Rep. Don Beyer today called for the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump Administration.
Beyer said:
“Yesterday I witnessed firsthand the cruelty being inflicted upon people seeking asylum in the United States by our own government. The distraught fathers I met at a detention facility represented only two of the thousands of families which have… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today signed on as a cosponsor to the Keep Families Together Act, which would formally abolish the Trump Administration’s recently-enacted policy of separating children from their parents in families seeking asylum at the U.S. border. The legislation, introduced today by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is the House companion of an identical Senate… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement on the announcement by the Trump Administration that it would eliminate protections for thousands of Hondurans living in the United States:
“Casting out Hondurans from our communities will inflict needless suffering on thousands of TPS-holders and their families without helping anyone,” said Rep. Beyer. “These are our friends,… Read more »
Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), and Don Beyer (D-VA) sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeking information about allegations that the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Department of Justice are engaging in illegal political discrimination when hiring immigration judges and members of the Board of Immigration… Read more »
“President Trump’s budget presents a dystopian vision of the United States.
We would see massive, promise-breaking cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, as well as to nutrition programs for the poor. And we would see this while giving the wealthiest Americans huge tax cuts.
This budget proposes that we cripple the EPA, give up on the promise of clean air and clean water, and sell out… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer will attend Donald Trump’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union this evening accompanied by guest Jessica Chilin-Hernández, a Northern Virginian originally born in El Salvador who holds Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The Trump Administration announced that it would end TPS protections for over 200,000 Salvadorans earlier this… Read more »
Serrano, Espaillat, Bonamici, Beyer, Lee Demand IG Investigation Into ICE/CBP Policies and Actions at Sensitive Locations
Response to October Letter Revealed Serious Gaps in Accountability and Oversight
Washington, DC –Today, Representatives José E. Serrano (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Don Beyer (D-VA),… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would end protections for an estimated 200,000 Salvadorans in the United States, in place since 2001:
“Donald Trump’s open hostility to immigrants runs against the values and history of this country,” said Rep. Beyer. “His xenophobic policies are already hurting our standing in the… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer issued the following statement today on the latest iteration of the Trump Administration’s “travel ban:”
“Donald Trump cannot camouflage his Muslim Ban by adding new countries to it. Its discriminatory roots are still plainly visible. This policy is an attempt to use racial and anti-religious animus to divide people for political ends.
As with previous bans, the… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer today offered the Democratic motion to recommit for H.R. 3697, a Republican bill which would make it easier to deport people suspected of connections to gangs without conviction or legal due process.
Beyer expressed his agreement that MS-13 is a menace which needs to be combatted, but said this bill is deeply flawed. Beyer noted both potential constitutional issues, as… Read more »
