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WASHINGTON– Today, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Lou Correa (D-CA) introduced the Child Status Fairness and Modernization Act, a bill aimed at fixing a flaw in our immigration system that separates families. Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) are co-sponsors.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement on President Biden’s new immigration executive order that would drastically limit asylum by reducing the number of people who can legally seek asylum in our country.

The WPA Act would establish a fully-funded federal jobs program, targeted to support communities with exceptionally high unemployment rates. The program would be fully paid for by a 0.1% tax on Wall Street stock trades.

WASHINGTON, – As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry – while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following the applications for arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli leadership for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following reports that the Israeli army is evacuating the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah in preparation for a military ground operation. 

WASHINGTON– Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Summer Lee (PA-12) and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) announced the reintroduction of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act in th