U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey

03/22/18 Menendez, Booker Press DHS IG to Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border

WASHINGTON-Following recent reports of the case of a seven-year-old girl and her mother from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who we...Read More

Tags: asylum seekers, humanitarian, immigration, asylum, Civil Rights, democratic republic, homeland security, Congo, citizenship, children, More Tags

immigrant, seeking asylum, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, department of homeland security, asylum seekers, humanitarian, immigration, asylum, Civil Rights, democratic republic, homeland security, Congo, citizenship, children, immigrant, seeking asylum, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, department of homeland security

03/22/18 Menendez, Booker Press DHS IG to Investigate Allegations of Separation of Children From Asylum-Seeking Parents at U.S. Border

WASHINGTON-Following recent reports of the case of a seven-year-old girl and her mother from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who we...Read More

Tags: asylum seekers, humanitarian, immigration, asylum, Civil Rights, democratic republic, homeland security, Congo, citizenship, children, More Tags

immigrant, seeking asylum, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, department of homeland security, asylum seekers, humanitarian, immigration, asylum, Civil Rights, democratic republic, homeland security, Congo, citizenship, children, immigrant, seeking asylum, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, department of homeland security

12/04/15 In the News: Letter to the Editor: Asylum seekers have right to fair process

Thank you for the Nov. 18 editorial, "Let's not lose America’s soul over refugees." On behalf of Amnesty International, I would also like to thank Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, as well as Reps. Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell, for courageously speaking up for the rights of Syr...Read More

Tags: Human rights, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, asylum, Human rights, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, asylum

12/04/15 In the News: Letter to the Editor: Asylum seekers have right to fair process

Thank you for the Nov. 18 editorial, "Let's not lose America’s soul over refugees." On behalf of Amnesty International, I would also like to thank Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, as well as Reps. Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell, for courageously speaking up for the rights of Syr...Read More

Tags: Human rights, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, asylum, Human rights, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, asylum

10/16/14 Menendez Joins Senate Democrats to Press DHS Against Expansion of Family Detention System

NEWARK, NJ - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and a group of leading Democratic Senators including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Thursday pressed Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on recent plans to expand the immigration detention system, notably the decision to construct a massive new immig...Read More

Tags: border, blumenthal, violence, Chairman, leahy, immigrant families, asylum seekers, Jeh Johnson, department of homeland security, bennet, More Tags

southern border, detention facilities, women, migrants, administration, immigrant, safety, Dick Durbin, asylum, homeland security, DHS, border, blumenthal, violence, Chairman, leahy, immigrant families, asylum seekers, Jeh Johnson, department of homeland security, bennet, southern border, detention facilities, women, migrants, administration, immigrant, safety, Dick Durbin, asylum, homeland security, DHS

10/16/14 Menendez Joins Senate Democrats to Press DHS Against Expansion of Family Detention System

NEWARK, NJ - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and a group of leading Democratic Senators including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Thursday pressed Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on recent plans to expand the immigration detention system, notably the decision to construct a massive new immig...Read More

Tags: border, blumenthal, violence, Chairman, leahy, immigrant families, asylum seekers, Jeh Johnson, department of homeland security, bennet, More Tags

southern border, detention facilities, women, migrants, administration, immigrant, safety, Dick Durbin, asylum, homeland security, DHS, border, blumenthal, violence, Chairman, leahy, immigrant families, asylum seekers, Jeh Johnson, department of homeland security, bennet, southern border, detention facilities, women, migrants, administration, immigrant, safety, Dick Durbin, asylum, homeland security, DHS

06/19/14 Sens. Menendez, Durbin, Hirono, and Reps. Gutierrez and Roybal-Allard Discuss Humanitarian and Refugee Children Crisis at the Border

At a press conference today, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representatives Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) to address the hemispheric refugee crisis...Read More

Tags: State Department, asylum, nicaragua, minorities, humanitarian refugee crisis, prevention, western hemisphere, foreign relations, Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act, foreign policy, More Tags

refugees, central america, • U.S. Southern Command, Central Americans, reforms, Legal Orientation Presentation Programs, immigration, drug trafficking, mexico, DHS, salvadorans, irregular migration, ambassador, guatemalans, infrastructure projects, ORR, cross-border, immigration reform, crossing border, Department of Justice, guatemala, senator dick durbin, race, detention facilities, immigration status, department of homeland security, southwest border, rep gutierez, Menendez, infrastructure, DACA, trafficking, SOUTHCOM, gangs, smugglers, legislation, violence, senator mazie hirono, asylum seekers, central asia, USAID, international law, Senator Menendez, Obama Administration, legal assistance, southern border, Robert Menendez, honduras, corporation, Agency for International Development, Senator Robert Menendez, green, Senator Bob Menendez, immigration system, Office of Refugee Resettlement, humanitarian crisis, national security, comprehensive immigration reform, humanitarian assistance, international development, Bob Menendez, U.S. Agency for International Development, refugee crisis, Central American Regional Security Initiative, Housing, millennium challenge corporation, violence in the region, interagency coordination, Chairman Menendez, panama, el salvador, deferred action for childhood arrivals, children asylum, Border Patrol, senator hirono, children crossing border, refugee, Chairman Bob Menendez, CARSI, Senator Durbin, adversity, leave their homelands, crisis, humanitarian, Congress, unaccompanied minors, central america violence, minors crossing border, The Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, State Department, asylum, nicaragua, minorities, humanitarian refugee crisis, prevention, western hemisphere, foreign relations, Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act, foreign policy, refugees, central america, • U.S. Southern Command, Central Americans, reforms, Legal Orientation Presentation Programs, immigration, drug trafficking, mexico, DHS, salvadorans, irregular migration, ambassador, guatemalans, infrastructure projects, ORR, cross-border, immigration reform, crossing border, Department of Justice, guatemala, senator dick durbin, race, detention facilities, immigration status, department of homeland security, southwest border, rep gutierez, Menendez, infrastructure, DACA, trafficking, SOUTHCOM, gangs, smugglers, legislation, violence, senator mazie hirono, asylum seekers, central asia, USAID, international law, Senator Menendez, Obama Administration, legal assistance, southern border, Robert Menendez, honduras, corporation, Agency for International Development, Senator Robert Menendez, green, Senator Bob Menendez, immigration system, Office of Refugee Resettlement, humanitarian crisis, national security, comprehensive immigration reform, humanitarian assistance, international development, Bob Menendez, U.S. Agency for International Development, refugee crisis, Central American Regional Security Initiative, Housing, millennium challenge corporation, violence in the region, interagency coordination, Chairman Menendez, panama, el salvador, deferred action for childhood arrivals, children asylum, Border Patrol, senator hirono, children crossing border, refugee, Chairman Bob Menendez, CARSI, Senator Durbin, adversity, leave their homelands, crisis, humanitarian, Congress, unaccompanied minors, central america violence, minors crossing border, The Intensive Supervision Appearance Program

Tag

asylum seekers

Latest on asylum seekers

Newark

Barrington

Washington