Pramila Jayapal | The Seattle Times

April 24, 2020 at 10:30 am

Our homelessness crisis is urgent, tragic — and completely solvable | Op-Ed

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a truly healthy, thriving society until everyone in America has a safe, accessible...

December 22, 2019 at 9:01 am

As a member of Congress and an Indian American, I will not be silenced on human rights | Pramila Jayapal / Guest columnist

I will continue to speak out on fundamental principles of democracy such as freedom of the press, religious freedom and due process.

April 30, 2015 at 5:52 pm

As state with a global heartbeat, helping refugees is at heart of who we are | Guest columnist

There is a growing, unacceptable intolerance toward newcomers in our state and around the United States.

Opinion

November 16, 2013 at 3:58 pm

Guest: Why immigration is a major issue for women

TWO weeks ago, 33 women were arrested in Bellevue for refusing to leave the Washington state GOP headquarters until the state’s four Republican congressional representatives...

Opinion

February 3, 2013 at 4:00 pm

Op-ed: Immigration reform is moral, humane and inclusive

IMMIGRATION reform catapulted to the top of the federal legislative agenda this week, with clear stakes placed in the ground by President Obama himself and...

Opinion

October 5, 2011 at 4:37 pm

Washington’s redistricting commission should ensure people of color have more influence

Three of the four proposals by members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission propose a congressional district where the majority of residents are people of...

Opinion

June 24, 2011 at 2:53 pm

President Obama must push harder on immigration reform

Despite campaign promises of immigration reform, President Obama's administration has increased deportations. Guest columnists Pramila Jayapal and U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez argue the president...

Opinion

May 25, 2010 at 4:09 pm

A moral stand against an unjust and broken U.S. immigration system

The broken state of the U.S. immigration system is a moral and human-rights crisis, write three guest columnists who staged a civil-disobedience demonstration in Seattle....

Opinion

April 14, 2010 at 3:32 pm

U.S. can’t afford to wait on immigration reform

Congress must introduce a comprehensive immigration-reform bill by May 1, writes guest columnist Pramila Jayapal. "We can't afford to wait," she says.

Opinion

April 10, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Immigrants help keep Washington’s economy strong

Because of the too-often polarizing debate about immigration reform, the real economic contributions that immigrants make are often overlooked. In this guest column, an immigration...

Opinion