Adriano Espaillat: “I am proposing a doubling of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative program.”

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to forcefully speak against the Trump administration's horrific ICE abuses, far beyond an overreach on the immigrant and Latino communities across the country. Back in New York City, my community is being…

I am the first Dominican American to be elected to the House of Representatives.

Make no mistake: they did this at 4AM so no one would see, no ceremony, no real recognition.

They are not criminals they… have been ripped from their families and thrown in here.