When it comes to gun violence, Republicans will point to anything they can as a contributing factor.
Everything except the guns.
It’s. The. Guns.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Party align98%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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Not only are private prison corporations receiving billions in tax payer dollars to run migrant detention centers, but these private facilities far too frequently operate with a profit margin in mind.
It’s far too easy for standards to slip.
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My heart breaks for the children of America, who have to live in fear because of the gun violence epidemic that continues to impact our schools and churches.
As we wait for more information, my heart goes out to the Annunciation Catholic School community and to the people of Minneapolis.
I promise the bus was *not* a paid actor!!! 🚌
We stand united in our fundamental American moral values that we must do everything possible to ensure children are not starving and that infants are not denied critical food aid.
You can read the full letter here 👇🏽
escobar.house.gov/news/documen...
Following Friday's UN declaration of famine in Gaza, I’ve joined Representative Pressley, Representative Pettersen and 100 other colleagues to call on the Trump Administration to use its full power and authority to demand that the Israeli government immediately facilitate a massive surge in aid.
The alternative is to create legal pathways for immigrants who are part of our communities and support our economy. Last month, I reintroduced the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill, the Dignity Act.
You can learn more about it here 👇🏽 escobar.house.gov/news/documen...
Trump and Congressional Republicans are inflicting needless harm and pain on our country by demonizing immigrants and separating families.
They are enriching private immigration detention corporations and their shareholders, weakening our economy, and making us less safe.
Did you know it is estimated to cost $20 billion dollars to COMPLETELY END homelessness?
That’s less than half the amount Republicans are planning to spend on migrant detention facilities through the “big, beautiful bill.”
Imagine what $45 billion spent on mass immigration detention could do to help Americans?
It could provide access to childcare for working families, create affordable housing, repave the roads in our community; it could help Americans with affordability issues as costs continue to climb.
But Trump is more interested in putting his mass deportation plan on steroids, regardless of the destruction he creates, including the harm to our economy.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/13/t...
There was a cost that came with high migration, but Democrats never cut programs for Americans to provide humanitarian support for migrants.
Republicans are gutting programs for Americans to fund deportations of immigrants who helped save our economy.
apnews.com/article/immi...
I raised similar issues with the Biden Administration and worked with them to mitigate the impact on our community during periods of high migration.
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Aside from the warped priority that this massive expansion of immigration detention represents, its historic expense, and the gutting of programs for Americans to fund it, this camp has already taken away from military resources and will pull from some of our local resources.
The huge price tags for this camp and mass deportations have nothing to do with public safety. ICE is deprioritizing criminals in order to meet the daily quotas.
As one ICE insider said, “All that matters is numbers, pure numbers. Quantity over quality.”
nypost.com/2025/06/17/u...
Trump wants to deport every immigrant possible – ordering a minimum of 3,000 daily arrests – whether they have legal protections, are in legal proceedings or are Dreamers.
It’s all about fulfilling Stephen Miller’s fantasy of deporting at least a million immigrants a year.
Most immigrants being arrested, held in these camps, and deported by Trump aren’t criminals.
They've lived, worked and had family in the U.S. for many years. Aside from entering the country without documents, most in custody now have committed no crimes.
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While Donald Trump said he would focus mass deportation efforts on “the worst of the worst,” and Senator Cornyn said Camp East Montana would only hold those with final orders of removal or criminal convictions, none of those claims are true.
There were 1,000 male detainees on site during my visit and the capacity is expected to grow to 5,000 and hold women in the future.
Unlike previous oversight visits I've made (during the Biden and first Trump administrations), I wasn't allowed to speak with the detainees.
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552 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
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| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
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