WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
Today. U.S. Senator Peters Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, together with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, introduced bicameral legislation to confront President Trump's reckless attacks on freedom of speech against visa-holders and legal permanent residents. The Land of the Free Act would repeal Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which grants the Secretary of State the unreviewable power to deport non-citizens whose presence in the United States would have "potentially serious adverse foreign ...