Seema Nanda, solicitor of labor for the U.S. Labor Department, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee there has been an 88% increase since 2019 in the number of children employed il…
3,087 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing to examine the role of migrant workers in U.S. farming and food production. Topics included the H-2A Temporary Agriculture Employment of For…
1,438 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at an oversight hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican senators grilled him with several questions relating to is…
10,737 viewsSenators Durbin (D-IL), Schumer (D-NY), and others spoke with reporters about legislation intended to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
1,432 viewsSenators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), activists, and other lawmakers spoke at a Capitol Hill rally to mark the 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival…
902 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Biden administration’s border and immigration policies. Secretary Mayorkas c…
8,207 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and others testified on immigrant farmworkers before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Lawmakers questioned Secretary Vilsack about the Farm Workforce M…
1,196 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL); CEOs; a university president; religious leaders; unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, al…
3,738 viewsVice President Kamala Harris held a news conference during her visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. She discussed the Biden administration’s efforts to address the root causes …
3,144 viewsFormer Obama and Trump administration immigration officials and other witnesses testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on proposed changes to immigration laws. The hearing came on t…
1,033 viewsThe Center for American Progress hosted an event to discuss the importance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows undocumented migrants who arrived in the U…
931 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and other congressional Democratic leaders spoke about the importance of the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival…
3,397 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider S. 1494, the Secure and Protect Act of 2019, which would change the rules governing adjudication of asylum seekers' cases and establish process…
7,130 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified on border security and the agency’s funding needs before the Senate Judiciary Committee. His testimony came shortly after the Tru…
3,686 viewsSenate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Judiciary Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee ranking member, responded to questions about a border security proposal unveiled by Senate…
568 viewsThe head of U.S. Border Patrol and other immigration officials testified at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the situation at the U.S. southern border. They answered questions on c…
1,842 viewsCustoms and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan testified at a hearing on human smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border. One day earlier, in a briefing on migration trends, Mr. …
4,807 viewsDemocratic Minority Whip and Appropriations Committee Member Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) talked to reporters after participating in a closed-door briefing on border security. Senator Durbin w…
537 viewsIn the hope of avoiding another government shutdown, members of House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees met to work out in conference committee a deal on Homeland Security spending, in…
3,209 viewsCustoms and Border Protection (CPB) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan testified at an oversight hearing on border security and immigration enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border. He fielded questi…
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