Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

“Granite Staters want safe communities, accountable government, and local control,” said Congressman Pappas. “That is why I stand with the residents of Merrimack, local leaders, and the thousands of Granite Staters who are voicing strong opposition to the construction of a large scale immigration detention center. It is completely unacceptable for the Trump administration to continue to bypass local leaders throughout this process. That’s why I’m working to require the federal government to get local approval before this or any similar proposal moves forward. I will continue to work with community and state leaders to stop this plan and to demand the full transparency and accountability that is lacking from this administration.”  

“Americans are justifiably concerned as DHS moves to open secretive facilities across the country to detain thousands of individuals at a time, with little transparency or regard for the communities they’re being located in. I, along with the overwhelming majority of Americans, agree that we should have a secure border and a humane and rules-based immigration system – but that’s not what the Trump Administration has done, with stunning displays of violence and cruelty, including against U.S. citizens. At a time when so many Americans are struggling with high costs for things like health care and housing, the Trump Administration is instead spending $38 billion in taxpayer money to purchase and operate these facilities,” said Senator Shaheen. “Our new bill responds directly to the concerns we’ve heard from local officials in towns like Merrimack, New Hampshire and across the country: They were never consulted about ICE’s plans, and they don’t want the chaos of new detention facilities in their communities. By requiring DHS to secure approval from state and local officials, our legislation would ensure that Americans and Granite Staters have a say in what the federal government is planning in our own communities.”  

“When it comes to plans for a potential ICE facility, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE need to work with state and local officials so that our communities have a say and we can ensure that our communities are safe,” said Senator Hassan. “Granite Staters, local law enforcement, and local leaders have raised serious concerns about the proposed ICE detention facility in Merrimack, and this bill would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from unilaterally forcing a processing facility or detention center on our communities. I’ll continue to work to ensure that we have secure borders, an immigration system consistent with American values, and that Granite Staters, local leaders, and New Hampshire’s first responders have a say in what goes on in their communities.”   

“The half-baked $38 billion campaign to commandeer industrial warehouses for the detention of human beings without the knowledge or approval of local communities in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and across America is a dangerous and un-American overreach by the Department of Homeland Security. It is undermining our local leaders. It is eviscerating public trust. It is imperiling public safety. It is threatening economic growth. It must stop,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “Our commonsense legislation will rein in this chaos by mandating the transparency and accountability that local communities across New Hampshire and America need and deserve over these decisions.”  

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Rep. Chris Pappas, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

“The accompanying letter details the potential negative impact this facility may have on the community’s economic development, as well as the potential strain such a facility would place upon the local economy, infrastructure, and public safety,” wrote New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation. “We share the local concerns expressed about the project, and these concerns must be addressed.”

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Rep. Chris Pappas, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

“I write to you today to request that your office open an investigation into whether statements made by senior Trump Administration officials regarding the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti biased, impeded, or otherwise improperly affected DHS investigations into the killings of Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti,” wrote Senator Hassan in a letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari. “Mr. Lyons’s comments bring to light an issue that merits immediate investigation. The head of ICE, a subordinate agency to the Department of Homeland Security, gave sworn testimony that clearly illustrates that the statements made by Secretary Noem and Mr. Miller, the two top Homeland Security personnel within our government, biased or impeded the investigations related to Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti.”

Sen. Maggie Hassan

“The American people want their government to remain open, and they are also demanding an end to the deliberate intimidation, trampling of civil rights, and outrageous lawlessness by ICE agents that have left two American citizens shot dead. Our immigration enforcement needs to combine strong border security with a focus on removing violent criminals from our country – which this Administration is failing to do through its divisive, dangerous, and deadly actions."

Sen. Maggie Hassan

“You have presided over an increasingly dangerous and untenable breakdown in trust in federal law enforcement across the country, and your actions in the wake of these tragedies have weakened the Department’s credibility, enflamed tensions, harmed public safety, and divided Americans,” wrote the senators. “You have authorized actions that have resulted in a vast overreach of the Department’s authorities and have cost innocent lives. Masked federal agents from DHS have violently assaulted peaceful protestors, arrested American citizens without cause, undermined protections under the Fourth Amendment, and shot and killed two Americans – Renee Good and Alex Pretti – who, contrary to your own baseless assertions, clearly did not pose a lethal threat.”

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Elissa Slotkin

“We request that the Department acknowledge the Council’s letter and establish clear lines of communication with local officials as soon as possible to ensure the Council’s perspective is considered.”

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Rep. Chris Pappas, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

"I voted for this legislation to keep the government open and support critical priorities for New Hampshire. However, I remain concerned about the lack of accountability for DHS and will continue to push for oversight and reform."

