Jul 17, 2019
I have a couple of questions for you, Mr. Secretary. I shared with you when you first were sworn in... that I felt you had a problem in ICE.
Veronica Escobar
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Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as immigration reform and social justice throughout her tenure. Escobar has been vocal about the need for comprehensive immigration reform, highlighting the challenges posed by the current system. She has emphasized the importance of finding common-sense solutions to these longstanding issues.
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Jul 17, 2019
I suspect there are lots of empty ICE beds waiting for the interior enforcement.
Jul 17, 2019
El Paso, Texas, the community I'm so privileged to represent, has chosen to respond in a way where we create humanitarian standards for migrants.
Jul 14, 2019
There were 200 women who had been held for over a month outdoors in 90-plus degree heat.
Jul 11, 2019
Family separation, a practice called illegal by the United Nations, one which, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, inflicts deep life-long trauma, a policy so heinous that the sound of a weeping child secretly recorded in a…
Jul 11, 2019
Our government, at the hands of this administration, has exhibited an incompetence and cruelty that has created a human rights crisis in our own country.
Jul 10, 2019
Mr. Chairman, I am proud to have helped craft this year's National Defense Authorization Act. This fiscal year 2020 bill incorporates ideas from both sides of the aisle to deliver essential support and a pay raise to our deserving men and…
Jun 27, 2019
Mr. Speaker, today I ask that we observe a moment of silence for the migrants who have died as they have tried to reach the shores of the America that they dream of. The photograph that all of us saw this week should tear all of us up, for…
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