U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the End Transfers of Detained Immigrants Act, legislation to immediately prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from transferring immigrant detainees between ICE facilities or to federal, state, and local prisons during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 41 Democratic senators called on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General, Joseph V. Cuffari, to expeditiously investigate a whistleblower complaint alleging forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fix the unjust immigration enforcement and detention policies this Administration continues to enforce during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 97 members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging the agencies to withdraw new guidance from ICE that threatens international students with deportation if they do not take in-person classes this coming academic year.

Following last week’s historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling on him to immediately take up the bipartisan House-passed American Dream and Promise Act, which will establish a path to citizenship for Dreamers and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED).

Following the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 42 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to President Trump urging him to work with Congress to finally provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, who are commonly known as Dreamers, by supporting the American Dream and Promise Act.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California to rule against President Donald Trump’s repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Hoy, el Senador de Colorado, Michael Bennet, emitió las siguientes declaraciones sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos en el caso de Departamento de Seguridad Nacional v. los Regentes de la Universidad de California.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with Colorado U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D), Ed Perlmutter (D), Diana DeGette (D), and Jason Crow (D) sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) highlighting grave due process issues in the Aurora Immigration Courtroom and requesting immediate fixes to ensure fairness during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of 36 senators and 87 representatives in pressing the Trump Administration on reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing mass deportations of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), or Dreamers, young immigrants who grew up in the United States and know no other home.