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Filemon Vela, Jr.'s Public Statements on Issue: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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03/01/2022 Letter to Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General of the United States - Rep. Veasey Leads Texas Delegation on Letter Urging Department of Justice to Expedite Case Against Texas' Voter Suppression Law
07/01/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, US Attorney General - Reps. Veasey, Castro & Congressional Democrats Urge Department of Justice to Investigate Unconstitutional Voter Suppression in Texas
06/18/2021 Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
06/24/2020 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook - Casten Calls on Mark Zuckerberg to Address Civil Rights Issues on Facebook
06/06/2020 Sherrill and 30 HASC Democrats Call for Accountability from Military Leadership on Behalf of the American People
06/05/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol, and the Hon. Matthew Albence, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Durbin, Duckworth Join Harris, Colleagues In Letter Demanding Answers On ICE & CBP Involvement In Policing Ongoing Protests
06/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. William P. Barr, Attorney General - Rep. Davis Joins Letter to Attorney General Barr on Assault on Rule of Law
06/02/2020 Vela Statement on Trump's Calls to Use Our Military Against American Protestors
02/04/2019 Letter to the Hon. Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense - Scanlon, Kennedy and Speier Lead Call for Pentagon to Not Implement Ban on Transgender Military Service
06/13/2018 Letter to David Leach, CEO of Greyhound Lines Inc. - Resist CBP Immigration Raids on Buses
05/31/2018 Letter to the Hon Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Urge Designation of Courts as Immigrant Safe Spaces
05/17/2018 Letter to the Hon. Emily Murphy, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration - Congressman Bishop Leads Letter to GSA Urging the Agency to Protect Job Opportunities for People Living With Disabilities
05/23/2017 Vela leads Democrats in Bipartisan Passage of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act
03/15/2017 Vela Denounces Republican Colleague's Racist Remarks
02/08/2017 Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Investigate Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement in the 2016 Presidential Election
12/05/2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama - Protect Immigrants' Private Data
08/25/2016 Letter to the Hon. John Kerry, Secretary of State, and the Hon. Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury - Urging Support for Venezuelan People
04/12/2016 Letter to the Hon. Jenny R. Yang, Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Eliminate Wage Gap
11/03/2015 Letter to President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority - Violence in the West Bank and Israel
07/17/2015 Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Upgrade Malaysia's Ranking in the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
03/31/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Voting Rights Act
03/27/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Improve the Voting Rights Amendment Act
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