Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair-designate of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair-designate of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statements in response to the new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General report on the Trump Administration’s family separation policy. “Today's report sheds horrifying new lig... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke in the House tonight in support of the continuing resolution to extend Homeland Security funding through February 8, 2019. Her statement can be viewed here, and a copy of her statement is below. Madam Speaker, today is the beginning of the 116th Congress. The first and most basic responsibility this House has is to reopen our government to serve the needs of the American peop... Read more

On Thursday, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives as Republicans attempted to force $5.7 billion for a border wall into the Continuing Resolution to extend government funding through February 8, 2019: “Mr. Speaker, Democrats understand the critical responsibility we have: to keep our government funded and serve the needs of the American people. But, H... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement on the continuing resolution to extend government funding through February 8, 2019: “Republican leadership has failed to govern. By choosing to pursue a second CR instead of passing appropriations bills that truly meet our nation’s needs, Republicans have failed to provide government agencies with the certainty they need to serve the American people. This is not how the Appropriations process should be run. “As the top De... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, signed a letter led by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and signed by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security; Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman Elect of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA... Read more

Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen calling for the immediate closure of Tornillo, a tent city facility for child migrants. The Trump administration has expanded capacity and extended the contract for this so-called temporary shelter multiple times this year despite prevalent issues at the facility that put ... 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 President Trump urging him to rescind his administration’s interim rule and his presidential proclamations that effectively created an asylum ban. On November 9, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice issued an interim rule that would bar individuals fleeing violence or persecution from seeking asylum i... Read more

Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), the co-chairs of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform, issued the following statement about news that the Trump Administration is once again considering a cruel family separation policy on the southern U.S. border: “We are deeply concerned that the Trump Administration is considering new policies to separate mothers and fathers from their children. The Administration’s original zero-tolerance policy tore thousand... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Senators Mazie K. Hirono (HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), and Kamala D. Harris (CA) have introduced the Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act, which expands protections for vulnerable children in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The bill has been introduced in the House as H.R. 7047, and in the Senate as S. 3558. When children cross the border into the U.S., seeking protection either as unaccompanied children or ... Read more

Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), the co-chairs of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) recently led a group of 72 members of Congress in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar condemning the Trump Administration’s transfer of more than 1,600 children in the dead of night to an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) tent city in Tornillo, Texas. The letter also ex... Read more