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  • Polis Lauds Senate Immigration Bill, Bipartisan Gang of Eight
    Apr 17, 2013  - Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) issued the following statement today in response to the bipartisan Gang of Eight introducing an immigration reform bill in the Senate. “ I am extremely pleased to see an immigration reform bill coming out of the Gang of Eight negotiations in the Senate that reflects the impor... More
  • Polis, Quigley Welcome New DHS Detention Guidelines to Prevent Abuse
    Dec 6, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) released the following statements in reaction to the release of new regulations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intended to prevent sexual abuse in detention facilities. In January 2012, Polis and Quigley were joine... More
  • Polis Applauds DHS Decision to Cease Deportation of Dreamers
    Jun 15, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that it would immediately end the deportation of young people who were brought to the U.S. as children and who do not present a risk to national security and public safe... More
  • Polis Introduces Legislation to Reform EB-5 Visa Program and Create “Start-Up Visa”
    Jun 1, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis unveiled legislation today that would create a “Start-up Visa” for entrepreneurs and update the EB-5 visa system to help create American jobs by encouraging investment in U.S. companies. “With our economy still struggling to create jobs, we should be taking every possible ste... More
  • A Call for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
    Mar 5, 2012  - I rise today to urge this body, the United States Congress, to join my constituents' call and meet my constituents' call for comprehensive immigration reform. My constituents across the ideological spectrum, from those on the right, who decry the rule of law, the undermining of the state of law and ... More
  • Polis Reacts to State of the Union
    Jan 24, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) released the following statement in reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. “President Obama tonight outlined not only a blueprint for an economy built to last but an action agenda that reflects what Coloradans have been telling Congress to address fo... More
  • Polis, Quigley Call for Investigation of Immigrant Detention Abuse
    Jan 9, 2012  - Following repeated reports of sexual abuse in the immigration detention system by the Heartland Alliance, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate and offer possible remedies to improve conditions at Immi... More
  • Proposed Immigration Rules Promote Family Unity, Safety
    Jan 6, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) today applauded a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposal that would promote family unity and public safety by allowing immigrants with U.S. citizen spouses to submit a waiver of inadmissibility before returning to their country to attend their i... More
  • Dems Urge Federal Action to Protect Immigrant Students
    Jan 5, 2012  - The federal government may be able to do more than just sue states that enact harsh immigration laws. Twenty-four House Democrats are urging the Education Department and the Justice Department to use “any and all enforcement mechanisms available” to ensure that immigrant students — legal and illegal... More
  • Remarks Urging Comprehensive Immigration Reform
    Mar 2, 2011  - Congressman Jared Polis Remarks Urging Comprehensive Immigration Reform Wednesday March 2, 2011 One of the most critical issues to my constituents and Americans across the country, there is crying out for Congress to take action with regard to illegal immigration. This Nation has over 15 million peo... More
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