Veronica Escobar: “My own community is economically disadvantaged and about 85 percent Latino, and it is frequently left out of Federal…”

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.

Democrats are not attacking the institutions that are important to our democracy. Unfortunately, Republicans are.

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…

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