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Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she is notable for being the first South Asian woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Jayapal has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, immigration, and social justice, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents and promote equity across the nation.
If we had a functioning immigration system where we could provide the pathway to citizenship for families, where we could provide legal pathways for people to come in, you would not have employers having the same opportunity to manipulate…
What hurts the economy is a restrictive, xenophobic immigration system, and I hope, Mr. Chairman, that we can also honor the request.
Actually, if we had a functioning immigration system where we could provide the pathway to citizenship for families, where we could provide legal pathways for people to come in, you would not have employers having the same opportunity to…
the evidence is robust that immigration benefits American workers and the economy.
What they want is not for you to know the facts, but rather to drive up fear of immigrants.
For instance, as Jews all over the world were celebrating Rosh Hashanah in September 2023, Donald Trump accused the Jewish people who did not support him in 2020 of voting to, quote, 'destroy America and Israel.'
For-profit colleges are aggressively marketing specifically to low-income black and Latino students, and on average for-profits spend $400.00 per student on commercials compared to public colleges spending just $14.00 per student.
For-profit schools are notorious for abusing taxpayer funds and peddling ineffective degree programs.
For-profits are clearly aware that their programs fail low-income black and Latino students, but they are aggressively marketing to them because they want the Federal student aid dollars, which is really disturbing.
A degree can be the key to economic mobility for low-and middle-income families, but years of systemic discrimination has made it harder for black and Latino students to afford tuition.
Republicans projected terrible things after Title 42, but in fact Politico has called it the migrant crisis that still hasn't arrived.
the good guys are you, the Democrats, and this administration who understand the great importance of immigration to America
We have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy.
This was a bill that became really an extreme MAGA Republican bill that was not designed in any way to be able to get bipartisan support.
Trans children, parents and medical professionals know what's best for their families, not Republican legislators trying to take their rights away.
They made it such that they could only get four Democrats who, by the way, you know, there were four Republicans who voted no.
I think the Senate is going to pass something that does have bipartisan support, but Kevin McCarthy just put Marjorie Taylor Greene on the conference committee, which means that he's still catering to those extreme right elements.
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