A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing rules that restrict congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. This deals a setback to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to regulate oversight visits during a period of intensified immigration enforcement... In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jia M. C... Read More »
LOS ANGELES, CA — After successfully suing the Trump administration and winning a federal court ruling restoring individual Congressmembers' right to conduct unannounced inspections, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today carried out an oversight inspection of the Roybal Allard Federal Detention Facility (B-18) in Downtown Los Angeles. Rep. Gomez was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that blocked ICE from... Read More »
I really want to just appreciate the work that my colleagues have done. The question about affordability, I don't need statistics to tell me that people are struggling. Because I grew up in a family of immigrant parents for my siblings were born in Mexico. And they came here to work hard and to develop a better life for themselves and their kids. And they were able to buy a home, but still had to ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deta... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tonight, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement after voting in favor of two War Powers resolutions to prohibit the President from unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere. “Tonight, I voted for both War Powers resolutions because no president gets to drag this country toward war unilaterally. “The Constitution is clear: Congre... Read More »
Lawmakers are aiming to crack down on so-called “dynamic pricing” in the wake of a jaw-dropping report showing that grocery delivery app Instacart charged shoppers different prices for the same items at the same stores without telling them, The Post has learned...In the House of Representatives, lawmakers are exploring ways to curb dynamic pricing, which sometimes employs AI tools to track custome... Read More »
Rep. Gomez calls out Trump’s unconstitutional immigration policies following the arrest of U.S. citizens and vows to hold the administration accountable on MSNOW. Full Interview here Read More »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced legislation Wednesday to redirect $175 billion set aside for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection under President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" to affordable-housing programs. Gomez called the funding an "anti-immigrant slush fund" and said the Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act would redirect the money tow... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As working families continue to face skyrocketing housing costs and a deepening affordability crisis, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today introduced the Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act, landmark legislation that redirects the $175 billion ICE and CBP slush fund Donald Trump created in his “Big Beautiful Bill,” and reinvests those billions directly into proven ... Read More »
California U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat representing the Los Angeles area, filed an ambitious new bill on Wednesday which would redirect billions put aside by the Trump administration to fund its immigration crackdown toward helping Americans become homeowners. "My intention with this bill is to tackle one of the biggest crises that our country is facing, which is the housing afford... Read More »
Speaking on the House floor on Wednesday, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) accused President Trump and ICE operations of not going after only violent criminals in immigration crackdowns. Full Video Read More »
Rep. Gomez calls for Secretary Pete Hegseth to be fired over the Signal message leaks and slams Republicans' ruthless immigration policies following Trump’s plans to target Somali refugees. Full Video Read More »
A Democrat representative has laid out a plan to take $175 billion of funding from Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill for use on the "number one issue" of 2026. California U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez suggested the housing affordability crisis could be solved with money cited in the upcoming bill but it would go to waste on the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. Speaking with Newsw... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during floor debate on releasing the full Epstein files, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) delivered a parliamentary inquiry calling out Republicans for naming a children’s savings account program after President Donald Trump, a man whose name appears repeatedly in documents connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The inquiry, delivered at the end of Rep. Gomez... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez released the following statement after the House voted to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files, opening the door for the public to see the records connected to Epstein’s decades-long network of abuse: “I voted today to release the full Epstein files because the American people deserve the truth. For months, Trump and Republicans tried to delay and distr... Read More »
