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Rep. Waters: Trump's Attacks on Southeast Asians Must Not Be Overlooked
Delivers Remarks at CAPAC Congressional Forum on the Rise of Southeast Asian Deportation
Rep. Waters Statement on the Death of a 7-year-old in Trump Administration Custody
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the death of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquin, who died of dehydration and shock after being taken into custody by Trump administration U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents.
Co-Sponsors Bi-cameral Legislation to End Family Separation
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, joined more than 190 House Democrats in introducing the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, which would end the Trump Administration's family separation policy at the U.S. border. The legislation was spearheaded by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and is the House companion to legislation introduced by California's senior U.S.
Rep. Waters Announces FY2018 Appropriations Letters & Omnibus Accomplishments
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which provides substantial federal funding increases to many of her legislative priorities through September 30, 2018, the end of the current fiscal year:
Rep. Waters' Statement on Trump's Vulgar Lies about Haitians
LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement in response to Donald Trump's comments about immigrants from Haiti.
Rep. Waters to DACA Recipients: We will Fight this Together
WASHINGTON —Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after it was announced that President Trump will end DACA in six months:
Rep. Maxine Waters: Shame on You, Donald Trump!
January 28, 2017
Los Angeles, CA – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's ban on immigrants from certain predominantly Muslim countries:
Congresswoman Waters Celebrates Cinco de Mayo and Recognizes Contributions of Mexican Americans to Our Nation
May 5, 2015
Los Angeles, CA – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee,released the following statement today in celebration of Cinco de Mayo:
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation in response to the rising number of smugglers' tunnels found along the US-Mexico border. H.R. 4119, "The Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012" would expand existing law by making it a crime to conspire to build, use, or finance a border tunnel. The legislation would also authorize the use of wiretapping to investigate and prosecute those conspiring to build such tunnels. In expressing support for the legislation, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) delivered the following remarks:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during an Immigration Subcommittee hearing on 'Making Immigration Work for American Minorities':