Today, Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), joined by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and additional House Democrats, held a shadow hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss the impact and human cost of President Trump’s cruel family separation policy that has led to the separation of thousands of children from their parents. Expert insight on this issue was provided by panelists Eleni Bakst, Equal Justice Works Fellow of Human Rights First; Danielle Doo... Read more

Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member José E. Serrano (NY-15), and House Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) joined with House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (NY-17) to send a letter to their Republican counterparts demanding a hearing on the use of federal funds for t... Read more

This morning, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and fellow Congressmembers held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol to condemn the Trump Administration’s policy of separating immigrant families, tearing children from their parents, at the border. Other speakers at the press conference, which can be viewed here, included Congressmembers Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-... Read more

Today, Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), the co-chairs of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray urging a thorough, transparent, and just FBI investigation of the U.S. Border Patrol’s killing of Claudia Patricia Gómez González. The congresswomen also requested a complete briefing on the FBI’s investigative process and findings at the conclusion of the investigation. O... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced legislation that would protect the safety and well-being of minor children who have been left alone and vulnerable after their parents have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities. The two lawmakers said their Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act is necessary because in the past children have been abandoned at home or at school after their parents’ d... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and the co-chair of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform, issued the following statement on today’s announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the separation of immigrant families: “Today, the Attorney General announced that the United States will be intentionally tearing immigrant parents from their children at our Southwest border so that the parents... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement today in response to the news that the Department of Homeland Security will terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Honduras: “The Department of Homeland Security is utterly wrong to terminate Temporary Protected Status for 57,000 Hondurans, many of whom have made America their home for many years. I condemn DHS’s cruel announcement in the strongest terms. We should be keeping families together, not... Read more

On Monday, Congressmembers Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pete Aguilar (CA-31) visited the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego to tour the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa Ports of Entry, and were shown the prototypes for the border wall proposed by President Trump. The visit was organized by Rep. Roybal-Allard, who serves as the Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. “It was deeply informative to visit the border,” said Rep. Roybal-Allard. “As the top Democrat on Hous... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s subcommittee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for the U.S. Coast Guard. The hearing’s witness was the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Paul F. Zukunft. Admiral Zukunft, welcome to what will be your final hearing in front of this subcommittee as Commandant of the Coast Guard. Let me begin by thanking yo... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s subcommittee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The hearing’s witness was FEMA Administrator Brock Long. Good morning, Administrator Long, and welcome to your second appearance before the subcommittee. The last time you appeared was on the heels of the dama... Read more