If you show up, you could get detained and deported. … If you don’t show up, then you are now in violation of the immigration regulations, and you’re deemed as an absconder.
Pramila Jayapal
The Public Record
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.
This is horrific, unacceptable violence by ICE—an increasingly rogue agency with zero respect for the law.
It scares me that there might be people other than myself and her doctors making decisions about whether she’s able to get the care that she needs
When ICE shows up at domestic violence shelters or arrests survivors seeking help, it only empowers abusers, who too often use immigration status as a threat to keep people in abusive situations.
We must fight back. We reject these attacks on our communities and demand the immediate release of our union brother David Huerta.
Indiscriminately taking a chainsaw to our government, destroying federal agencies that keep us safe.
This discriminatory policy not only flies in the face of what our country is supposed to stand for, it will be harmful to our economy and our communities.
This ban, expanded from Trump's Muslim ban in his first term, will only further isolate us on the world stage.
It is shameful that the Trump administration would pull the rug out from so many Venezuelans who came into this country lawfully.
The administration's move to end TPS throws out people who are contributing substantially to our economy.
It is a travesty when 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and millions more are drowning in medical debt in the richest nation on Earth.
Continuing to provide the Israeli government with offensive weapons, even as they violate both international and U.S. laws, is unacceptable and makes us complicit in this violence and destruction.
If we had passed Build Back Better with universal childcare and a huge housing investment, we would not have lost the election.
We can’t control what they do, but we can control that we have to stand up and fight back.
This has to be elevated as the complete incompetence and danger to our national security these people pose.
Do not cave. Vote no on cloture. Stand up for the American people like House Democrats did.
I'm not confident about anything, but I hope that the Trump administration will pay attention to the Supreme Court.





