U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House today demanded DHS and HHS Inspectors General conduct an immediate investigation on how the agencies are keeping track of children separated from their parents by Trump’s cruel policy and report on the reunification of parents with their children ASAP! “[W]e are gravely disturbed by reports on children being separated from parents and the possibility that they will never be reunited again,” the letter states. “Therefore, w...
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Today U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) helped lead her Democratic colleagues in a protest on the U.S. House floor against the cruel Trump-GOP family separation policy, a new policy that separates families at our borders and uses their pain as leverage to enact divisive immigration changes that would only inflict further harm on our country, a nation of immigrants.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and her Democratic colleagues on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee have called upon committee chair, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (OR2), to immediately hold a hearing to address the growing number of children forcibly separated from their parents and families and placed into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The Energy and Commerce Committee serves as the oversight committee for HHS.
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Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released a statement on the Trump Administration and GOP’s new policy to rip children from their parents along the U.S. border with Mexico and at other ports of entry into the United States:
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Last night, House Republicans blocked an amendment by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) to protect DREAMers from deportation following the announcement by the Trump Administration that DACA is ending and congressional action is needed right away to avoid deportation of up to 800,000 DREAMers.
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Anoche, Republicanos de la Cámara Baja bloquearon una enmienda por parte de la Congresista Kathy Castor (FL14) para proteger a nuestros DREAMers contra deportación siguiendo el anuncio de la Administración Trump sobre la revocación de DACA. Acción del Congreso se necesita urgentemente para evitar la deportación de 800,000 DREAMers.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after today’s announcement of President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy adopted by President Obama in 2012, which has brought relief from deportation for nearly 800,000 DACA students:
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La Congresista Kathy Castor (FL14) ha publicado la siguiente declaración después del anuncio del Presidente Trump de terminar la consideración de acción diferida para los llegados en la infancia (DACA) adoptada por el Presidente Obama en el 2012, la cual trajo alivio a la deportación para un promedio de 800,000 estudiantes DACA:
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“While President Donald Trump remains mired in controversy over the racist spectacle in Charlottesville and his failure to disavow the support of neo-Nazis, the KKK and white supremacists, I awarded American Dream Awards to a diverse and inspirational group of Tampa immigrants who truly reflect the values of America," said U.S. Rep. Castor.
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