On June 18th, Secretary Nielsen said that if an adult enters at a port of entry and claims asylum, they will not face prosecution for illegal entry.
Bob Menendez
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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.
None at a port of entry? You are telling me none at a port of entry was separated?
How many potential asylum seekers are waiting on the other side--have waited, have presented themselves formally to a port of entry, but cannot be processed because of capacity issues?
When we passed Dodd-Frank, we included language to ban incentive-based compensation practices that reward senior executives for irresponsible risk taking.
Now, you have made time to weaken Wall Street oversight by revisiting capital rules, revisiting leverage rules, proposing changes to the Volcker Rule.
The problem is, is that, instead of building a coalition that was willing and wanting to confront China through the international forums that we could execute through, we attack them.
We must, indeed, go after China's subsidization of these materials and their dumping onto the global market, which has shuttered factories across our country and put too many Americans out of work.
My bill, S. 2188, the Consumer Data Protection Act, would require consumer reporting agencies to quickly notify the Federal Trade Commission, the CFPB, law enforcement, and consumers of a breach while keeping intact existing strong State…
His erratic actions, coupled with his denigrating remarks, do not inspire confidence.





