In an opinion-editorial for the Miami Herald co-authored with Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21) discusses his new bill to provide unaccompanied minors with legal counsel for immigration and deportation proceedings. Migrant children must be treated fairly By Rep. Ted Deutch and Rep. Karen Bass This year an estimated 60,000 children will cross the U.S.-Mexico border without parents or guardians, a tenfold jump from previous years. These young children are not, as some of our Republi... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have submitted written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee for its hearing today, “Examining a Constitutional Amendment to Restore Democracy to the American People.” Last year, Congressman Deutch and Senator Sanders co-introduced the Democracy is for People Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in ​Citizens United v. FEC, ​immediately ban corporate spending in e... Read more

Today, 63 members of Congress sent a letter led by U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-21), Donna Edwards (MD-4), and Jim McGovern (MA-2) applauding Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for holding Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. FEC, McCutcheon v. FEC, and other court decisions responsible for eroding our federal campaign finance laws. Tomorrow's June 3rd hearing will be the first full Judiciary Committee hearing of its kind since the Sup... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) released this statement in response to the House Appropriation Committee’s inclusion of the detention bed mandate in its FY2015 Department of Homeland Security appropriations proposal: “We are deeply disappointed that the House Appropriations Committee has once again inserted a quota into the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that dictates how many immigrants should be held in detention on a daily basis. The det... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued this statement on his vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015: "I voted against the NDAA because it forces us to spend billions of dollars on outdated weapons systems that the Pentagon says we no longer need and prevents the long-overdue closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. "The continued operation of the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay is fiscally irresponsible and morally indefensible. Our justice system has proven... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch, an outspoken advocate for Americans’ privacy rights and senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, voted to pass a legislative compromise to reign in abuses by the National Security Agency (NSA). The USA Freedom Act, which stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act, passed by a vote of 303 to 121. Deutch, who joined his colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee to... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), the sponsor of legislation to require political campaigns to back up the claims in their ads online, issued this statement on the Supreme Court’s hearing in the case Susan B.Anthony List v. Driehaus: “No matter which way the Supreme Court swings, we can all agree that Americans deserve the opportunity to evaluate the outrageous, inflammatory, and too often misleading claims spewed by political advertisements. The lack of transparency and accountability in campaign... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and the author of the Democracy is for People Amendment, issued this statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision McCutcheon v. FEC striking down the current $123,200 limit a single person can contribute to federal candidates, parties, and political action committees: “This terrible decision only compounds the damage of Citizens United and will further erode the American people’s faith in the ability of... Read more

This Friday, March 21, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) will tour the Butterfly House, a Certified Rape Crisis Center operated by Palm Beach County Victim Services and meet with staff to discuss his legislative efforts to advance justice for victims of rape, sex trafficking, child abuse, and all forms of sex crimes. Congressman Deutch is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees our criminal justice system, and a member of the bipartisan House Victims Rights Caucus. Located ... Read more

U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Bill Foster (IL-11) are urging the Obama administration to end the wasteful, unjust, and arbitrary immigrant detention mandate. In a letter co-signed by 26 of their House colleagues to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Reps. Deutch and Foster request that the current requirement that Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) keep at least 34,000 people in detention facilities be removed from the President's Fiscal... Read more