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Paul Tonko's Public Statements on Issue: Immigration

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (NY) - District 20

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06/26/2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Demand Details On How Many Tax Dollars are Being Spent on Trump's Family Separation Policy
06/21/2018 Tonko Statement on House Rejection of Goodlatte Immigration Bill
06/21/2018 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
06/20/2018 Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health - E&C Democrats Demand Hearing on Child Detention Centers
06/20/2018 Tonko Statement on President's Order to Extend Incarceration of Children
06/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
05/16/2018 Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
05/01/2018 Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
03/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - 83 Democrats Demand Dream Act Be Added to Omnibus & That Funding for Deportations, Detention and Walls Be Stripped
01/18/2018 Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - Request to Add Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Advocating for Fair and Sensible Immigration Policies
12/18/2017 Letter to Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and John Kelly, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security - Grijalva and Chu Call for Investigation on Sexual Assaults in ICE Facilities
10/10/2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Violations of Current Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection Policies
09/07/2017 Congress Must Pass Legislation to Protect DREAMers
09/07/2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Do Not Use Dreamers' Personal Information for Deportation
09/05/2017 Tonko opposes President Trump's action eliminate DACA
08/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Waiver of Environmental Laws for Border Wall Construction
08/01/2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Defense of DACA Program
05/02/2017 Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Beyer, Cicilline, Pascrell, Jayapal Lead House Democrats Calling on Trump to Help with Syrians
02/01/2017 Letter to the Honorable John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Presidential Muslim-Ban Executive Order
01/30/2017 Tonko Sponsors Legislation to Defund Trump Ban on Refugee Travel
12/05/2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama - Protect Immigrants' Private Data
09/20/2016 Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security - Call for Temporary Protected Status for People From Nations Stricken by Ebola
06/20/2016 Letter to The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary, Department of State - Calling on Secretary John Kerry to meet US Commitment to Syrian Refugees
04/15/2016 Letter to the Hon. Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Sarah Sandaña, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Intervention in Case of Malachy McAllister

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