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Gallego, Colleagues Launch Probe into Trump Administration’s Betrayal of Immigrant Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined his colleagues in opening a new investigation into the Trump administration’s arrest, detention, and deportation of non-citizen service members, veterans, and military families. The lawmakers wrote to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding an explanation for these practices, which go against decades of precedent and long-standing DHS policy indicating that military service offers protection from immigration enforcement for military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members. “The Trump administration’s [actions] threaten U.S. national security interests and erode the U.S. military’s credibility when it makes promises to its service members who have put

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Democratic Senators Release Framework for Market Structure Legislation

WASHINGTON – Today, Democratic Senators released a framework for market structure legislation. The group of Senators include Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ),  Mark Warner (D-VA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE),  and  Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD).    “The digital asset sector has grown to a $4 trillion global market. We owe it to the millions of Americans who participate in this market to create clear rules of the road that protect consumers and safeguard our markets. We also must ensure that digital assets are not used

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Gallego, Colleagues Call Out Trump Administration’s Wrongful Targeting of Dreamers in Illegal Immigration Scheme

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration’s wrongful, illegal targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, or Dreamers.   READ MORE: Arizona senators demand answers from DHS on DACA, military families In their letter, the Senators pushed back on recent comments from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin suggesting Dreamers could still face deportation, noting that DACA was created to protect them: “McLaughlin said: ‘Illegal aliens who claim to be recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are not automatically protected from deportation.’ In fact, DACA was created to

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