Sen. Maggie Hassan

“Chronic labor shortages—faced by seasonal U.S. employers throughout the nation’s history—have been exacerbated by the post-pandemic evolution of the American workforce,” wrote the senators. “As this need grows, so does the pressure on U.S. workers, whose employers’ workforce needs cannot be met with American workers alone. The H-2B program places requirements on employers to recruit U.S. workers, who are intentionally prioritized by the program and receive demonstrated, positive impacts from their seasonal colleagues.”

“An efficient analysis, issuance of a rule, and release of these visas allows the supplemental tranche of H-2B visas to meet the seasonal market demand during the market cycles when they are most needed,” continued the senators. “We thank you for your continued support—in recognizing the vital benefit to the economy of these seasonal, temporary work visas—and we are hopeful the maximum allowable FY26 supplemental visas will promptly be released pursuant to Congressional authority and in the same manner as in the three previous years.”

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Steve Daines, Sen. Deb Fischer, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Mike Rounds, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

 “Americans overwhelmingly support providing Dreamers a path to citizenship, and in December 2024, then-President-elect Trump stated that he supported protections for Dreamers to remain in the United States. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals kept in place a stay that protects current DACA holders and limited a nationwide injunction on new DACA approvals to the state of Texas. In June, 41 Senators sent United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) a letter requesting that USCIS begin processing new DACA applications, consistent with these decisions. Instead of doing so, DHS has issued a statement urging DACA holders—who know no home but the United States—to ‘self-deport.’ It was also disturbing to see DHS recently waste taxpayer dollars on the prolonged detention of a deaf and non-verbal DACA holder with no criminal history, contrary to your claims that the Trump Administration is arresting the ‘worst of the worst.’” 

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

"U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and lead author of the Dream Act, led 40 Senate Democrats in urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that limited a nationwide injunction to Texas."

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

"U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) are pressing the Trump administration to reconsider recent decisions to revoke student visas for international students studying at New Hampshire colleges and universities. In their letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons, the Congressional delegation highlighted the lack of transparency around many of the visa revocations as well as the irreversible harm many international students experienced."

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Rep. Chris Pappas, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

“[S]tudents across the country—who by all accounts appear to have followed all of the applicable laws and agency guidance—have reported visa revocations with no clear explanation as to the basis to terminate status,” the senators wrote in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons. 

“Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has completed at least 4,736 total terminations of student visa holders’ Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records. By DHS’s own admission, the statute and regulations do not provide SEVP the authority to terminate nonimmigrant status by terminating a SEVIS record. Your decision to reverse such terminations is therefore prudent and required by law,” the senators wrote.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

Senators to Trump Admin.: “Students who have entered through our legal immigration system and followed the law remain unsure of what, if any, steps they may take to maintain their status and safeguard themselves from immigration enforcement”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

Senators to DHS, State Department, ICE: “Students who have entered through our legal immigration system and followed the law remain unsure of what, if any, steps they may take to maintain their status and safeguard themselves from immigration enforcement”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

“We recently learned that your agencies have been revoking student visas and terminating Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records across the country. These actions to end student status reflected an unannounced change in policy and were inconsistent with existing laws, regulations, policies, and agency guidance governing the maintenance and termination of student status — that is why we welcomed the news late last week that in response to litigation around the country, ICE has reversed these SEVIS terminations. We now urge you to undo other actions to end student status that are inconsistent with such laws, regulations, and agency guidance and ensure that all future actions to end student status fully comply with the law.”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Andy Kim, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Adam Schiff, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Wyden

"Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) urged Congressional leadership to work across party lines on bipartisan solutions addressing border security and immigration needs. In a letter led by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Senator Warnock and 10 other Senate colleagues stressed to Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune the importance of working together to find bipartisan solutions that address a broken immigration system and address the policy concerns of the American people without delving into partisan politics."

Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock

“Laken Riley’s murder was a tragedy – and it could have been prevented. I am in New Hampshire to attend Governor Kelly Ayotte’s inauguration, but if not for the logistical conflict, I would have voted yes on the procedural vote held today that will allow the Senate to begin its debate on the Laken Riley Act.

“I have worked for years on the Homeland Security Committee and with members of both parties to strengthen border security and fix our broken immigration system. Making it easier to remove undocumented immigrants who commit crimes from our country is a basic first step that Congress can take, but we cannot stop here. Keeping our communities safe requires stronger security at the Northern and Southern borders, as well as comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform – and I will keep working to accomplish that.

“In the meantime, I look forward to returning to the Senate next week and working with my colleagues on the path forward for this bill.”

Sen. Maggie Hassan

"U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), alongside a bipartisan group of their colleagues, have written to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025."

Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Sen. Ben Cardin, Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Kevin Cramer, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. George S. Helmy, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Mike Rounds, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Ron Wyden