Veronica Escobar: “The constituents that I speak to are still--they are still frightened. They are still afraid.”

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

I thank my friend, Hillary Scholten. I so appreciate her leadership and her support of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I was born and raised on the U.S.-Mexico border. I am a third-generation border resident. My children are both adults. My son…

This hearing is a very brazen effort to provide political cover to my Governor, Government Greg Abbott, who has unconstitutionally used State resources to try to impose the State's own immigration policies and laws.

Traditionally, there has been insufficient Federal funding for colonias.