Washington, DC – Today, Appropriations Committee member Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after voting to send necessary resources to support the children and families being held in detention centers on our southern border:
“We must send immediate relief and aid to children living in inhumane conditions on our southern border. The cruel… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Appropriations Committee member Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21) released the following statement after voting for the supplemental appropriations bill to aid the humanitarian crisis at the border:
“Children seeking refuge in our country shouldn’t be sleeping on cement floors or living in overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions. Having seen this… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement based on recent reports that the Trump administration plans to move migrants from camps along the U.S. border to Palm Beach and Broward counties:
“Immigrants play a valuable role in American society and folks seeking refuge should be treated with dignity. By threatening to move migrants from the border to… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Lois Frankel (FL-21), Norma Torres (CA-35), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and 54 Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for the Trump Administration to withdraw Ronald Mortensen’s nomination to be Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration. The letter asserts that Mr. Mortensen’s disparaging… Read more »
Written by Skyler Swisher, Sun Sentinel
At the Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth, soccer balls, stuffed animals and other toys are stacked on a table — gifts for migrant children being held in South Florida.
Families seeking help fill every seat in the lobby of the small center that has served immigrants in South Florida since 1992. A few people stand outside on the… Read more »
Written by Lois Frankel, Published in the Sun Sentinel
By now, most of America has heard of the Trump-induced crisis at our Mexican border. Mothers and fathers seeking refuge from persecution and extreme danger in neighboring Central American countries are being thrown into prison cells and their children stolen from their arms by the US federal government.
Over the weekend, I… Read more »
Written by Doug Stanglin, USA Today
More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress visited a holding facility in Texas for separated immigrant children Saturday and described conditions as "cruel and inhumane" that bring "a great shame to a great country."
The delegation visited a Customs and Border Protection processing facility in the U.S.-Mexico… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an order to replace family separation with family detention:
“President Trump’s action to undo a horribly cruel crisis that he created is a publicity stunt aimed at keeping migrant families detained indefinitely in abominable prison-like conditions. Congress must immediately… Read more »
Today, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) introduced the Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act to prevent human trafficking by bringing more openness to foreign temporary worker visas.
“The bipartisan legislation we introduced today will help bring the scourge of human… Read more »
