Immigration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Orders, signed within hours of taking office, to end refugee resettlement, birthright citizenship, and humanitarian parole; reinstate and expand travel ban and ‘Remain in Mexico’ policies; and freeze the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo), Angus King (I-Maine), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in unveiling an amendment…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) joined U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) to introduce the CBP Guidance on Personal Belongings Act, bicameral legislation to require the U.S. Customs and Border…

SWANTON and BURLINGTON, VT –Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) traveled to the northern border on Thursday for a tour of the Swanton Sector with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers, and also convened Vermont-based refugee, migrant, and asylum assistance services providers in Burlington.  “There’s no question that our immigration…

 MONTPELIER, VT – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with representatives from groups supporting asylum seekers across Vermont. The meeting, which included representatives from the Community Asylum Seekers Project of Vermont, the Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network, and Vermont Immigrant Assistance at Vermont Law…