Washington, D.C. – Following yesterday’s visit to immigration detention facilities in San Diego with House Democrats to witness the effects of the Trump administration’s immigration and family separation policies, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) issued the following statement calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation:
"Yesterday, I saw firsthand… Read more »
Thirteen Democratic lawmakers are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign as opposition mounted on Tuesday, including from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at border.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., condemned Nielsen's department for "tearing" families apart.
"The government should be… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), and Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46), spoke with U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Dan Kritenbrink to express their serious concerns about the arrest and detention by the Vietnamese government of U.S. citizen William Nguyen.
The 32-year-old Nguyen, a graduate student studying in Singapore, was… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D - Los Angeles) and a group of House Democrats participated in an act of civil disobedience in Downtown Washington while protesting the Trump administration’s inhumane family separation policies.
Shortly after the protest concluded, Congressman Gomez released the following statement:
“We cannot allow President Trump to… Read more »
Members of Congress and immigration activists blocked the entrance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters Wednesday, protesting the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border.
Ten House members, including Reps. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park ), Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.),… Read more »
Washington D.C. – In response to the conclusion of the North Korea Summit in Singapore, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) released the following statement:
“Creating a greater openness with Pyongyang and working to dismantle their nuclear weapons program is clearly a step in the right direction, but such diplomatic efforts will be in vain if the United States fails to address… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) introduced the Keep Our Cities Safe Act, a bill that would shield local and state government officials from federal prosecution for complying with their own public health and safety protections.
“Since President Trump took office, he has done nothing but bully and intimidate immigrant-friendly communities across the… Read more »
'They cant even get their story straight on why they're doing what they're doing,' Congressman Jimmy Gomez told DailyMail.com.
'Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy, they don't want to deal with immigration, they want to push it aside,' Congressman Jimmy Gomez, a California Democrat, told DailyMail.com.
Gomez said GOP leaders only want to consider legislation favorable to the hard… Read more »
On Thursday, May 31 Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) held a press conference in his district to address concerns regarding numerous reports that the Trump administration had lost track of 1,475 unaccompanied minors last year. During the event, an array of immigration topics were discussed, including the shameful practice of using family separation policies as a deterrence, unsanitary… Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2018
Media Contact: Eric Harris, 202-515-1301
Los Angeles, California – Today, May 31, 2018, at 9:00am PT, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D – Los Angeles) will host a press conference in response to reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lost track of nearly 1,500 unaccompanied minors in 2017.
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