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Beyer: “Supreme Court’s Decision To Uphold Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban Will Go Down As One Of The Worst Mistakes In The Court’s History”

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Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Trump v. Hawaii: “I believe that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Donald Trump’s Muslim ban will go down as one of the worst mistakes in the Court’s history. Chief Justice Roberts and the Justices who concurred in his opinion chose to intentionally overlook the obvious animus of bigotry which…

Beyer: Supreme Court Ruling ‘One of Worst Mistakes in Its History’

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Falls Church News Press Virginia Rep. Don Beyer today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Trump v. Hawaii: “I believe that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Donald Trump’s Muslim ban will go down as one of the worst mistakes in the Court’s history. Chief Justice Roberts and the Justices who concurred in his opinion chose to intentionally…

House Dems demand answers on migrant teen abuse allegations

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AP Dozens of Democratic lawmakers demanded explanations Tuesday from the Department of Health and Human Services after charges that immigrant teenagers were handcuffed and beaten in federal custody. Seventy-seven House members signed a letter from Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia seeking answers about allegations of abuses reported by The Associated Press and other news…

Democratic congressman: Congress must overturn the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling

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CNN  Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat from Virginia, urged Congress to act and overturn the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold President Trump's travel ban. "Congress has to act," he said. "We have to overturn what the Supreme Court has done. We cannot let this stand." Beyer called the ban "racist" and "immoral," adding that the court's decision today was "disappointing and it’s…

Beyer Statement On Visit To ICE Detention Facility In Capital Region

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Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today visited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted facility today in Anne Arundel County to see the effects of the Trump Administration’s family separation policy in person. There they met two fathers, Carlos and Mario (last names withheld for their protection), who had been separated from their young children…

Rep. Don Beyer visits immigrant fathers separated from children at Maryland detention facility

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FOX 5 DC Rep. Don Beyer visited a detention facility in Anne Arundel County in Maryland on Tuesday where Immigration and Customs Enforcement are detaining immigrants who have entered the country illegally, some of which have been separated from their children at the border. Beyer (D-Va.) met with two men from Honduras, Carlos and Mario, whose last names he is…

Congressman: Anne Arundel County holding separated immigrant parents for ICE

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Annapolis Capital Gazette Anne Arundel County is housing immigrant parents separated from their children for months — one of whom was told by immigration officials “you can either give us your daughter or we will take her way,” a Virginia congressman said Tuesday after a visit to the county corrections center. In a Facebook video released by his office, U.S. Rep. Don Beyer,…

Beyer Calls For Resignation Of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen

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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…

Beyer Statement On Trump Rule Allowing Junk Healthcare Plans

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Rep. Don Beyer today excoriated the Trump Administration over its continuing healthcare sabotage, after the release of a new “association health plan” rule allowing for more junk plans which lack basic protections. “Virginians are facing the potential for premium increases of over 50%, and Donald Trump is just trying to make it worse,” said Rep. Beyer. “This association health plan rule…