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Padilla, Cortez Masto, CHC Members Lead Amicus Brief Defending Taxpayer Privacy Against IRS-DHS Data Sharing Agreement
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Padilla, Cortez Masto, CHC Members Lead Amicus Brief Defending Taxpayer Privacy Against IRS-DHS Data Sharing Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev

Padilla, Merkley Lead Senate Colleagues in Demanding Timely Funding for Agricultural Farm Worker Student Education
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Padilla, Merkley Lead Senate Colleagues in Demanding Timely Funding for Agricultural Farm Worker Student Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led eight Senators in urging U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to ensure

Schumer, Padilla, Morelle, Voting Rights Advocates Reject Republicans’ SAVE America Act, Trump’s Attempted Elections Takeover - Cover Image
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Schumer, Padilla, Morelle, Voting Rights Advocates Reject Republicans’ SAVE America Act, Trump’s Attempted Elections Takeover

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rule

Padilla, Schiff, Swalwell, Colleagues Demand Answers After Deaf Six-Year-Old Deported Without Hearing Devices
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Padilla, Schiff, Swalwell, Colleagues Demand Answers After Deaf Six-Year-Old Deported Without Hearing Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) joined U.S. R

Padilla, Schiff Announce Over $18 Million for Los Angeles, Bay Area World Cup Transit
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Padilla, Schiff Announce Over $18 Million for Los Angeles, Bay Area World Cup Transit

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) announced that the Los Angeles region and the San Francisco Bay Area will recei

Padilla, Schiff, Carbajal Lead California Lawmakers in Push to Protect California Coast From New Oil Drilling
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Padilla, Schiff, Carbajal Lead California Lawmakers in Push to Protect California Coast From New Oil Drilling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.

Padilla, Schiff, 40+ Lawmakers Sound Alarm on How Trump’s Immigration Agenda is Hurting Workers and Families’ Child Care Access, Raising Cos
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Padilla, Schiff, 40+ Lawmakers Sound Alarm on How Trump’s Immigration Agenda is Hurting Workers and Families’ Child Care Access, Raising Cos

Lawmakers: “The Trump Administration’s policies risk eliminating a significant number of trained caregivers from an already strained system, reducing access to care and raising child care costs for Am

WATCH: Padilla Joins Immigration Advocates at “ICE Out for Good” Rally to Demand ICE Stop Violence in American Cities
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WATCH: Padilla Joins Immigration Advocates at “ICE Out for Good” Rally to Demand ICE Stop Violence in American Cities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn

Padilla, Schiff, Calvert, Lofgren Lead Full California Congressional Delegation
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Padilla, Schiff, Calvert, Lofgren Lead Full California Congressional Delegation

Push for Federal Disaster Funding One Year After Devastating Eaton and Palisades Fires On one-year anniversary of LA fires, CA Delegation reaffirms bipartisan call to Trump for essential federal disas

Padilla, 126 Lawmakers Urge DHS to Withdraw Public Charge Proposal That Would Harm Immigrants, Citizen Children, and Public Health
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Padilla, 126 Lawmakers Urge DHS to Withdraw Public Charge Proposal That Would Harm Immigrants, Citizen Children, and Public Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, co-led 126 lawmakers, including 16 other S

Padilla, Rosen, Colleagues Push to Overturn Trump Rule Ending Automatic Work Permit Renewal for Approved Noncitizens
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Padilla, Rosen, Colleagues Push to Overturn Trump Rule Ending Automatic Work Permit Renewal for Approved Noncitizens

Work permits allow noncitizens with legal status to work, but long USCIS processing times are placing U.S. employers and workers at risk

Padilla, Colleagues Warn Trump May Declare Election-Related National Emergency After White House Hires Prominent Election Denier
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Padilla, Colleagues Warn Trump May Declare Election-Related National Emergency After White House Hires Prominent Election Denier

Senators: Kurt Olsen’s appointment seems “to be part of a scheme to convince the President to attempt a national emergency declaration to illegally claim unconstitutional federal powers over state and

Ranking Members Padilla, Morelle Continue to Press Trump Administration on Firings
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Ranking Members Padilla, Morelle Continue to Press Trump Administration on Firings

Ranking Members Padilla, Morelle Continue to Press Trump Administration on Firings of Election Security Workers, Pause of Critical Election Security Efforts Lawmakers’ letter follows lack of response

Padilla, Schiff, Colleagues to Trump: Fire Elon Musk, Reinstate Agency Leaders and Federal Watchdogs
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Padilla, Schiff, Colleagues to Trump: Fire Elon Musk, Reinstate Agency Leaders and Federal Watchdogs

Democratic lawmakers demand Trump reinstate fired Senate-confirmed officials and address Musk’s conflicts of interest, cite officials’ investigations and prosecutions of Musk’s companies