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Wasserman Schultz on Announced Economic Sanctions on Venezuela
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"It is disingenuous to advance economic sanctions without providing protections for the Venezuelans who have fled here because of the conditions necessitating those sanctions.” Wasserman Schultz on Announcement of All Youth Being Moved From Homestead
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"I will seek a full accounting of where these hundreds of children who were reportedly relocated from the Homestead detention center ended up." Wasserman Schultz on Republicans Rejecting TPS for Venezuelans
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“Democrats will not stop fighting for it and Republicans should not use Venezuelans as pawns in their political game.” CBS News: "Falling through the bureaucratic cracks": Lawmakers respond to CBS News report on migrant children
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"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." Wasserman Schultz Introduces HOMESTEAD Act to Ensure Robust Oversight of Migrant Detention Facilities
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“Congress must be able to exercise its constitutional oversight authority and ensure that all migrants coming here are treated with dignity and humanity.” Sun Sentinel: Wasserman Schultz wants authority to enter migrant centers without warning
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"This is an administration that has thumbed its nose at the law. They have repeatedly demonstrated that they have something to hide.” Wasserman Schultz: House Republicans Voting Down TPS Betrays Venezuelans
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"House Republicans sent Venezuelan nationals – our friends and neighbors – a cruel message that they are inexplicably indifferent to the crisis taking place in Venezuela." Miami Herald: Democrats will force a House vote on TPS for Venezuelans. They’ll need GOP support
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“If they want to pay more than lip service, they will help us fast-track this legislation and send it to the president’s desk and not put undue pressure on Venezuelans." Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Shalala, Mucarsel-Powell Call for Closure of Homestead Temporary Migrant Shelter / Congresistas Wasserman Schultz, Shalala, y Mucarsel-Powell piden el cierre del Refugio Temporal para Inmigrantes de Homestead
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The call follows the recent release of court documents that detail descriptions of psychologically isolating, “prison-like” conditions the children endure at Homestead. Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Mucarsel-Powell, Shalala Call for Investigation of Homestead Shelter, Gen. Kelly and Private Operator’s No-bid Contract
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"We require answers so that we can secure and protect the health and well-being of these children, as HHS continues to thwart our efforts to conduct congressional oversight on the quality of care provided to these minors." Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
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