Tulsi Gabbard on Immigration Reform
Key Points
- Tulsi is urgently fighting for legislation to protect millions of young people from deportation with end of DACA (Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals)
- Tulsi has worked with the Hawai’i ACLU, Hawai’i Civil Rights Coalition, Hawai’i Coalition for Immigrant Rights and the National Immigration Law Center to work towards meaningful immigration reform
- See also Keeping Families Together
Legislation
- H.R. 3440 DREAM Act
- H.R. 532 Dreamer Information Protection Act, which prohibits using DACA hearings for deportation
- H.R. 496 Bridge Act, which codifies the DACA program
- H.R. 392: Tulsi co-sponsored the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which would remove the existing per-country cap on employment-based green cards and ensure all immigrants are treated equally regardless of their country of origin.
Tulsi’s Statements/Video
- “The Trump Administration's use of children as pawns in the immigration debate is despicable and must end immediately. We obviously need comprehensive immigration reform.” https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1008898814365667328
- “Private prisons & detention centers hold disproportionate numbers of undocumented people, including minors. We need immigration reform.” https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/924274573310246913
- “I joined over 190 colleagues today & introduced the #KeepFamiliesTogether Act (HR 6135) to end the inhumane practice of taking children from their parents at the border. We need comprehensive immigration reform, but using children for leverage in immigration debate is despicable.” https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1009508400672182277
- "Immigration is a tremendous economic benefit for Hawai'i and our country as a whole. Passing the #DreamAct will help, but we have much more work left to do." https://twitter.com/tulsigabbard/status/931703519207481345
- Tulsi’s House speech urging passage of the DREAM Act: https://youtu.be/vYOluTLLd0c
- Tulsi calls on Congress to pass DREAM Act: https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/video-rep-tulsi-gabbard-calls-congress-pass-dream-act
- Tulsi holds a telephone Town Hall to address immigration issues: https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-tulsi-gabbard-s-immigration-telephone-townhall-draws-nearly-4000-across
3rd Party Links
- Tulsi on CNN: Trump’s comments on immigrants fly in the face of aloha spirit, American values https://youtu.be/8Dmn_EeNzPw
- Tulsi speaks against Hawai’i deportations: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2017/06/07/video-rep-tulsi-gabbard-rails-against-hawaii-deportations/
- Tulsi discusses DACA with Maui recipients: https://www.sandersinstitute.com/blog/rep-tulsi-gabbard-discusses-daca-with-maui-recipients-examines-eroding-maui-infrastructure
- Tulsi introduces bill to halt deportation: http://bigislandnow.com/2017/06/08/rep-gabbard-introduces-bill-to-halt-deportation/