Sandra Diaz of Bound Brook, who emigrated from Costa Rica, will be the guest of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif. Her former co-worker, Victorina Morales, also of Bound Brook, is attending as a guest of New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist. “She is living proof that President Trump couldn’t be more wrong — both morally and factually — when he demonizes those who come to… Read more »
A Costa Rica native and the guest of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, Sandra Diaz worked as a housekeeper at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., from 2010 to 2013.
Now a U.S. citizen, the New York Times reported that Diaz was an undocumented immigrant at the time that she worked for Trump, and her supervisors were aware of her status. “She said she washed and ironed… Read more »
Two other members of Congress, Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), have chosen to invite formerly undocumented employees of President Donald Trump. Gomez, who previously brought an undocumented student to a past the State of Union address, has chosen Sandra Diaz, a Costa Rican immigrant who was a personal housekeeper to the president at the Trump National… Read more »
More than 80 members of Congress have now signed a letter, written by California Representative Jimmy Gomez, urging the administration not to terminate TPS. And a number of bills, written by both Democrats and Republicans, have begun circulating that would provide some residency protections for TPS holders. “I’m optimistic,” Zepeda says cautiously, “but there’s a lot of work to do.… Read more »
In April, after Nicaragua’s increasingly authoritarian government began killing protesters, Isaac Molina tried to help. Molina saw the carnage at a university in Managua and rushed home to fill a backpack with medicine and other supplies. The government quickly closed hospitals and told doctors not to treat injured protesters. Molina, a 26-year-old doctor, kept treating them.
He was… Read more »
Bloomberg Chief Washington Correspondent Kevin Cirilli delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy.
Kevin spoke with U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez. Gomez attended the private closed door hearings on Capitol Hill for Former FBI Director James… Read more »
Former FBI Director James Comey, after facing aggressive questioning from members of Congress on Friday, expressed exasperation that he had been dragged to a private setting on Capitol Hill to be asked questions about the Hillary Clinton email investigation that ended more than two years ago.
"After a full day of questioning, two things are clear to me: One, we could have done this in… Read more »
WASHINGTON — A growing number of House Democrats on the Oversight Committee want to investigate the North Carolina 9th Congressional District race, where the close finish is being scrutinized as reports of stolen absentee ballots continue to emerge and the race has been left uncertified.
House Democrats are fast approaching a new Congress where they’ll be in the majority and able to… Read more »
Eighty-two House Democrats led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif) said Tuesday that the DHS inspector general should investigate mismanagement and potential violations of law in the administration's efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 400,000 recipients. The lawmakers argued that the agency’s decisions on TPS were “politically motivated” and that DHS imposed “historic… Read more »
Rep. Jimmy Gomez will return to the House of Representatives after taking over the seat left open last year by former Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), who went on to become California’s attorney general.
In the California State Assembly, Gomez rose to become chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and majority whip.
Gomez’s election to replace Becerra generated some… Read more »
