Luján Statement on DHS Funding “NO” Vote, Announces Over $50 Million for New Mexico Projects
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against a funding package that did not include needed reforms to rein in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): “Under the Trump administration, our nation has witnessed federal immigration agents kill two American citizens […]
Luján Announces DOJ Launch of RECA Online Claims Portal
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new online portal for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims, implementing the recently extended and expanded program. Prior to the launch of this online portal, Senator Luján and the New Mexico Delegation sent an open letter to New […]
Luján Applauds Federal Approval of New Mexico’s $382 Million Broadband Plan
Luján Secured Billions of Dollars for New Mexico in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement on the federal government’s approval of New Mexico’s $382 million broadband infrastructure plan: “I’m proud to announce the federal […]
Luján to President Trump: Fire Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller
Washington, D.C. – This week, following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued statements condemning the violence, opposing the Homeland Security funding bill without real accountability, and demanding the resignation or firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller. As a then-U.S. Representative, Luján called […]
Heinrich, Luján Demand Answers Over Trump Administration’s Plan to End Student Loan Repayment Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 15 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon on the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate student loan repayment options for millions of Americans. The senators’ letter comes after the Trump Administration’s Education Department reached […]
Luján Statement on Opposing DHS Funding Without Oversight and Transparency
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement: “Kristi Noem and Donald Trump’s ICE is out of control and terrorizing our communities. With multiple deadly shootings of American citizens by federal agents in Minnesota and no accountability, I will not support an appropriations bill that funds DHS without real oversight, […]
