Immigration

A group of Florida Congressional Democrats today asked top federal and state officials to address rules around residency requirements in Florida that prevent immigrant populations from accessing vaccines and to remedy this growing disparity and make it possible for greater numbers of the at-risk migrant population to secure vaccinations. Read more

Wasserman Schultz took the podium to say there is strength in our unity. “We’re here today not just because of the unacceptable tragedy that happened in Atlanta, but since the onset of this pandemic, anti-Asian hatred and attacks have been on a massive uptick.” Read more

This delegation trip marks approximately one year since the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy was implemented on January 25, 2019. Under the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, thousands of families are being forced to wait in dangerous border towns and makeshift refugee camps in Mexico as they go through the asylum process, which can take months Read more

Wasserman Schultz helped lead fellow House Democrats in passing robust and essential appropriations bills that achieve significant victories for families across the nation, especially in South Florida. Read more

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to South Florida to discuss efforts to peacefully transition to democracy in Venezuela. Read more

"It is the Administration’s own excessive enforcement actions – which violate Congressional intent – and its cruel, unprecedented asylum policies that are being used to justify DHS’s notification." Read more

"It is disingenuous to advance economic sanctions without providing protections for the Venezuelans who have fled here because of the conditions necessitating those sanctions.” Read more

"I will seek a full accounting of where these hundreds of children who were reportedly relocated from the Homestead detention center ended up." Read more

“Democrats will not stop fighting for it and Republicans should not use Venezuelans as pawns in their political game.” Read more

"Children spending their entire childhood languishing in a child detention facility until they can be arrested and face deportation once they turn 18 is monstrous." Read more