WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amid President Trump's attacks on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigrant communities across the country, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) took to the Senate floor alongside their Senate colleagues in support of Van Hollen's Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and in Emergency (SECURE) Act, which Padilla cosponsored.
Last month, the Supreme Court rubberstamped President Trump's efforts to terminate TPS designation for those fleeing violence in Haiti and Syria. Since then, the Trump Administration has announced u...