Zoe Lofgren

The President has clear legal authority to defer removals when it is in the national interest.

I want to make a correction I am sure was inadvertent.

I oppose this bill. I really believe that the so-called Secret Science Act is in fact a direct attack on American science. I am a very strong supporter of transparency in government, as well as in science, and in Silicon Valley, where I am…

I thank Congressman Miller for his leadership in this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

the best outcome from this process will be for Congress to overturn Section 1201 altogether.

Representative Zoe Lofgren's Unlocking Technology Act would accomplish.

We have heard repeatedly that this bill simply treats all children the way that Mexican children are treated. It is true that the bill would subject all children to the ineffective border screening that Mexican children now undergo, but it…

Some have been asking whether this bill repeals DACA and puts the DREAMers back in deportation, and the answer is yes. Page 1, lines 5 through 17 point out that no funds can be used for a new application. The DACA applications were a…

Some Members have asked whether this bill terminates deferred action for DREAMers with DACA. This question was put to Chairman Goodlatte at the Rules Committee today, and he answered, as I saw on TV, that the text speaks for itself. He is…

We keep hearing that the antislavery law has some loophole that is being exploited. That is not the truth. It is not what the Evangelical Immigration Table says. Here is what they write: By making the legal process clearer and more…

I would just point out that the legal experts in the country have urged that we not change the antislavery law. We do recognize the need for resources to make that law work. I can't help but notice that the Republican majority is denying…

Now, we know that this bill would eliminate DACA for DREAMers and make them deportable, but few in this body may know that the bill also returns to our bitter 2-year fight about reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. It took…

I enter into the Record the story of an 11- year-old Salvadoran boy who is applying for asylum because he was threatened by gang members who killed his cousin and who suffered severe domestic abuse. Andres is an 11-year-old Salvadoran boy…

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops tells us this bill would result in the U.S. sending children who have relief available to them back to the conditions they fled, and will result in many children being harmed and some being killed on…

It is my honor to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).

I will just thank all of the people who worked so hard on this, certainly on both sides of the aisle, and, most especially, Mr. Blumenauer, who has just been ceaseless in his efforts to make sure that these translators were not left behind…

I am happy to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), the author of this bill, who has been a tremendous advocate to make sure that America does the right thing.

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard), who has herself served our country in the armed services.

I think it is fair to say that USCIS doesn't usually get the kind of attention that the rest of the components of DHS do, but its mission is very important.

But here is an important data point: When the child has a lawyer, 92.5 percent of those children appeared in court.

I have always admired immigrants who have enough get up and go to get up and go. They made our country.

In this country, we have reached the consensus that victims of human trafficking should be provided help. That consensus was north-south, east-west, conservative-liberal, and Democrat-Republican. Human trafficking victims need protections…

After nearly two decades, it does make sense to make this moratorium permanent. The moratorium is one of the reasons for the huge growth in the digital economy. The Internet wouldn't be what it is today without affordable Internet access…

This is a regional catastrophe, and the United States is not the only country experiencing an increase in the number of young people fleeing from these countries seeking protection.

The sources of these children coming to the United States are El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.