Gomez, Ways and Means Members Call For Investigation Into Leak of Immigrant Taxpayer Information

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), and Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) led 14 of their Ways and Means Democratic colleagues in calling on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to investigate the leak of 47,000 taxpayers’ confidential information by the Internal Revenue Service to the Department of…

Reps. Gomez, Torres Inspect DTLA ICE Facility Amid Reports of Previously Unknown Holding Area

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) conducted a congressional oversight visit of the federal immigration detention facility inside the Roybal Federal Building in Downtown Los Angeles. The visit followed reports that families and children may be held in an area of the facility known as B-17, which has not previously been part of…

Los Angeles Times | After Court Ruling, Rep. Gomez and Democratic Lawmakers Carry Out Congressional Oversight at ICE Facility in Los Angeles

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By Ruben Vives U.S. Reps. Norma Torres and Jimmy Gomez conducted a congressional oversight inspection of the ICE facility in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday amid reports of an undisclosed holding area for immigrant families. The visits comes three days after a federal court judge granted the lawmakers and others a temporary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration and…

San Francisco Chronicle | ICE Keeps Freezing Lawmakers Out of Detention Centers, Despite Court Orders

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By Alexei Koseff A fight for more oversight of federal immigration detention facilities that began during President Donald Trump’s first term has erupted again as his administration tries to block congressional access amid mounting outrage over the president’s mass deportation campaign. More than a dozen members of Congress, including five from California, are suing U.S. Immigration…

Rep. Gomez Votes NO on DHS Bill That Continues Funding for ICE and CBP

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) voted NO today on both the Department of Homeland Security Continuing Resolution, which funds ICE and CBP, and the five-bill appropriations package. The DHS Continuing Resolution keeps pouring money into ICE and CBP even as immigration enforcement grows more aggressive and dangerous. ICE operations have escalated into violent…