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.Jayapal, 57 who .
Jayapal, 57 who represents Washington s 7th Congressional District in US House of Representatives will succeed Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to serve on the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement.
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been named Ranking Member of the powerful House Judiciary Committee's panel on Immigration, making her the first immigrant to serve in a leadership role for the subcommittee.
Beginning in 2014, Ms. Gallagher, then with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), sounded the alarm internally around ICE’s widespread misuse and overuse of solitary confinement, particularly on medically vulnerable and mentally ill detainees.