Spectrum News: Dems Want DHS To Stop Deporting Visa Applicants Claiming To Be Crime Victims

Washington, January 15, 2026

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They are asking the Department of Homeland Security to release them from detention and not to deport them while their applications for refuge in the U.S. remain under review. Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, and Pramila Jayapal of Washington State led the letter, with 21 other members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus signing on.