Homeland Security & Immigration
America is a nation of immigrants. I am disturbed and disappointed by President Trump and his administration's constant attacks on immigrants and immigrant communities. In Minnesota, we faced months of the Trump administration's Operation Metro Surge, which subjected our community to racial profiling on a mass scale, assaults on our streets, and kidnappings from people's homes. I am committed to protecting all Minnesotans, and especially our immigrant communities.
I support the admission of fully vetted refugees and strongly oppose divisive efforts to demonize immigrants and turn our backs on vulnerable people. At the same time, our broken immigration system is long overdue for reform.
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Congresswoman Betty McCollum released the following statement today following the House Appropriations Committee passage of the FY 23 Homeland Security funding bill:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Chair of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, commends the House passage of the FY 2022 federal legislation to fund the economic, educational, health care, and environmental priorities of the American people, including our urgent national security needs amid Russia's war in Ukraine. The bill now goes to the Senate for passage before heading to the President's desk to be signed into law.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate parliamentarian announced a path to citizenship cannot be included in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package:
In Fiscal Year 2027, the Subcommittee on Homeland Security will only accept community project funding requests in the following accounts:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) and colleagues have introduced the Hmong and Lao Refugee Deportation Prohibition Act of 2020 to stop the Trump administration from deporting individuals to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (P.D.R.) for 72 months while individuals with Final Orders for Removal have their immigration cases reassessed. The Trump administration is currently negotiating with the Lao P.D.R. on a repatriation agreement that would deport at least 4,700 individuals to Laos.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today after receiving an official response to her Feb. 3 letter outlining concerns about any proposal that would deport to the Lao People's Democratic Republic more than 4,700 members of the Hmong and Lao community with orders of removal:
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Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) released the following statement today following reports of poor conditions at border patrol facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today joined House Appropriations Democrats in voting to approve the FY 2020 Homeland Security funding bill, which provides $63.8 billion in smart, targeted investments in border security, ensuring state and local governments have resources to prepare for and respond to manmade and natural disasters, securing our physical infrastructure and cybersecurity systems, and protecting our federal elections, while rejecting the Trump administration's harmful anti-immigrant agenda.
President Trump's shutdown of the federal government has harmed federal employees, our economy, and our national security. I have voted and will continue to vote to end his shutdown and reopen the government. President Trump's demands for over $5 billion for a wall along our southern border will do nothing to make America safer or fix our broken immigration system. President Trump has systematically misled the American people by claiming there is a crisis of undocumented immigrants crossing the border.
This is categorically false.