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Las familias solicitantes de asilo en Estados Unidos que fueron separadas por la administración Trump dijeron que, si bien se sienten honradas de asistir al discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión ante el Congreso el martes por la noche, ver al presidente les recordará su sufrimiento reciente. “Es un honor poder asistir”, Yeni

Oregon’s U.S. senators on Friday introduced a pair of bills targeting foreign consulates that help their citizens escape criminal prosecution in the U.S., a response to revelations that the Saudi Arabian government provided assistance to students who ran afoul of the law and fled before trial. Citing an Oregonian/OregonLive investigation, Jeff Merkley

Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon announced Friday that he will bring a mother and daughter who were separated at the US-Mexico border last year as guests for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week. The decision is intended to “highlight the human suffering caused by

COOS COUNTY — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is going after robocalls that are scamming people out of money and identities. In a press release on Wednesday, Jan. 23, Merkley put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, questioning whether enough is being done to protect consumers from “predatory robocalls, including

Washington (CNN) — El senador demócrata Jeff Merkley dijo el lunes que le pidió al FBI que abriera una investigación por perjurio contra la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kirstjen Nielsen, la semana pasada porque “es hora de una responsabilidad real”. “Estoy harto y cansado de que esta administración le mienta al pueblo estadounidense, le mienta al Congreso, le haga

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic U.S. senator on Friday asked the FBI to probe whether Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen committed perjury when she testified to Congress that the administration never had a policy to separate immigrant families. Senator Jeff Merkley has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s

WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced a bill this week they say would allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for the 43 million seniors who participate in Medicare Part D. “Medicare should be able to use its massive bargaining power to lower seniors’ drug prices. It’s high

Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant toddlers, children and teens in its care in detention centers and residential facilities packed with hundreds, or thousands, of children.

Senator Merkley made a trip to the US- Mexico border this weekend, leading a group of legislators to see firsthand the families being held in government camps. He describes thousands waiting in hopes of having their asylum claims to be heard. Merkley and other legislators held a press conference Saturday

Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley is joining forces with a Republican congressman to stop Agriculture Department researchers from euthanizing kittens used in their work. Merkley told CNN he introduced on Wednesday a Senate version of the KITTEN Act — officially, the “Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2018.”