Immigration

Washington, DC – Today, 34 House Republicans, including several members of the Republican Main Street Caucus, sent a letter urging Speaker Paul Ryan to put a permanent solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives before the end of the year. Although the current DACA program is set to expire in March, about 22,000 DACA individuals were unable to renew their status this year, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Wit... Read more

Nearly three dozen House Republicans, including three from California, fired off a warning shot to Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday, saying they have enough votes to join with Democrats to pass legislation to protect young immigrants before Congress adjourns this year. ... "Our goal is to get a lot of new signatures to show the speaker that this is not only something we've got to resolve right now, but something that will have bipartisan support,'' said California Rep. Jeff Denham, (R-Stanislaus Cou... Read more

Orange County U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters on Tuesday joined Central Valley congressmen David Valadao and Jeff Denham in urging House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to address the legal status of people brought to the country illegally as children before the end of the year. ... Denham said Tuesday that he’s hoping the letter will show GOP congressional leaders that lawmakers want a fast fix. “We are united in finding a permanent fix for DACA recipients,” Denham said. “We know that we’ve got to get this done an... Read more

A group of 34 House GOP members is asking Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for a vote before year's end on legislation to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "We are compelled to act immediately because many DACA recipients are about to lose or have already lost their permits in the wake of the program's rescission," they said in a letter sent Tuesday. ... "It’s hard to say what we’re not going to do," said Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.). "The goal is to say w... Read more

Moderate Republicans in Congress are seeking to lead on a possible solution for young undocumented immigrants, as a group on Tuesday pushed their leadership to reach a deal by the end of the year. Thirty-four Republicans on Tuesday signed a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him that Congress should act "immediately" on a "permanent legislative solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients before the end of the year." ... "Before we take up the end of the year bills... Read more

California Central Valley Congressman Jeff Denham has been looking over his shoulder since Donald Trump was elected president. The conservative Republican from Turlock saw his 10th District go for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and his seat is now a target for Democrats next year. Denham, fortunately, has joined forces with Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake — one of the few Republicans openly critical of Trump — on legislation to revive DACA, which Trump has ordered to end in March. Flake’s bill would remove th... Read more

El republicano John Denham, representante de los condados de Stanislaus y San Joaquín, dice que quiere ayudar a los DREAMERS locales. Matthew Godinez se sentó para hablar cara a cara con él. Read more

Hace dieciséis años, la representante de Downey, Lucille Roybal-Allard, ayudó a presentar una legislación que permitiría a las personas traídas al país ilegalmente cuando eran niños permanecer en los Estados Unidos. Ese proyecto de ley se convirtió en el Dream Act. Ante el fracaso del Congreso para aprobar esa ley, condujo al programa de Acción Diferida por Llegadas de la Niñez, que el presidente Trump decidió este mes terminar, e instó al Congreso para encontrar un reemplazo en un plazo de seis... Read more

Donald Trump was striking a deal over dinner with Democrats on Wednesday night to save Dreamers from deportation. By Thursday morning, his aides were playing catch up and insisting nothing changed in his position on immigration or border security. Now, as confusion reigns over Trump’s true intentions for dealing with 800,000 people affected by a now-canceled Obama-era order that allowed them to live and work in the United States, one senior Republican lawmaker wants the White House to come clean... Read more

Donald Trump estaba negociando un acuerdo durante la cena con varios demócratas el miércoles por la noche con el fin de salvar a los dreamers de la deportación. Para el jueves por la mañana, sus asistentes trataban de ponerse al día e insistieron en que la postura del presidente sobre la inmigración y la seguridad en la frontera no había cambiado. Ahora, en momentos en que reina la confusión sobre las verdaderas intenciones de Trump en relación con las 800,000 personas afectadas por la cancelaci... Read more