Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) joined U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Sen. Edward Markey, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and over 180 Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Miot v. Trump, a consolidated case challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria. This case also has significant implications for 1.3 million TPS holders of several nationalities across the country.
The full Amicus Brief can be found here.
In the brief, lawmakers urge the Court to preserve TPS protections, emphasizing the bipartisan support for TPS and the immense public interest served by TPS holders in Florida and across the United States. The brief also highlights how the TPS statute was intended to provide safe haven to protect those who are fleeing violence abroad.
In the House, in addition to Brownley, Wasserman Schultz, and Pressley, the Amicus Brief was signed by:
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA), Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted W. Lieu (CA), Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO), Angie Craig (MN), Mark DeSaulnier (CA), Robert Garcia (CA), Jared Huffman (CA), James P. McGovern (MA), Gregory W. Meeks (NY), Joseph D. Morelle (NY), Richard Neal (MA), Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ), Jamie Raskin (MD), Adam Smith (WA), Bennie G. Thompson (MS), Nydia M Velazquez (NY), Maxine Waters (CA), Yvette D. Clarke (NY), Adriano Espaillat (NY), Grace Meng (NY), Gabe Amo (RI), Yassamin Ansari (AZ), Jake Auchincloss (MA), Becca Balint (VT), Nanette Barragán (CA), Joyce Beatty (OH), Wesley Bell (MO), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA), Suzanne Bonamici (OR), Shontel M. Brown (OH), Janelle Bynum (OR), André Carson (IN), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA), Sean Casten (IL), Kathy Castor (FL), Joaquin Castro (TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL), Judy Chu (CA), Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA), Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO), Herb Conaway Jr. (NJ), Joe Courtney (CT), Jasmine Crockett (TX), Jason Crow (CO), Danny Davis (IL), Diana DeGette (CO), Suzan DelBene (WA), Christopher Deluzio (PA), Maxine Dexter (OR), Debbie Dingell (MI), Lloyd Doggett (TX), Sarah Elfreth (MD), Veronica Escobar (TX), Dwight Evans (PA), Cleo Fields (LA), Shomari Figures (AL), Lizzie Fletcher (TX), Valerie Foushee (NC), Lois Frankel (FL), Laura Friedman (CA), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL), Sylvia R. Garcia (TX), Laura Gillen (NY), Dan Goldman (NY), Jimmy Gomez (CA), Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Al Green (TX), Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ), Jahana Hayes (CT), Jim Himes (CT), Steven A. Horsford (NV), Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Val T. Hoyle (OR), Glenn F. Ivey (MD), Jonathan L. Jackson (IL), Pramila Jayapal (WA), Henry C. (“Hank”) Johnson, Jr. (GA), Julie Johnson (TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA), William R. Keating (MA), Robin L. Kelly (IL), Timothy M. Kennedy (NY), Ro Khanna (CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL), Greg Landsman (OH), John B. Larson (CT), Summer Lee (PA), Susie Lee (NV), Teresa Leger Fernández (NM), Mike Levin (CA), Sam Liccardo (CA), Stephen F. Lynch (MA), John W. Mannion (NY), Doris Matsui (CA), Lucy McBath (GA), Sarah McBride (DE), April McClain Delaney (MD), Jennifer L. McClellan (VA), Betty McCollum (MN), Morgan McGarvey (KY), LaMonica McIver (NJ), Christian Menefee (TX), Rob Menendez (NJ), Kweisi Mfume (MD), Dave Min (CA), Gwen S. Moore (WI), Jared Moskowitz (FL), Seth Moulton (MA), Frank J. Mrvan (IN), Kevin Mullin (CA), Jerrold Nadler (NY), Donald Norcross (NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ilhan Omar (MN), Nancy Pelosi (CA), Scott H. Peters (CA), Brittany Pettersen (CO), Chellie Pingree (ME), Mark Pocan (WI), Nellie Pou (NJ), Mike Quigley (IL), Delia C Ramirez (IL), Luz Rivas (CA), Deborah Ross (NC), Andrea Salinas (OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (IL), Hillary Scholten MI), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA), Terri Sewell (AL), Brad Sherman (CA), Lateefah Simon (CA), Darren Soto (FL), Greg Stanton (AZ), Haley Stevens (MI), Suhas Subramanyam (VA), Tom Suozzi (NY), Shri Thanedar (MI), Mike Thompson (CA), Dina Titus (NV), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Paul Tonko (NY), Norma J Torres (CA), Ritchie Torres (NY), Lori Trahan (MA), Juan Vargas (CA), Eugene Vindman (VA), James R. Walkinshaw (VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ), Nikema Williams (GA), and Frederica S. Wilson (FL).
In the Senate, in addition to Markey and Van Hollen, the Amicus Brief was signed by:
Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Michael F. Bennet (CO), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Cory A. Booker (NJ), Maria Cantwell (WA), Christopher A. Coons (DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Tammy Duckworth (IL), Richard J. Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), John Hickenlooper (CO), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Andy Kim (NJ), Ben Ray Luján (NM), Alex Padilla (CA), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Adam B. Schiff (CA), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Raphael Warnock (GA), Elizabeth Warren (MA), Peter Welch (VT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
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Issues: 119th Congress, Immigration