WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, co-led 126 lawmakers, including 16 other Senators and 110 Representatives, in urging (https://chc.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/chc.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/final-letter-congressional-comment-letter-on-trump-s-public-charge-proposed-rule-compressed.pdf) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw its proposed public charge rule, warning it would harm U.S. citizen children, immigrant communities, and public health systems nationwide. The letter was co-led by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), as well as Congressional Hisp...