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Elected: 2024 (first term)
- Background: Attorney, former chief of staff to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco, former counsel to Senator Cory Booker
- Committees: Homeland Security; Agriculture
- District: Mobile, Montgomery, southwest Alabama, the new majority-Black district created after the Supreme Court ordered Alabama to redraw its map
- Ukrainian American community: Small, scattered across Mobile County
- Family / heritage: Son of a prominent civil rights leader; African American Democrat and first Black Democrat to hold an Alabama House seat in decades
Bio Shomari Figures is a freshman Democrat and the only Democrat in Alabama's House delegation. He comes from a civil rights family and a Justice Department background, which shapes his focus on voting rights, criminal justice, and federal accountability.
Ukraine Record
- No voting record yet on major Ukraine aid bills, but Democratic freshmen have reliably supported every Ukraine aid package.
- No known Ukraine-specific statements or caucus membership yet.
- Expected to sign onto most Democratic Ukraine initiatives as a party-line vote.
Advocacy Insight
- Ask them to: Sign onto the Ukrainian Adjustment Act (H.R. 3104), which protects Ukrainians in the U.S. from deportation, and vote yes on any new Ukraine aid bill that comes to the floor.
- Why it works with them: He represents the civil rights tradition. Protecting people fleeing war and protecting the rule of law abroad fits his family legacy and his DOJ background.
- Your connection: If you are a Mobile or Montgomery constituent, tell him Ukrainian families in your community need stability, and that standing with Ukraine is the same principle as standing against authoritarianism at home.
- Avoid: Framing this as a "foreign policy versus domestic needs" tradeoff. Tie it to values of justice, protection, and the rule of law instead.
Without this bill, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the war and built lives in the U.S. face deportation back to an active war zone. This is the single most urgent protection for Ukrainians in America.
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202-224-3121
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], a constituent from [YOUR CITY/ZIP]. I'm calling to urge Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] to cosponsor H.R. 3104, the Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled Russia's invasion and are now living in the U.S. on temporary status. They cannot safely return to an active war zone. H.R. 3104 gives them a path to permanent residency. It's bipartisan, it's targeted, and it's the right thing to do. Will Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] cosponsor H.R. 3104? Thank you.
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Bills to Cosponsor
17 bills remainingUkrainian Adjustment Act of 2025
Grants lawful permanent residency to Ukrainians who were paroled into the U.
Discharge Petition 8: Secure a Vote H.R. 2913
Discharge Petition No.
Ukraine Support Act
The most sweeping Ukraine support bill of the 119th Congress: combines military aid, sanctions, lend-lease, intelligence sharing, and trade tools into a single package spanning 9 committee jurisdictions.
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
Imposes severe penalties on Russia if the President determines Russia refuses to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, violates a negotiated peace, initiates another invasion, or seeks to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
PEACE Act of 2025
Prohibits the President from entering into or implementing any peace agreement with Russia regarding Ukraine unless the agreement meets specific conditions protecting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.