Immigration
February 26, 2019
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Doggett urged passage of the resolution, of which he is a sponsor, to block President Trump’s emergency powers declaration. He took to the floor as President Trump attempts to use to divert money from security needs and into construction of his wall.
Issues:Immigration
January 19, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Lloyd Doggett released the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s disappointing announcement that he is not reopening government:
January 8, 2019
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett released the following statement ahead of President Trump’s address tonight:
Issues:Immigration
December 11, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the below statement in response to President Trump’s threat today that he was “proud to shut down the government for border security”:
Issues:Immigration
October 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior Member on the House Ways & Means Committee said the following in response to President Trump’s comments on sending the military to the southern border:
Issues:Immigration
August 8, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) submitted a request to ICE requesting parole for a Dreamer, Sergio Salazar Gonzalez, from San Antonio that ICE detained near a protest:
Issues:Immigration
July 6, 2018
Two Texas lawyers have accused U.S. immigration officials of denying bond to some asylum-eligible immigrants, keeping them locked up and prolonging family separations in violation of a federal court order.
Issues:Immigration
July 5, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) is concerned by new reports regarding asylum-seeking mothers whose children were seized from them and who are being detained near Austin, Texas, which indicate that they are being denied release even after successfully showing at a preliminary hearing that they have a “credible fear” of returning to their home countries. While detained, they cannot be reunited with their wrongfully removed children. Congressman Doggett has made the attached official inquiry to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding this apparent new Trump policy that appears designed to prolong separation and offered the following related statement:
Issues:Immigration
June 26, 2018
AUSTIN – Two women are demanding investigations into their allegations of sexual abuse at an immigration detention center be reopened and that the facility be audited for compliance with federal law.
Issues:Immigration
June 19, 2018
See where statewide elected officials and members of the Texas congressional delegation come down on the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration enforcement policy that separates immigrant kids from their parents.
Issues:Immigration