Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that the House-passed H.R. 7617, Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2021, includes $2.8 billion for the modernization and expansion of land ports of entry, of which $700 million would be allocated to the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) Land Port of Entry.
H.R. 7617, approved by House of Representatives on July 31, 2020, provides… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), a Vice Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), issued the following statement on Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment:
“One hundred years ago, after intense struggle, persistence, and adversity, the 19th Amendment was finally adopted in our… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Chair Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Reps. Gil Cisneros (CA-39), Deb Haaland (NM-01), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-16), Mike Turner (OH-10), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) to introduce legislation that would codify amendments included in the FY21 National Defense… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) demanding answers about concerning allegations of sexual assault and harassment raised by current and former detainees at the El Paso Processing Center… Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar (TX-16) voted for H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act, which prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or service levels it had in place on January 1, 2020 and provides $25 billion in critical funding to support the USPS. Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar sent a letter calling for an investigation over how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order issued on March 20, 2020 and its effect on unaccompanied children. Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to the indictment of We Build the Wall organizers, some with links to white nationalism, for allegedly defrauding donors as part of a fundraising campaign aimed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more »
Congresswoman Escobar launched a bilingual online survey to gather information from El Pasoans about their experiences with mail delivery delays and concerns about the future of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement in response to news reports of alleged sexual assault of detainees at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in El Paso:
“The extremely alarming reports of alleged systematic sexual harassment and assault of detainees in ICE custody is a disturbing reminder of the danger and… Read more »
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, and 172 other House Democrats in sending a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calling for the reversal of policies that have worsened the crisis facing the Postal Service and exacerbated a dramatic increase in delayed and undelivered mail to El… Read more »
