The Korea Times: US lawmakers submit House resolution to honor 'Korean American Day'

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WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a bipartisan House resolution to celebrate Jan. 13 as "Korean American Day," an annual event to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced the…

The Huffington Post: Progressive Caucus Backs Rep. Gomez Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, is formally endorsing legislation that would strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. The bill, introduced last month by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), would pull tens of billions of dollars in immigration enforcement funding from President Donald Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill…

Axios: Democrat Introduces Bill to Shut Down Trump's Greenland Ambitions

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A House Democrat is introducing legislation that would block President Trump from making good on his threats to either purchase Greenland or take it by force, Axios has learned. Why it matters: It's in direct competition with a Republican bill also introduced on Monday that would authorize Trump to "take such steps as may be necessary" to acquire the Danish-controlled island…

LAist: Rep. Jimmy Gomez says DHS ‘grasping at straws’ to Prevent Oversight at ICE Facilities

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L.A. Rep. Jimmy Gomez said he was “impressed” last month when the lawmaker was able to visit the downtown immigration holding facility known as B-18 without a hassle and without giving advance notice. Prior to that, when the government ramped up its deportation campaign last summer, he had been denied entry because he hadn’t given advance notice. He and fellow Congressional Democrats…

The Eastsider: Jimmy Gomez visits ICE facility

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U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, whose district includes most of the Eastside, inspected an immigration detention center Downtown on Friday. He said detainees were sleeping on the floor in "tanks" holding up to around 40 people. Though the facility was not over capacity, it "isn’t set up to hold people for over 12 hours," Gomez said. LAist Full article

Forbes: New Epstein Files Released—As Democrats Ask Whether DOJ Scrubbed Trump Photos

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The Department of Justice released additional files related to its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein Saturday as Democrats questioned whether the Justice Department removed an image of President Donald Trump from the files released Friday. The files released Saturday include transcripts of interviews with witnesses and investigators conducted as part of the agency’s probes into…

Newsweek: ICE Suffers Legal Blow Over Blocking Detention Center Visits

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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…