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Stanton shares Somali refugee’s story in supporting ‘NO BAN Act’

February 13, 2020 In The News
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Phoenix, shared Nedifo Halane’s story during a House Judiciary Committee hearing considering a proposal to repeal the Trump administration’s travel restrictions that critics call the “Muslim ban.”

Stanton Pushes for Bill that Would Support Arizona’s Farmers and Agriculture Workers

November 22, 2019 Press Release
The House Judiciary Committee yesterday advanced the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019. Rep. Greg Stanton voted in favor of the bill, which would streamline an important foreign workforce program and provide a pathway for Arizona’s agriculture workers to earn legal status.

House panel advances bill to expand farmworker visas, green card access

November 21, 2019 In The News

WASHINGTON – A House committee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would add 20,000 farmworker visas and let some workers apply for permanent legal residency, despite Republican concerns that it could open the door to more illegal immigration.

The 18-12 vote Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee split on party lines that reflected four hours of debate, stretched over two days, on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

Arizonans have hand in, eyes on this week’s Supreme Court DACA hearing

November 11, 2019 In The News

WASHINGTON – Arizonan Yazmin Irazoqui-Ruiz can’t be in Washington when the Supreme Court considers whether the Trump administration can end DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that has allowed her to stay in this country and go to medical school.

But Irazoqui-Ruiz will still have a presence in the courtroom Tuesday – as one of the model “citizens” who have been cited in dozens of court briefs that argue for keeping DACA.

Yuma border projects get Pentagon funding, as Fort Huachuca takes a hit

September 4, 2019 In The News
Among the 127 Pentagon projects scheduled to lose funding this year for Trump’s border construction push is a planned ground transport equipment building at Fort Huachuca. The Army base near Sierra Vista will lose $30 million that was budgeted for that project in fiscal 2019.

Congressman Greg Stanton Tours Yuma Border Patrol Migrant Facility, Talks Economy with Area Leaders

August 15, 2019 In The News
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton was in Yuma Thursday where he toured the Yuma Border Patrol migrant facility and met with area leaders to talk about the economy.

Representatives tour Border Patrol's holding facility

August 15, 2019 In The News
United States Representative Greg Stanton and State House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez will be visiting the San Luis Port of Entry commercial facility on Thursday.

Members of Congress urge ICE to improve transgender detainee treatment

August 1, 2019 In The News
More than 30 members of Congress on Thursday sent a letter to Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matthew Albence about the treatment of transgender detainees in their custody.

Lawmakers spar over family separations, detention center conditions

July 25, 2019 In The News
A House panel grilled administration officials Thursday over migrant family separations and conditions at border detention facilities, but the hearing produced more partisan sparks than answers.

Representative Greg Stanton questions policy of separating families at the border

July 25, 2019 In The News
A week ago, Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton toured an emergency child crisis center in Phoenix. It was his first look at a facility where the Border Patrol sends undocumented children five and younger to stay after they have been separated from their families.

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