US Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, is, on Friday, introducing legislation to ensure transparency, protection, and accountability for all immigrant children in any type of government custody.
Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal fears that the 2024 election is in “great trouble” for President Joe Biden with new polls showing him trailing Republican Donald Trump in multiple battleground states. Jayapal’s remarks came after a New York Times and Siena College poll showed Biden trailing former President Trump in five out of six battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Susheela Jayapal, the sister of Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, has launched her bid for the US Congress in Washington’s 3rd congressional district.
Four U.S. Representatives introduced the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (WISE) Act to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and gender-based violence. The bill would ensure that immigrants have access to protections intended by the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Trafficking Victim Protection Act (TVPA), and other federal and state laws. The bill will also ensure survivors pursuing relief are not detained or deported before their applications are fully adjudicated.
US Representative from Washington Pramila Jayapal has apologised for calling Israel a “racist” state. Jayapal is the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is known for her anti-Israel positions. In an official statement on Sunday, she clarified that she does not believe the idea of Israel as a nation is racist.
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to 364 days in Seattle’s King County Jail after he admitted to stalking Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal last year, according to media reports. Brett Forsell pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor stalking rather than the felony stalking charge prosecutors originally filed, the Seattle Times reported.
Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been named Ranking Member of the US House Judiciary Committee’s panel on Immigration, making her the first immigrant to serve in a leadership role for the subcommittee.
Putting an end to speculation of entering the House Democratic leadership race, Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said she will run for re-election as Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair and not for the Democratic leadership.
Court documents indicated that the King County Prosecutor’s Office requested $500,000 in bail, claiming the defendant is “likely to commit a violent offense if free in the community.” However, Forsell has not been charged with any hate crime, according to court documents.
An armed man who allegedly threatened to kill U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Saturday, July 9 was arrested early on July 10 and later released from jail on Wednesday.
Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal told King5, a news channel from Seattle, that the right to abortion could be restored only in the ballot boxes.
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who was recently in India to visit her family before the surge spiraled out of control. Seeing the situation in the country now has using her power to gather as much support and funds as she can. She said all the funds raised would go to three initiatives. […]
Zoe Strozewski- Washington representative Pramila Jayapal has tested positive for COVID-19 following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The congresswoman attributed the positive test to various Republican lawmakers who refused to wear masks while in lockdown in a crowded Capitol room, according to a Jan. 11 press release on her website. […]
indica News Bureau- Expressing her disappointment over HEROES Act passed by the Congress during the COVID-19 crisis, Pramila Jayapal, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington state’s 7th District, said that though the act has several important provisions, it fails to match the true scale of the devastating coronavirus crisis. Jayapal, D-Seattle, […]
indica News Bureau- Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives, has endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the November presidential election. Tweeting her support to Biden, the Democrat and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Monday wrote, “Today I am announcing my endorsement of @JoeBiden for President […]
Pro-Israel lobbyists in the US state of Oregon may oppose the candidacy of Indian American Susheela Jayapal from the state’s 3rd Congressional District, a media report said. The elder sister of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Susheela announced last month that she was looking to succeed Representative Earl Blumenauer from the District, which includes parts of Portland, and is a Democratic stronghold.
United States Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Representative Joe Wilson introduced the bipartisan South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act, landmark legislation to raise awareness about the alarming rate of heart disease for South Asians across the United States and also to put resources and strategies toward reversing this deadly trend for all communities. U.S. Senator Cory Booker plans to introduce companion legislation later this year. In the 117th Congress, this legislation was passed by the full House of Representatives before being blocked in the Senate. The bill is also supported by President Biden.
Brett Forsell, the Seattle man accused of stalking US Representative Pramila Jayapal, had his bail amount reduced on Tuesday by the King County Superior Court judge Aimée Sutton from $500,000 to $150,000.
Pramila Jayapal, the Indian-American leader of the progressive faction of the Democratic Party, has emerged as a powerful force in US politics pushing President Joe Biden leftward after holding his signature multi-trillion-dollar programs hostage.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been named vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The ongoing farmers’ protest in India gets fresh support from more influential figures from the US, urging the admiration to address the issue to the Indian government. Now 7 prominent US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of […]
indica News Bureau- Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat, represents Washington’s 7th Congressional District in the House of Representatives spoke up against the refusal by the Indian External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar to attend a meeting in Capitol Hill in her presence, as she had earlier passed a bill asking India to stop atrocities in Kashmir […]
indica News Bureau- Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who had criticized India for handling the Kashmir issue, is again in the headlines. S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, was to meet members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which also included Jayapal, but he told the chairman of the committee, Eliot Engel, that he […]
Aarti Tikoo Singh- Political parties across the ideological spectrum in India have came out in support of Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar who canceled a meeting with senior members of the US Congress earlier this week after they refused to exclude Pramila Jayapal whom he was not interested in talking to. Jayapal has […]
indica News Bureau- It seems a large section of Indian-American community is not happy with the resolution of democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who has introduced a Congressional resolution on Kashmir, urging India to end the restrictions on communications in Jammu and Kashmir. Members of Indian-American community say they feel betrayed and cheated after this resolution, […]
