This morning, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) questioned Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rodney Scott, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Joseph Edlow, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)… Read more »
Last week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) led 32 members of Congress in pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General to investigate Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) failure to provide accurate information about where… Read more »
Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and over 70 Democrats, led by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), called for a new investigation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over warrantless purchases of Americans’ location data.
The members called on DHS Inspector… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement in response to the Washington Post’s story that Camp East Montana, the $1.24 billion immigration detention facility in El Paso, is set to close:
“The Trump administration has used El Paso as ground zero for its sick, twisted immigration enforcement policies for years, and Camp East Montana is no… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement:
"Camp East Montana, which is run by Acquisition Logistics, a private corporation with no prior experience in running immigration detention facilities, is closed to visitors and attorneys until March 19th or 20th because of a measles outbreak. There are 14 active measles cases inside the facility… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) - joined by Representative Pramila Jayapal, the Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, and 22 other Members of Congress - sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons calling for the… Read more »
On Friday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), along with Representatives John Larson (CT-1) and Nikema Williams (GA-5), introduced the Stop ICE Election Militarization Act to protect American elections from illegal ICE interference. This bill follows President Trump’s threats to “nationalize elections” and his adviser, Steve Bannon’s, call to deploy ICE… Read more »
Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) sent a letter to Department of Homeland (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons expressing her concerns over potential new immigration detention facilities in her district.
The letter can be found in its entirety below and here.
“Secretary Noem and Acting Director… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar released the following statement following confirmation from the El Paso County Medical Examiner that a detainee died of “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression”:
"Secretary Noem and Director Lyons have an obligation to provide Congress with a thorough briefing on the circumstances of the confirmed murder of a detainee at Camp East… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) gave a speech on the House Floor stating her opposition to the DHS Funding Bill. You can find the transcript of her speech below:
Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Homeland Appropriations Subcommittee, I stand today in opposition to this Homeland Appropriations bill.
I want to be very clear: the bill that passed out of committee had… Read more »
