Public Safety & Civil Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement responding to the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis: “Today, ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. And now, unsurprisingly, the Trump Administration is lying… Read more »

Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, led 28 of their colleagues in a letter condemning a U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) policy that was set to take effect on December 15,… Read more »