WASHINGTON, D. C. – Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has called for the investigation and prosecution of current and former Trump administration officials after the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released "a disturbing report confirming that the...
As the Trump administration defends its move to transfer funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security to immigration enforcement and detention, Democrats and some immigration experts say the White House is...
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday defended conditions at U. S. Border Patrol stations following reports of crowded and unsanitary conditions that have heightened debate about President Donald Trump's immigration policy, a trademark issue for his reelection campaign...
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has formally called on the Department of Health and Human Services to open an investigation into the death of a migrant child held in U. S. custody. “I write with great sadness and...
Trump administration officials pushed back Wednesday against a Democratic senator’s claim that nearly $10 million from the government’s disaster relief agency was transferred to immigration enforcement. The claim, by Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, came as a monster hurricane barreled...
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) among the 575 people who were arrested at a Senate office building while protesting the Trump administration's policy on illegal border crossings and call for the reunification of families who had been separated...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is “exploring the possibility” of running for president in 2020, according to an article in The New York Times published Friday.Merkley was the only senator who endorsed Bernie Sanders over Hilary Clinton in...
Dividing lines between Republicans and Democrats are reemerging in the immigration debate as lawmakers draft separate proposals to stop family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border.Outrage over the separation of children from their parents has crossed par
