Today, Congressmembers Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) released a video marking one year since they toured the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. As they conducted oversight to hold the Trump administration accountable for human rights abuses committed during its immigration enforcement operations, militarized agents charged into a crowd of peaceful protesters, delayed elected officials acting within their constitutional duty, an… Continue Reading
El congresista Rob Menendez emitió hoy la siguiente declaración tras la aprobación de la legislación de financiación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ("DHS") que excluía la financiación para el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas ("ICE") y la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU.: "Me uní a los demócratas de la Cámara en la lucha por eliminar la financiación de ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza de la legislación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional. En respuesta, los republicanos cerraron … Continue Reading
Congressman Rob Menendez today released the following statement after the passage of Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) funding legislation that excluded funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and the U.S. Border Patrol: “I joined House Democrats in fighting to remove funding for ICE and Border Patrol from Department of Homeland Security legislation. In response, Republicans shut down essential agencies like FEMA and the Coast Guard for over two months. “We refused to ben… Continue Reading
