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May 27, 2022
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is expecting the busiest Memorial Day weekend ever as daily passenger volumes flirt with all-time highs.
May 25, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Following the devastating shooting of Uvalde elementary school students and educators, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement:
Issues:Gun Safety
May 25, 2022
The world over, mass shootings are frequently met with a common response: Officials impose new restrictions on gun ownership. Mass shootings become rarer. Homicides and suicides tend to decrease, too.
May 20, 2022
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April 19, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Following a bipartisan congressional request led by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to expand Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians and take other steps to improve their immigration process, Rep. Doggett welcomes the Biden Administration’s new decision to permit Ukrainians present in the United States as of April 11 to apply for TPS—a welcome change from the original cutoff date of March 1, just a week after Putin invaded. Now that the Administration has expanded eligibility and formally published the notice this morning in the Federal Register, USCIS is accepting applications from Ukrainian families seeking TPS status.
April 18, 2022
The Biden administration is extending deportation protections to more Ukrainian nationals in response to the ongoing war with Russia.
CBS News: Biden administration expands Temporary Protected Status eligibility for Ukrainians in U.S.
April 18, 2022
The Biden administration is expanding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) eligibility for Ukrainians living in the U.S., moving up the program's cut-off date by six weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday.
April 15, 2022
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, partially inspired by conversations with Ukrainians at the Texas State Capitol, is broadening his focus during the Ukrainian crisis from sanctioning Russia to urging the Biden administration to cut red tape for refugees coming to the U.S. Sixty-four members of Congress – mostly Democrats and a handful of Republicans – signed on to Doggett's April 6 letter to President Joe Biden.
April 10, 2022
The leader of the federal Transportation Security Administration told U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Friday that he is dispatching more agents and will take multiple other steps to expedite passenger screening at the bustling Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
April 8, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said on Friday, April 8, that 50 more federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents will be deployed to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) "soon." The TSA will also double the number of K9 teams at AUS and add a 15% retention bonus for current AUS screening officers.