Requires Secret Service Report Expenditures Paid to Commercial Properties Owned by President Trump

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Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced an amendment to require reporting of Secret Service expenditures paid directly to commercial properties owned by protectees as part of the committee’s markup of the Secret Service Reauthorization Act of 2017. With President Trump’s ownership of expensive…

Rep. Nadler: "Indefinite Detention of Immigrants is Contrary to American Principles of Due Process"

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, offered an amendment to strike Section 310 during the committee's markup of H.R. 2431, The Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act.   Section 310 of the legislation is an unconstitutional provision that authorizes—and in some…

Rep Nadler: Republican Bill Would Turn Millions into Criminals Overnight

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Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, offered an amendment during today’s markup of H.R. 2431, The Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act. The Nadler Amendment would have struck a provision making it a crime to be unlawfully present in the country. Under current law, being…

Representatives Nadler and Dingell CNN Op-Ed on Consequences of Administration Policies for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse

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Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) co-authored an Op-Ed on the consequences of the Trump Administration’s policies and executive orders for immigrant victims of domestic abuse.  Congressman Nadler, a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Dingell, a Member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee,…

Congressman Nadler Condemns Reported Anti-LGBT, Anti-Women Executive Order Providing "License for Discrimination"

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chair and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to reports that President Trump will sign an executive order designed to provide a "license for discrimination" against the LGBT community and women under the…

Conyers, Nadler Statement Against President Trumps Attacks on Judiciary Following 9th Circuit Judge Ruling Sanctuary Cities Order as Unconstitutional

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, released a joint statement following President Donald Trump’s threats against the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after Judge William Orrick III ruled the President’s…

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