A court in communist Vietnam on Friday ordered the release and deportation of American student Will Nguyen, who was detained last month during an anti-China protest.
Nguyen, a 32 year-old Houston native, was charged with “causing public disorder” at protests on June 10 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The charged carried a potential penalty of up to seven years in prison, but the attorney… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led a bipartisan letter with 19 Members of the House and Senate asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to secure the safe and swift return of his constituent, William Nguyen, who is currently imprisoned in Vietnam. Nguyen – an American citizen – was apprehended and detained by Vietnamese officials on June 10, 2018, after attending a… Read more »
William Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American citizen who was arrested by police during a demonstration in Vietnam, faces his first trial on Thursday in Hanoi. As he peacefully protested in the streets last month he was arrested on a charge of disturbing the public order. Nguyen's body flailed as he was taken into custody.
On the morning of his trial, which is set to begin Thursday, nineteen… Read more »
Lawmakers representing communities of color are requesting a meeting with Amazon after a report by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed Thursday that the company's controversial facial recognition tool Rekognition falsely matched 28 members of US Congress with mugshots in its database. And on Friday, the letter was signed by 23 more members of Congress, including Virginia Rep. Tom… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congresswoman Val Demings (FL-10), and Congressman Darren Soto (FL-9) announced the introduction of H.R. 6315, the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2018. The bill – named after a former Hill staffer and White House intern who lost her battle with cervical cancer last year – would create new grants to expand… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and Judy Chu (D-CA), along with 53 of their colleagues, on Thursday requested that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross explain the contradictory and misleading statements he and other Trump Administration staffers made regarding the decision to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census.
In the… Read more »
Fifty-six House Democrats on Monday signed a letter demanding Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross address what they call “glaring contradictions” in his rationale for adding a controversial citizenship question to the census.
Ross originally said he added the question, which will ask census-takers to list their citizenship, at the request of the Justice Department. But Ross filed a memo… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling against public-sector unions in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31:
“Today’s ruling represents a stunning setback for American workers who continue to struggle to secure economic stability for… Read more »
Los Angeles has received $10.5 million in badly needed affordable housing grants for nine projects in the city, officials announced Tuesday.
The local money is part of $65.9 million in Affordable Housing Program grants awarded to 70 housing developments that will produce over 6,000 affordable units in Arizona, California, Nevada, and other states.
The grants are being provided… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) released the following statement calling on President Donald Trump to fire White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller:
“It’s no secret that Stephen Miller – a man who consistently draws praise from white nationalists and white supremacists – is the architect behind the onslaught of anti-immigrant policies emanating… Read more »
