Veronica Escobar: “Thank you for your courage and your voice as well. Your community is going to need a lot of resources.”

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

This Committee is unfortunately focused on things that don't matter to the everyday American.

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.

I have seen firsthand the devastating consequences of our broken immigration system, and as a member of Congress, I take seriously my obligation to propose a solution. Realistic, common-sense compromise is achievable, and is especially…