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Lauren Underwood's Public Statements on Issue: Immigration

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (IL) - District 14

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Immigration

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05/14/2023 "Face the Nation," May 14, 2023
09/23/2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Foster Leads Effort to Increase Transparency in Immigrant Visa Wait Times
05/12/2022 Underwood-led Policy to Address Gaps in Border Health Security Recognized as "Critical" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner in Recent Hearing
06/25/2021 Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Representatives Bera and Ross Leads Members of Congress in Urging Biden Administration to Protect Children of Dreamers from Deportation
03/19/2021 Underwood-Backed American Dream and Promise Act Passes the House
09/15/2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security - 173 Members of Congress Urge DHS Inspector General to Open Investigation Into Whistleblower Allegations Regarding High Rates of Hysterectomies Being Performed on Immigrant Women
07/23/2020 Underwood-Backed Legislation to Protect Civil Rights, Reverse Administration's Muslim Travel Bans Passes the House
06/18/2020 Underwood Statement on Supreme Court Decision Blocking Trump Administration from Cancelling Daca
04/06/2020 Letter to the Hon. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Dept. of State - Cárdenas, Lofgren urge Trump Administration to allow foreign-born physicians to practice in the U.S. during COVID-19 pandemic
03/12/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense - Illinois Congressional Democrats: Border Wall Reprogramming Will Result In Shortfalls Of Illinois National Guard Equipment
01/27/2020 Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Rounds, King, Harris, Pingree, Keating, Bergman Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Administration to Increase the Number of Temporary, Non-Immigrant H-2B Workers for 2020
01/14/2020 Under Questioning By Underwood, Top DHS Official Confirms the Department's Need For An Electronic Health Record System, Says Implementation is in Process
01/01/2020 Issue Position: Immigration and DACA
12/23/2019 Two Pieces of Underwood's Bipartisan Legislation Signed Into Law by President Trump
12/16/2019 Letter to Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Warren, DeLauro, Colleagues Reiterate Urgent Concerns With Border Protection Agency's "Unconscionable" Failure to Provide Flu Vaccines for Migrants in Custody
12/12/2019 Underwood Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Immigration Legislation
09/26/2019 U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
09/26/2019 U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
09/04/2019 Underwood Statement on Inspector General Report Detailing Post-Traumatic Stress and Mental Health Problems Incurred by Migrant Children Separated from Parents
07/17/2019 Underwood Bill to Address Medical Crisis at Border Unanimously Advances out Of Homeland Security Committee
06/27/2019 Underwood Introduces Legislation to Improve Medical Screenings at The U.S.-Mexico Border
06/04/2019 Underwood-Backed American Dream and Promise Act Passes House
03/26/2019 Underwood Questions Experts on Health Impacts of Family Separation on Children
03/07/2019 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Enzi, Barrasso sign letter urging administration to increase the number of H-2B workers
03/06/2019 Underwood Presses Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Trauma Incurred by Children Separated From Families at Border
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