Washington, D.C. – Congressmen Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) have introduced H.R. 6707, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Improvement Act of 2018, in response to recent reports that the U.S. Department of State has been questioning the citizenship and nationality of U.S. citizens along the U.S.-Mexico Border applying or re-applying for… Read more »
A senior Trump administration official has taken the unusual step of anonymously penning an essay that paints the President as a reckless and amoral madman who would have catapulted the country into a constitutional crisis many times over if it wasn’t for the gatekeeping “adults in the room.”
The essay, published by The New York Times on Wednesday, describes the unnamed official as a… Read more »
A U.S. citizen detained for 40 days in Vietnam said Thursday that he doesn’t regret participating in protests that landed him behind bars in the communist country.
Police in Ho Chi Minh City arrested Will Nguyen, 32, on June 10 while he took part in demonstrations against the Vietnamese government. Among the issues angering protesters were plans to establish special economic zones that… Read more »
Los Angeles, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) hosted a roundtable discussion at the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center regarding the critical healthcare issues that impact residents of California’s 34th Congressional District.
Joined by stakeholders from 20 organizations, Congressman Gomez’s roundtable focused on topics ranging from the progress made by the Affordable… Read more »
Los Angeles, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) hosted a roundtable discussion at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens regarding the efforts to restore and increase access to the Los Angeles River.
Joined by stakeholders from 19 organizations operating at the local, state, and federal level, Congressman Gomez’s roundtable focused on federally and locally funded… Read more »
Los Angeles, CA – Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) hosted an immigration roundtable discussion at the headquarters of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) to address issues facing Los Angeles’ immigrant communities.
Joined by leaders from ten local immigrant rights and advocacy organizations, Congressman Gomez’s roundtable touched on several topics, including the… Read more »
July 27, 2018
Media Contact:
Rep. Jimmy Gomez – Eric Harris, 202-515-1301, Eric.Harris@mail.house.gov
Rep. John Lewis – Brenda Jones, 202-226-4673, Brenda.Jones@mail.house.gov
Rep. Tom Garrett – Andrew Griffin, 202-225-4711, Andrew.Griffin@mail.house.gov
ACLU – Abdullah Hasan, 646-905-8879, ahasan@aclu.org
Rep. Jimmy Gomez Leads Bipartisan Letter to Jeff Bezos Expressing Civil… Read more »
Democrats in Congress lashed out at Amazon Thursday following a report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that found the company’s facial recognition technology misidentified 28 members of Congress and was significantly less accurate when analyzing people of color.
“Law enforcement should not use this technology until the onerous civil rights and civil liberties issues are… Read more »
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) walked away unsatisfied Wednesday from a meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen that was meant to clarify the agency's progress on reunifying families forcibly separated at the U.S. border.
Nielsen's meeting with the CHC mirrored those of former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly — now the White House chief of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) issued the following statement in response to his constituent, William Nguyen, being set free by a Vietnamese court after Nguyen was detained for taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018.
"I take great comfort in knowing that my constituent, William Nguyen, will soon be… Read more »
