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“This non-binding resolution would do nothing to bring about a fair and just immigration system. In fact, it would do nothing at all. It is just a meaningless political stunt to change the subject from the international and domestic shame unleashed by P Read more »

Earlier this week, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), requesting an oversight hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The members noted that the Judiciary Committee hasn’t held an oversight hearing since 2015. The Com... Read more »

Keeping Families Together and Protecting Asylum Seekers Rep. Nadler speaking at press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Keep Families Together Act. This Father's Day, I made an unannounced visit to the Elizabeth Detention Facility in Elizabeth, NJ to speak with immigrant detainees being held after trying to enter our country seeking asylum. At the facility, I spoke with... Read more »

Last week, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led a letter signed by all Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee to President Donald Trump asking questions about the inception for the Administration’s family separation policy, the implementation of the policy, and the level of coordination between relevant agencies. The letter was signed by Democratic Membe... Read more »

Today, Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Elijah E. Cummings, Bennie G. Thompson, Bobby Scott, and Frank Pallone, Jr., the Ranking Members of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to the Inspectors General of the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services calli... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii: “I am appalled by the Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii. Today, the Court willfully turned a blind eye to the religious animus motivating the President when he issued the travel ban and would have us pretend that we did n... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act: “I strongly oppose H.R. 6136. Far from being the ‘moderate’ and ‘compromise’ bill that has been advertised, this bill is extreme and unreasonable. “This bill eliminates the Diversity... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 4760, the Republican Securing America’s Future Act (SAFE Act), introduced by Chairman Goodlatte: “This legislation is nothing more than a wish-list of the far-right anti-immigrant fringe. It would do nothing to solve the real problems ... Read more »

Family Separation Policy Runs Counter to American Values At a press conference, Rep. Nadler spoke in opposition to the Administration's new, zero tolerance immigration policy. From its earliest days to the present, I believe the Administration has relentlessly pushed an anti-immigrant agenda, including ending the DACA program and implementing a travel ban specifically targeting seven Muslim major... Read more »