Press Releases

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement after Sec. Kelly in consultation with Attorney General Sessions signed a memorandum rescinding the November 20, 2014 memorandum that created the program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). DAPA, which was stalled in the courts was never implemented as a program. It would have provided parents protection from deportation and the ability to apply for work permits.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement five years after President Obama signed the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order into law that has allowed more than 750,000 children and young adults to remain in the United States without the fear of deportation. While the future of the program remains unclear under the Trump Administration, recent incidents and statements by top administration officials have indicated that DACA recipients may be subject to deportation.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement after sending a letter to the governors of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California urging they take necessary action to address surging gun violence in the U.S and Mexico. A recent study from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reported that from 2009-2014, over 70 percent of all firearms they recovered and tracked at crime scenes in Mexico were purchased in the United States. Despite this, in January 2017, President Trump signed a bill into law that weakened background checks, making it easier for members of criminal organizations to purchase firearms and transport them across the border. This letter comes on the anniversary of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida where 49 young lives were taken at the hands of an armed shooter. As the number of gun-related incidents of violence across our country remains at a historic high, there has never been a greater need to ensure that guns do not end up in the hands of bad actors here and across the border.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans' devastating "Wrong Choice Act." The bill, passed along party lines, strips many of the regulations passed under President Obama that helped protect Americans from Wall Street's risky business practices that led to our financial crisis.