Immigration and Border Issues
Immigration and Border Issues
Chairman Cummings is committed to overseeing President Trump's immigration policies and executive actions on a travel ban, which he believes represent a dangerous approach that will break up families, incite fear, and threaten the public safety of our communities.
Chairwoman Maloney is committed to ensuring that government agencies responsible for enforcing immigration laws and policies operate in a transparent, fair, and lawful manner.
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Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's Executive Order reversing his family separation policy:
Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2018)—Today, during a joint hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on the Judiciary regarding Hillary Clinton's emails, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings diverted from his prepared remarks to issue an impassioned and blunt condemnation of President Donald Trump's new policy of separating children from their parents at the border. Facing his Republican counterparts directly, he implored them to "stand up to President Trump" and to "stand up for those children."
| Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2018)—Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. |
Reps. Doggett & Cummings: DOJ Response to Whistleblower Immigration Judge Inquiry Fails to Address Allegations and Renews Concerns of Politicization
| GOP Blocks 12 More Subpoena Motions Oversight Committee Republicans Have Now Blocked 45 Subpoenas Since Trump Became President |
Maloney, Cummings Request Hearing on Trump Administration's New Policy Separating Children from Families at Border
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested that Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy hold a hearing to investigate the Department of Homeland Security's decision to enact an official policy of forcibly separating immigrant children from their parents at the border.
House National Security Dems Demand Answers on Trump's Border Troop Deployment
Oversight Committee Democrats Request
Documents Relating to Concerns Raised Internally By
Census Bureau on Adding Citizenship Question
Department of Commerce and Census Bureau to
Brief Committee Members Next Week
Republicans Block 13 More Subpoena Motions—
Including for White House Security Clearance Docs
Total of 32 Subpoenas Have Now Been Rejected by
Oversight Committee Since Trump Became President