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Sept. 15, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security - 173 Members of Congress Urge DHS Inspector General to Open Investigation Into Whistleblower Allegations Regarding High Rates of Hysterectomies Being Performed on Immigrant Women
Denny Heck, ...
June 18, 2020
Congressman Heck on Supreme Court's DACA Decision
Denny Heck
May 12, 2020
Letter to George. Zoley, CEO of the GEO Group INC., and Nathalie Asher, Field Office Director of Tacoma Northwest Detention Center - Senator Murray, Representative Smith, Members of Washington State Delegation Push for More Information on COVID-19 Relief Efforts at Northwest Detention Center
Denny Heck, ...
March 26, 2020
Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Cantwell, Washington Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Course, Close Immigration Courts in Seattle
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 12, 2020
Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Rep. Vela Joins Over 100 House Democrats in Call for Immediate End of Remain in Mexico Policy
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 6, 2020
Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 28, 2019
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Denny Heck"
Denny Heck
Aug. 12, 2019
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Denny Heck"
Denny Heck
March 8, 2019
Letter to Michael Pompeo, Kiestjen Nielsen, Christopher Wray, Patrick Shanahan - Blumenauer, Kinzinger Lead a Letter to Federal Agencies Expressing Concern Over Slow Processing of Special Immigrant Visas
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Smith Leads House Democrats in Demanding Answers on Trump Border Deployment
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 24, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Holding Honduran Government Accountable for Human Rights
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Foster Announces Support for Legislation to Reverse Refugee Restrictions
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions III, Attorney General of the U.S. - 118 House Democrats to AG Sessions: Reverse Decision Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic, Gang, and Gender-Based Violence
Denny Heck, ...
July 30, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Representative Denny Heck
Denny Heck
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Denny Heck, ...
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Demand Details On How Many Tax Dollars are Being Spent on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Denny Heck, ...
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Denny Heck, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Denny Heck, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Denny Heck, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Denny Heck, ...
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Denny Heck, ...
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Denny Heck, ...
March 1, 2018
Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer - House Leadership Advocating for DACA Program
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Do Not Use Dreamers' Personal Information for Deportation
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 5, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck's Statement Regarding Decision by President Trump to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Denny Heck
Sept. 5, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - WA Delegation Condemn President Trump's Decision to End DACA; Call for Protecting Dreamers
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 1, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Defense of DACA Program
Denny Heck, ...
May 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John F. Kelly, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Congressmembers Urge DHS to Increase Transparency of U.S. Detention System
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Concerning the Detention of DREAMer, Denounce ICE Raids
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 9, 2017
Statement from Rep. Denny Heck concerning 9th Circuit decision to suspend the travel ban
Denny Heck
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Presidential Muslim-Ban Executive Order
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 30, 2017
Rep. Denny Heck joins legislative effort to reverse unconstitutional executive order which bars entry of law-abiding, vetted refugees and immigrants
Denny Heck
Jan. 28, 2017
Statement from Congressman Denny Heck on executive order, "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States"
Denny Heck
June 10, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Thomas Perez, Secretary of the Department of Labor and the Hon. León Rodriguez, Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services - Address H-2A Agriculture Worker Delays
Denny Heck, ...
March 7, 2016
Letter to Kerry and Johnson - Urge to Avoid Delays to H-2A Visas for Agricultural Workers
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 19, 2015
Congressman Denny Heck statement on H.R. 4038
Denny Heck
July 31, 2015
Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - End Family Detention Policy
Denny Heck, ...
July 16, 2014
Statement from Congressman Denny Heck Following the HHS Conference Call with Local Officials
Denny Heck
June 12, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Enact More Humane Immigration Deportation and Detention Policy
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 2, 2013
Letter to Speaker John Boehner, House of Representatives - Immigration Reform
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 1, 2013
Issue Position: Immigration
Denny Heck
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Sept. 15, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Joseph Cuffari, Inspector General of the Dept. of Homeland Security - 173 Members of Congress Urge DHS Inspector General to Open Investigation Into Whistleblower Allegations Regarding High Rates of Hysterectomies Being Performed on Immigrant Women
Denny Heck, ...
