Cameras were rolling when Congressman Jeff Denham rang the bell at a shelter for immigrant children in Pleasant Hill. Nobody opened the door, but someone from the facility let Rep. Denham know he would not be able to go inside. Denham can be heard on camera saying, "We confirmed with both HHS and let our counterparts at the White House know that we were coming." The man on camera from the facility, who appeared to be security, responded, "What I've been told by them is that they had no prior kno...
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The cry of a child could be heard just inside the nondescript, brown detention facility in Pleasant Hill, California, a San Francisco suburb, and Rep. Jeff Denham wanted to see for himself what was inside. He knocked on the door and waited about five minutes, alternatively silent, knocking some more and asking the security guard if employees inside were aware he was out there. The guard eventually told him the employees inside had been instructed to not answer the door, not to even speak to him....
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This week’s vote on the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act proves there is only one path forward to protect America’s Dreamers. I bucked my party’s leadership and initiated a discharge petition process to force the House for the first time in 20 years to take up comprehensive immigration reform. Ultimately, I was an author of the consensus bill because it provided border security, closed loopholes in the immigration system, and provided a permanent solution and path to citizenship for ou...
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U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock), a leader on bringing immigration issues to the forefront in Congress, today held a press conference following a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018. Rep. Denham: “I believe what was obvious today was that Republicans cannot pass a 218 Republican bill just as Democrats couldn’t pass one in 2010… I think it’s important to recognize it’s going to take a bipartisan bill that both a...
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The U.S. House of Representatives this past week passed H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, including provisions to strengthen existing ag programs, target resources towards rural development and pest and disease prevention, encourage conservation efforts, and provide a reliable safety net for America’s farmers and ranchers. The bill also facilitates agricultural trade by supporting the development of new international markets for U.S. agricultural exports. “We must protect our fa...
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The House rejected the GOP’s second attempt at passing immigration reform Wednesday, clearing the way for a possible vote on a narrower proposal to codify the Trump administration’s family separation policy next month. ... “What was obvious today is that Republicans cannot pass a 218 Republican bill, just as Democrats couldn't pass one in 2010,” 14;32;40 Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., told ABC News after the vote. “It's important to recognize that it's going to take a bipartisan bill that both addr...
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Moderate House Republicans suspected they were being played. For weeks they’d been negotiating with Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows in a quest to clinch an immigration deal that could pass the House. But whenever the two sides got close, they said, immigration hard-liners would ask for more. Then, on the morning of a scheduled June 21 vote, moderates got their hands on an explosive missive from the Freedom Caucus’ top staffer: an email warning group members that voters would punish them for...
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U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) today announced Mobile District Office (MDO) hours for the month of July 2018, where 10th district residents can get help with specific casework or ask questions. MDOs are hosted by staff and, when possible, by Rep. Denham. Staff members are available to assist 10th district residents with casework on matters including Medicare, Veteran’s Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies. Additional information is availa...
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Hatem Abdine had already served eight years in in the California National Guard when the military offered him a $20,000 bonus to serve three years longer. "They said, for my specialty as a transportation officer, there was a bonus if you stay in the National Guard three more years, they would give you $20,000 -- so I did," Abdine said. "I signed the contract." Abdine used that bonus to help his family survive financially while he was serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. But, he said that bonus ultim...
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