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Following the alarming arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and threats of arrest to Members of Congress due to a recent oversight visit to the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jason Crow (CO-6) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons to… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-8), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Dan Goldman (NY-10) to warn of potential criminal exposure for volunteers and employees of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), following reports of various conflicts of interest… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and House Democrats introduced H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act ahead of the 60thanniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. This bill would restore and modernize the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and prevent states with a history of voter… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement after leaving Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress: “I just walked out of Trump’s Joint Address. I couldn’t listen to the incessant lies. “Donald Trump’s actions have demonstrated nothing but contempt for our Constitution, our country and its people. He’s corrupting our government, selling it to… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced the long-awaited repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe artifacts currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands back to their home in El Paso, Texas.   The Congresswoman has been working with the Department of State and the Dutch Government to return several cultural and religious… Read more »

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) sent a letter to Brigitta Tazelaar, Netherlands Ambassador to the United States, seeking her assistance in expediting the repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe artifacts back to their home.  The letter expressed sincere appreciation for the Dutch Government’s commitment to the return of the Pueblo artifacts while urging… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) co-led a letter with 9 of their colleagues urging the Department of Justice to investigate the voter intimidation actions of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Governor Greg Abbott. This letter is sent in addition to a separate letter co-led by Representatives Escobar, Jerry Nadler… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement on the recent Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. United States: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. United States directly contradicts one of the fundamental principles of our country that no one is above the law. The conservatives of the nation’s highest court of the land – half of whom were… Read more »

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) led a letter to the Dutch Government urging them to help return several items of tribal patrimony currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen (Museum) in the Netherlands back to the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe (Pueblo) in El Paso, Texas.  The bicameral letter, signed by 2 Senators and three additional Representatives, upholds the… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement: “Any implementation of SB4 - regardless of duration - is guaranteed to fuel further and more egregious civil rights violations and racial profiling in Latino communities like mine. This will create significant confusion for local law enforcement agencies, peace officers and judges, and will cause… Read more »