Los Angeles Times: Schools to open with unprecedented protections for children and their parents amid ICE raids

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Los Angeles public schools are opening Thursday for the new academic year confronting an intense and historically unique moment: They will be operating in opposition to the federal government’s immigration raids and have set in motion aggressive moves to protect children and their immigrant parents...Trump administration policy is that no location — including a school — is off limits for…

Los Angeles Times: ICE processing center is all but empty when California Congress members arrive to inspect

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On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and Jimmy Gomez said that they were left with more questions than answers — and accused the government of sanitizing the center. “They wanted to show us nothing,” said Gomez, whose district includes downtown L.A. “It was nothing, it was…

Rep. Gomez Joins Lawsuit Against Trump-Vance Administration Over Blocked Oversight Access of Detention Facilities

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) alongside a dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives, filed the first lawsuit by members of the House of Representatives against the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight into federal immigration detention facilities, where both Americans and noncitizens have…

Reps. Gomez, Costa, Panetta, Harder, Adams Announce Eats Act To Expand Snap Benefit Eligibility To More College Students

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), along with Reps. Josh Harder (CA-10), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Alma Adams (NC-12), Jim Costa (CA-21), and 130 other Members of Congress reintroduced the Enhance Access to SNAP (EATS) Act, which would expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility to all college students attending 2- and 4-year…

Rep. Jimmy Gomez Introduces Bill to Ban Military Drone Surveillance of Civilians

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) introduced the Ban Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act (H.R. 4759), legislation that prohibits federal agencies from deploying military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct surveillance of Americans participating in protests, demonstrations, or other acts of civil disobedience. The bill responds to reports that the…

Dads Caucus Members Unveil “Babies Over Billionaires” Legislative Package to Eliminate Tariffs on Baby Essentials

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, led fellow members in unveiling a new six-bill legislative package as part of their Babies Over Billionaires agenda, a push to lower costs for working families by eliminating harmful tariffs on essential baby products. Each bill in the package, introduced by a different member of the…

Rep. Gomez Votes No on Republican Bill to Defund Local Public Radio and TV, And Humanitarian Foreign Aid

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WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted to protect federal funding for public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS.  “This bill is a handout to billionaires and a punch in the gut to working families and children.  “When I was growing up, my family couldn’t afford cable, so we relied on public broadcasting for education, news, weather…