To my Republican colleagues, I am pleading with you for help.
If the Trump administration does not care about its humanitarian responsibilities, I am pleading with you to care about the fraud at Camp East Montana, Acquisitions Logistics, and the massive expansion of migrant detention facilities.
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Veronica Escobar
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Veronica Escobar
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My question to DHS: if you don’t care about the human beings in custody at Camp East Montana, will you at least care about the massive fraud?
I renew my calls for an urgent classified briefing so this doesn’t happen again.
While the end of flight restrictions above Southern New Mexico brings this saga of gross incompetence to a close, it remains vitally important that Congress understand the whole scope of what led to the unprecedented closure of airspace in our region.
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🚨 NEWS: In light of the airspace closure in El Paso and southern New Mexico, @repgabevasquez.bsky.social, Senator Lujan, Senator Heinrich, and I are demanding answers from Secretary Duffy, Secretary Hegseth, and Secretary Noem.
To be clear: this was the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the administration.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
I spent much of today briefing my fellow members of Congress both in the House and the Senate - this after assuring local leaders and the public that there was no risk to the community. El Pasoans were rightfully alarmed by how the federal government carried all of this out.
The amount of misinformation being spread — including by the White House — is alarming and unhelpful.
I’m grateful for the member of our federal workforce who flagged the TFR for me, especially given that the FAA never informed me, the City of El Paso or the professionals who operate at the El Paso International Airport about the closure.
After I was informed late last night about the Temporary Flight Restriction that would close El Paso’s airspace for 10 days, my team and I worked through the night and into the morning to get to the bottom of it and then to ensure the TFR was lifted so that normal flight operations could resume.
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At the urging of my office, the FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace.
I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
All of this - Camp East Montana , the contract with Acquisitions Logistics, and the warehouses - is funded by what Republicans call their “One Big Beautiful Bill.” That money must be rescinded so these abuses stop.
To my GOP colleagues: if you aren't outraged by DHS's obstruction and inhumanity, are you outraged by the fraud perpetrated on American taxpayers who are funding the corporations running these gulags? Camp East Montana needs to be shut down and the corporation investigated.
Private companies can't be trusted to deliver services American taxpayers are paying for and DHS can't be trusted to ensure human beings in custody are treated in a way that meets federal standards. And now DHS wants to detain 8,500 more human beings in El Paso in WAREHOUSES.
These are but a few of the alarming issues. But it's clear the corporation is getting paid $1.24 billion and not providing the contracted services. That's fraud. Detainees can't access their lawyers and DHS is not allowing me to access detainees.
Both detainees have pending court cases. We gave the men privacy release forms for their loved ones to sign so we could formally inquire about their cases. Both men called us later that day to tell us that CEM staff had confiscated the forms, preventing us from helping them.
When I returned to where my staff was waiting, we met two men (there separately) waiting to see loved ones. One was a veteran from Minnesota (a Marine) waiting to see his wife. The other was from NY, there to see his 70 year-old dad. Both had been denied entry the day before.
I asked if detainees had access to a tablet/phone to call lawyers and was told because it was a temporary (24-36 hr) holding space, detainees wouldn't get access until they were in a new pod. I reminded them they had just told me the men had been in that pod for several days.
A guard warned us not to go in the pod because the men hadn't been tested for TB (there have been two TB cases at CEM). I asked ICE why civilian staff going in the room weren't wearing masks and was told they chose not to. I asked if they'd heard that for themselves; they hadn't.
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568 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | H.R. 186 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 33 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 144 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 164 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 153 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 152 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-13 | H.R. 192 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-09 | H.R. 23 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-07 | H.R. 29 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Motion to Commit with Instructions | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
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