U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced a bill to create a National Advisory Commission on long-term care services for seniors and individuals in need of support for activities of daily living. The bipartisan Supporting Our Seniors Act would direct the new Commission to assess and provide Congress  specific recommendations on how to improve service delivery, financing, workforce adequacy, and other issues related to long-term care in order to help increase seniors’ and individuals with disabilities’ access to affordable care services. “Having cared for my aging parents, I know how important access to affordable, quality care and support services can be for families and their loved ones,” said Senator Rosen. “I also know that with rising costs, finding these services has become even more difficult for Nevada families. I’m committed to expanding access to care for seniors— that’s why I’m introducing this bipartisan bill to help provide valuable information to Congress so that we can ensure seniors have access to the care and support that they deserve.” “Access to affordable and reliable resources specifically designed to empower Arkansas seniors is a critical part of effective, long-term care,” said Senator Boozman. “I am proud to help lead a bipartisan approach to prioritize the needs of our growing aging population and empowering Americans and their trusted caregivers to better support their overall quality of life.” “Every American deserves the opportunity to age with dignity and on their own terms,” said Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). “The Alliance celebrates the Supporting Our Seniors Act and commends Senators Rosen and Boozman for their leadership in advancing home and community-based care solutions. This bipartisan commission represents an important step toward building a care continuum that honors patient choice and ensures high-quality care delivery.” “The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is proud to offer its strong support for the Supporting Our Seniors Act, and we commend Sen. Rosen and Sen. Boozman for their leadership in recognizing the important role palliative care plays in improving the lives of people with complex care needs” said American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Chief Medical Officer Kristina Newport MD, HMDC FAAHPM.  “As our population ages, Seniors and their families need more support to help them live as well as possible.  This Act is critical to better align resources with what matters most to vulnerable people in our communities.” As co-founder and co-chair of the Senate’s bipartisan Comprehensive Care Caucus, Senator Rosen has been a leader in helping lower costs for Nevada’s seniors. Recently, she introduced a bipartisan bill to reduce prescription drug costs for seniors. This came after she already helped lower medicine costs for seniors, supporting a cap on prescription drug prices for Nevada seniors that started at the beginning of the year. Senator Rosen also created a Senior Resource Guide to help provide Nevada’s seniors with key information about federal, state, and community-based resources available to them. 

Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined his colleagues in opening a new investigation into the Trump administration’s arrest, detention, and deportation of non-citizen service members, veterans, and military families. The lawmakers wrote to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding an explanation for these practices, which go against decades of precedent and long-standing DHS policy indicating that military service offers protection from immigration enforcement for military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members. “The Trump administration’s actions threaten U.S. national security interests and erode the U.S. military’s credibility when it makes promises to its service members who have put their lives on the line for our country,” wrote the lawmakers. Over the past century, hundreds of thousands of immigrant service members have fought for the nation and contributed to victories in military conflicts. Non-citizen service members fill recruitment gaps and provide foreign language skills and medical expertise to the military that are difficult for recruiters to find and expensive to teach. In April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rescinded its former policy of considering military service a “significant mitigating factor” when deciding whether to pursue immigration enforcement and issued a new policy less protective of service members and their families. Following the policy change, the wife of a Marine Corps veteran and mother of two young children was detained by ICE during a green card application appointment — despite having lived in the United States for over a decade. Then, in June, a father of three Marines was repeatedly punched in the head by masked ICE agents, and a U.S. citizen who served in the Army was rounded up in an indiscriminate raid and held without explanation. The Trump administration’s actions against veterans and non-citizen military families have even prompted at least one veteran to leave the United States. Multiple constituents affected by the administration’s reckless changes to immigration protections for military families have shared their stories with representatives in Congress. For example, Sae Joon Park, a disabled Purple Heart veteran residing in Hawaii, was forced to self-deport by the Trump administration despite having lived in the U.S. for nearly five decades. Additionally, Maria Pelaez, a mother of an active-duty U.S. Marine, was detained by ICE, and ICE has refused to release her despite a judge’s decision to grant her bond. The Trump administration may be targeting military families using information they voluntarily provided to the federal government in connection with their service. When applying for immigration benefits, like “parole in place,” military families provide extensive personal data, including their physical addresses, physically identifying information such as eye color and height, country of birth, and more. Now, USCIS may be using that information to refer service members or their families to ICE for removal proceedings, even if they were previously deprioritized for enforcement actions. Even as the administration took steps to backtrack on its previous immigration enforcement protections, military recruiters continued using immigration benefits as a talking point to recruit non-citizens, “promoting enlistment as a way to gain ‘protection from deportation’ for family members.” Only recently did the Marines stop the practice, and it is unclear whether other military services continue to use this recruitment tactic. “We demand an explanation for why DHS is betraying its promises to service members who play a key role in protecting U.S. national security,” wrote the members. The coalition asked the two agencies to provide, by September 16, 2025: information about the number of non-citizens serving in the military; a list of service members, veterans, and family members who have been arrested, detained, or deported since January 2025; the impact of these new immigration policies on recruitment, readiness, and morale; what information about non-citizen service members and military family members the Pentagon provides DHS and ICE; and more.

A brief filed with the circuit court hearing the case against Trump’s use of the military in Los Angeles warns of continued abuse of the military in other U.S. cities. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 18 other Senators filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the lawsuit brought against President Trump for his misuse of the U.S. military earlier this year. The lawsuit originated from the State of California after Trump deployed 4,000 members of the California National Guard and 700 active-duty U.S. Marines to Los Angeles without providing legal justification or obtaining approval from state or local officials. “Donald Trump’s militarized spectacle in Los Angeles was a blatantly unlawful attempt to distract from his failing political agenda and enact his cruel mass deportation campaign. Trump’s deployment of the military to ‘blue’ cities across America has never been about public safety — it’s about retribution and control,” said Senator Padilla. “This abuse of power is a threat to much more than just California or immigrant communities: if the Circuit Court allows the President to bypass the Governor of California to federalize the National Guard to suppress peaceful protests for immigrants’ rights, what’s to stop him from suppressing other rights across the country? Our arguments to the Court make clear that Trump’s unprecedented militarization of Los Angeles should not be used as a playbook for terrorizing other cities across America.” After the Trump Administration deployed National Guard troops across Washington, D.C., and took control of the city’s police department, Padilla supported legislation granting the District full authority over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department. Additionally, Padilla placed a hold on Trump’s nominee to serve as vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Thomas Carden, until the Trump Administration releases all remaining U.S. military forces from their unjustified deployment to Los Angeles. In addition to Padilla, Schiff, and Durbin, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) also signed the brief. Senator Padilla has been a leading voice in opposition to President Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles. In June, Padilla led the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease all threats to deploy the National Guard or active-duty service members to American cities. Padilla and Schiff also recently demanded the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) provide information on operational details related to the ongoing deployment of California National Guard personnel in Los Angeles, first federalized by President Trump on June 9, 2025.