CONYERS Holds Forum On Impact Of Trump Immigration Policies: "Ali v. Trump: The Fight for American Values" - 3/9/2017

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Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 2PM, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a forum entitled, “Ali v. Trump: The Fight for American Values” to examine the critical consequences of President Donald Trump’s misguided immigration policies.

During the past six weeks, President Trump has begun implementing immigration policies that assume all immigrants, and even some citizens, are entering the United States to commit fraud, terrorism, and/or criminal activity. This has led to absurd consequences, including the hours long questioning of a U.S. Citizen, Muhammad Ali, Jr., the  interrogation of a 70 year old Australian children’s book author, the 10 hour detention of a French historian, and the absurd test administered to a Nigerian software engineer.

WHO:            Members of Congress

·         House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

·         House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

·         House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

·         House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD)

·         Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

·         Rep. Judy Chu, Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

·        Additional Members of Congress

Panelists

·         Muhammad Ali, Jr., son of boxing legend, Muhammad Ali

·         Khalilah Camacho-Ali, former wife of boxing legend, Muhammad Ali

·         David Leopold, immigration lawyer

·         Hugh Handeyside, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project

·         Bo Cooper, Partner, Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen & Lowey (invited)

·         Kal Penn, Actor (invited)

WHEN:        March 9, 2017

                      2 – 4 PM

WHERE:      House Visitors Center Room 215 (HVC 215)

RSVP:          Media interested in attending should RSVP to Shadawn.reddick-smith@mail.house.gov.

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MEMBERS TO HOLD FORUM ON TRUMP MUSLIM BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER

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Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 11:30AM, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a forum to examine and discuss President Donald Trump’s recent Muslim and refugee ban Executive Order entitled, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” and the ensuing actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to implement the order.

WHO:            Members of Congress

·        Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

·        Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer

·         House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

·         House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

·         House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)

·         House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

·         House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD)

·         House Committee on Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Timothy J. Walz (D-MN)

·         House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA)

·        Additional Members of Congress

Panelists

·        Khizr Khan, Pakistani-American lawyer and Gold Star Father

·         Thomas Countryman, former Assistant Secretary of State and Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

·       Michael Breen, President & CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project

U.S. Army Veteran

·        Andre Segura, Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union

·       Galen Carey, Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Evangelicals

·       Farah Al Khalifi, Iraqi SIV recipient and U.S. permanent resident

Former interpreter for U.S. military, married to U.S. citizen and Navy officer.

·       Omar Al-muqdad, Syrian refugee journalist and documentary filmmaker

Former political prisoner under the Assad regime

                                                                                                                                   

WHEN:        February 2, 2017

                     11:30am – 1:30pm

WHERE:      House Visitor’s Center Room 215 (HVC 215)

RSVP:          Media interested in attending should RSVP to Shadawn.reddick-smith@mail.house.gov.

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House Democrats introduce Fair Day in Court for Kids Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, 54 House Democrats, led by U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D- Ill.), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), introduced new legislation – a companion to similar legislation in the U.S. Senate – to protect children and other vulnerable groups in immigration proceedings by ensuring access to counsel, legal orientation programs, and case management services.

The Fair Day in Court for Kids Act ensures due process for children and vulnerable individuals, and offers an alternative to ICE raids that risk sending individuals to dangerous countries where they face threats of violence, abuse, or even death.

The members were joined by U.S. Representatives John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.), and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) at a press conference this morning to announce the new legislation (video in link).

Under current law, there is no right to appointed counsel in immigration removal proceedings, even if the respondent is a child.  Statistics show the overwhelming majority of children without attorneys are ordered deported while children with attorneys are five times more likely to be granted protection. Advocates assert that a child’s constitutional right to “due process” cannot be met without legal representation.

The Fair Day in Court for Kids Act:

1. Requires the government to appoint counsel to children, and vulnerable individuals, including those with disabilities and victims of abuse, torture, or violence.
2. Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Attorney General to establish procedures to ensure that legal orientation programs are available to all detained immigrants.
3. Creates a case management pilot project to increase court appearance rates.
4. Requires DHS to submit reports to Congress on the number of individuals identified in the Act who were represented by counsel and the number of individuals who received legal orientation presentations.

Fair Day in Court for Kids Section by Section

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act

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