Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) led a letter signed by Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen and Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to demand that a briefing be provided on the Trump… Read more »

Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined House Democratic Caucus Chariman Joe Crowley (D-NY), along with members of New York City’s congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Trump asking him to meet with immigrants and families instead of holding hateful and unproductive events that demonize… Read more »

Today, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Judiciary, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 50,000… Read more »

Yesterday, four leading members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus objected to the forced dissemination of a highly deceptive anti-abortion brochure called “A Woman’s Right to Know” by an office of the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for the care of undocumented teens in federal facilities. The Office of Refugee Resettlement is… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice has reportedly planned to end the Executive Office of Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Legal… Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census: “More than fifty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans are still trying to disenfranchise voters and manipulate the process for… Read more »

Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Justice Department Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to eliminate a requirement for those seeking asylum to have a full hearing before an immigration judge: “This week, Attorney General Sessions unilaterally vacated a decision finding that… Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released a joint statement with Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), on Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ lawsuit against California’s sanctuary laws: “Attorney General Sessions is again attacking local… Read more »

Budget Proposal Hurts New Yorkers and Middle Class  The Administration’s FY19 budget proposal continues what I believe has been a disgraceful record of rewarding the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working families. In my view, we knew these cuts… Read more »