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February 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Clearing the way for a vote on the floor of the House, the House Judiciary Committee today marked up the NO BAN Act, the bill introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) and Senator Chris Coons (DE) to repeal the President's Muslim ban and prevent any future baseless, discriminatory bans from happening in the future.

January 31, 2020

Washington, DC — Today, the Trump Administration announced an expansion of the existing Muslim Ban to include six new countries: Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.

January 30, 2020

Washington, DC — Today, as President Trump considers an expansion of the Muslim Ban, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) announced that she will be bringing Islmail Alghazali as her guest to the State of the Union. Ismail is a US citizen living in New York City who was separated from his family by the Muslim Ban, unable to even meet his newborn daughter for months. Rep.

January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three years after President Trump's Muslim ban first separated thousands of families, Congressmember Judy Chu (CA-27) and U.S.

January 13, 2020

Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) issued the following statement to recognize Korean American Day, which commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the US on January 13, 1903 and the contributions of Korean Americans in all aspects of society:

January 10, 2020

U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), authors of the

December 17, 2019

Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives voted on two packages of spending bills to keep the government open through fiscal year 2020 at levels higher than current funding and higher than the President's budget request. The first package, under H.R.

December 11, 2019

Washington, DC — The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019. The bill will provide legal status and a pathway to citizenship for qualified agricultural workers. It also improves the availability of farmworker housing ensures health and safety protections for workers, including heat stress protection. Rep.

September 24, 2019

"I was completely dismayed by the lack of clarity on the waiver process," Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.,) who introduced a bill this year to overturn the restrictions, said in an interview. "It seemed to me that these bureaucrats could give no clarity on how it is supposed to work and why it isn't working."