Our colleague, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, is being targeted by Trump’s allies. Hi friends,  I need to be very clear about what’s happening. Our colleague, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, is being targeted by Trump’s allies. In May, LaMonica showed up at an ICE detention facility…

I’m pleading not guilty, and I’m fighting these charges tooth and nail. Hi friends,  Let me say this directly: I will not be intimidated. On May 9th, I joined Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other elected leaders to demand answers at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in my district…

As a mother, immigrant, and Brooklynite – I’m asking you to stand with Yvette. Friend,  When I first came to this country from Jamaica as a student in 1958, I came with a dream — one shared by millions of immigrants then and now: to work hard, raise a family, and make a life in Ame…

Times like these demand intersectionality and solidarity Friends,  Yvette’s leading the charge to safeguard New Yorkers from the worst excesses of this extremist administration – even as Republicans have attacked her by name.  Times like these demand intersectionality and solidarit…

About Yvette Contact Media Center Issues Services Dear Neighbor, Thank you for tuning into another edition of my newsletter to hear more about my work in Congress and my efforts in Brooklyn! The care you hold for our community never fails to inspire me, and I am so very prou…

It will take all of us to reject right-wing extremism Hi friend, The Congressional Black Caucus has long been known as the Conscience of Congress, and as its Chair, I know just how significant our collective voices are in defeating Trump.  The President and his extremist allies are…

This year, we are all carrying its weight more heavily. Dear friend, Juneteenth is a sacred day: it commemorates the moment in 1865 when the final enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas were told that they were finally, finally free – over two years after the Emancipation Pr…

Every time I walk into a committee hearing or onto the House floor, I carry the voices of Brooklyn with me Dear friend, Every time I walk into a committee hearing or onto the House floor, I carry the voices of Brooklyn with me: our working families, our immigrant communities, and o…

But I’m not budging – immigrants make this country great. Friend – the White House just attacked me on Twitter.  Why? Because I spoke up for what’s right: “We still don’t know the full consequences of this unprecedented authoritarian overreach. But let me be clear: Congressional D…

About Yvette Contact Media Center Issues Services Dear Neighbor, Thank you for tuning into another edition of my newsletter to hear more about my work in Congress and my efforts in Brooklyn! The care you hold for our community never fails to inspire me, and I am so very prou…

We won’t be silenced Friend, the Trump administration is threatening to arrest me for exercising my legal right as a Member of Congress to inspect an immigration detention facility! Their inexcusable lies and accusations of “assault” on ICE officers are obviously false. ICE alread…

I won’t give up on my mission to deliver for New Yorkers Hi there, it’s Yvette. Growing up as the daughter of two Jamaican immigrants, I watched on as my parents made a successful living for themselves and my family, right here in the heart of Brooklyn. And when my mom, Dr. Una S. …

And they aren’t stopping now. Friend, The Congressional Black Caucus has always been known as the “Conscience of Congress” — and nowhere is that more apparent than how Yvette’s colleagues are standing up to Donald Trump. Earlier this month, CBC members Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman a…

About Yvette Contact Media Center Issues Services Dear Neighbor, Thank you for tuning into another edition of my newsletter to hear more about my work in Congress and my efforts in Brooklyn! The care you hold for our community never fails to inspire me, and I am so very prou…