June 18, 2020
Congressman Heck on Supreme Court's DACA Decision
Denny Heck
May 12, 2020
Letter to George. Zoley, CEO of the GEO Group INC., and Nathalie Asher, Field Office Director of Tacoma Northwest Detention Center - Senator Murray, Representative Smith, Members of Washington State Delegation Push for More Information on COVID-19 Relief Efforts at Northwest Detention Center
Denny Heck, ...
March 26, 2020
Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Cantwell, Washington Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Course, Close Immigration Courts in Seattle
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 12, 2020
Letter to Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Rep. Vela Joins Over 100 House Democrats in Call for Immediate End of Remain in Mexico Policy
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 6, 2020
Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 28, 2019
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Denny Heck"
Denny Heck
Aug. 12, 2019
CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Denny Heck"
Denny Heck
March 8, 2019
Letter to Michael Pompeo, Kiestjen Nielsen, Christopher Wray, Patrick Shanahan - Blumenauer, Kinzinger Lead a Letter to Federal Agencies Expressing Concern Over Slow Processing of Special Immigrant Visas
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 1, 2018
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Smith Leads House Democrats in Demanding Answers on Trump Border Deployment
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 24, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Holding Honduran Government Accountable for Human Rights
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 28, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Foster Announces Support for Legislation to Reverse Refugee Restrictions
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 12, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions III, Attorney General of the U.S. - 118 House Democrats to AG Sessions: Reverse Decision Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic, Gang, and Gender-Based Violence
Denny Heck, ...
July 30, 2018
CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Representative Denny Heck
Denny Heck
July 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
Denny Heck, ...
June 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Demand Details On How Many Tax Dollars are Being Spent on Trump's Family Separation Policy
Denny Heck, ...
June 22, 2018
Letter to Inspectors General Kelly and Levinson - 123 Members In Call For Investigation to Reunite Children and Parents
Denny Heck, ...
June 21, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, House Appropriations Chairman, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - Demand House Appropriations Committee Reject Family Separations in Upcoming Funding Bills
Denny Heck, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Denny Heck, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Denny Heck, ...
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Denny Heck, ...
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Denny Heck, ...
March 1, 2018
Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer - House Leadership Advocating for DACA Program
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Do Not Use Dreamers' Personal Information for Deportation
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 5, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck's Statement Regarding Decision by President Trump to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Denny Heck
Sept. 5, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - WA Delegation Condemn President Trump's Decision to End DACA; Call for Protecting Dreamers
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 1, 2017
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Defense of DACA Program
Denny Heck, ...
May 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John F. Kelly, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Congressmembers Urge DHS to Increase Transparency of U.S. Detention System
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Concerning the Detention of DREAMer, Denounce ICE Raids
Denny Heck, ...
Feb. 9, 2017
Statement from Rep. Denny Heck concerning 9th Circuit decision to suspend the travel ban
Denny Heck
Feb. 1, 2017
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security - Presidential Muslim-Ban Executive Order
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 30, 2017
Rep. Denny Heck joins legislative effort to reverse unconstitutional executive order which bars entry of law-abiding, vetted refugees and immigrants
Denny Heck
Jan. 28, 2017
Statement from Congressman Denny Heck on executive order, "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States"
Denny Heck
June 10, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Thomas Perez, Secretary of the Department of Labor and the Hon. León Rodriguez, Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services - Address H-2A Agriculture Worker Delays
Denny Heck, ...
March 7, 2016
Letter to Kerry and Johnson - Urge to Avoid Delays to H-2A Visas for Agricultural Workers
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 19, 2015
Congressman Denny Heck statement on H.R. 4038
Denny Heck
July 31, 2015
Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - End Family Detention Policy
Denny Heck, ...
July 16, 2014
Statement from Congressman Denny Heck Following the HHS Conference Call with Local Officials
Denny Heck
June 12, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Enact More Humane Immigration Deportation and Detention Policy
Denny Heck, ...
Aug. 2, 2013
Letter to Speaker John Boehner, House of Representatives - Immigration Reform
Denny Heck, ...
Jan. 1, 2013
Issue Position: Immigration
Denny Heck
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