Veronica Escobar: “We had to pass climate action legislation through reconciliation without a single Republican vote.”

Congress has not passed comprehensive immigration reform in our country in nearly four decades.

There are so many critical issues that our Nation is looking to us to address.

I regrettably could not be present today to vote on the Floor proceedings before the House. Had I been present, I would have voted: NO on Roll Call No. 276, NO on Roll Call No. 277, YEA on Roll Call 278, and NO on Roll Call No. 279…

ICE no longer plans to detain up to 8,500 immigrants in the facilities as originally envisioned, and instead will convert the property into an ICE campus.