Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and a bipartisan group of senior House and Senate members wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leaders to urge the delay of planned furloughs and contract cancellations for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Chairwoman Roybal-Allard and her congressional colleagues wrote to Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and USCIS Deputy Director for Policy Joseph Edlow to explain that US...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the lead author of the Dream and Promise Act (HR 6) and an original co-author of the Dream Act, issued the following statement about the Trump Administration’s announcement on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “The Trump Administration is unlawfully refusing to comply with two court orders to accept new DACA applications. Instead, the Administration has announced it will reject all pending and future initial requ...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement about President Trump's memorandum attempting to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted for the purposes of congressional reapportionment after the 2020 Census: "Once again, President Trump is taking extraordinary steps to sabotage the Census and Congress for his own political gain. Let's be very clear: The Census requires EVERY resident of our nation to be counted, regardless of immigration status, and that p...
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This morning, Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) delivered the following remarks (as prepared) at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security bill (livestreaming at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpnsHf9xEI): I’d like to begin by joining my colleagues in recognizing Chairwoman Lowey for her nearly 32 years of service to our country. Her wisdom, passion, and commitment on behalf of her constituents and the A...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation provides annual funding for the components of the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides $50.72 billion in discretionary funding, including $48.1 billion in nondefense discretionary funding, the same level as fiscal year 2020, and $2.8 billion in defense fu...
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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, led by Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2021 bill. The bill provides $50.72 billion in discretionary funding, including $48.1 billion in nondefense discretionary funding, the same level as fiscal year 2020, and $2.8 billion in defense funding, $250 million more than in fiscal year 2020. The bill also provides an additional $5.1 billion in...
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House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and the Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation provides annual funding for the components of the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides $50.72 billion in discretionary funding, including $48.1 billion in nondefense discretionary funding, the same level as fiscal ye...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the awarding of more than $39 million in competitively awarded Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preparedness grants to Los Angeles area communities or to the State of California. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “From protecting our schools and houses of worship, to securing our transit systems a...
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Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425), a bill to strengthen and enhance the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by expanding Americans’ access to quality and affordable health care, bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs, extending Medicaid coverage to new mothers, and more. Today’s vote comes days after the Trump Administration filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entir...
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Today, American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) lead author Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), led over 100 House Democrats and CHC Members in writing letters to President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to protect Dreamers and support H.R. 6. This bill, which would permanently protect Dreamers and provide them with a path to citizenship, passed the House of Representatives more than a ...
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