Immigration/Immigrant Rights

WATCH: Congressman Gomez reports from outside the B-18 detention facility following today’s inspection  LOS ANGELES, CA — An unannounced congressional inspection by Congressman Jimmy Gomez today revealed that ICE is temporarily closing its B-18 detention facility in Downtown Los Angeles and transferring all 22 people currently detained there to a facility in Santa… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) delivered a House floor speech tracing how the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant push escalated from the first raids in Los Angeles into an increasingly violent nationwide campaign, culminating in the recent deaths of two fathers, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero.   Gomez argued that… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reps. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Pete Aguilar (CA-33), and Judy Chu (CA-28) wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding an immediate investigation into reports that multiple detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Facility have faced retaliation for a hunger strike and for a meeting with the Members of Congress during a congressional oversight visit… Read more »

ADELANTO, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) returned to the Adelanto Detention Center to meet with detainees on a hunger strike protesting conditions inside the facility. Watch full video here … Read more »

ADELANTO, CA – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) today conducted an unannounced congressional oversight visit at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where he inspected the facility's medical unit, dining hall, kitchen, library, and housing areas as part of his ongoing oversight of immigration detention facilities and federal ICE and CBP enforcement operations. The visit comes as Rep.… Read more »

By Ben Levine Downtown Los Angeles is set to put a major piece of civil rights history right on its front steps. On Wednesday, the federal courthouse at 350 W. First Street will be formally named for trailblazing parents and plaintiffs Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez. Officials plan a ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. naming ceremony in the building’s ceremonial… Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) spoke at the Federal Courthouse for the newly renamed Felicitas and Gonzalo Méndez U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles, honoring the legacy of the Méndez family and their fight for school desegregation. In 2024, Rep. Gomez secured passage of legislation renaming the federal courthouse after Felicitas and Gonzalo Méndez, whose… Read more »

By Aidan Williams Clergy members were turned away from providing Ash Wednesday services to detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s temporary holding facility in downtown Los Angeles. The denial was communicated by ICE agents at the facility to a group of clergy from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Faith leaders had submitted a request on Monday, signed and submitted by… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA) helped secure access for local clergy to enter the federal ICE detention facility at the Roybal Federal Building in Downtown Los Angeles on Good Friday, allowing detained individuals to observe one of the holiest days in the Christian faith. After clergy were denied entry on Ash Wednesday, Rep. Gomez’s office engaged ICE officials, elevated… Read more »

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