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Fifty days after her election, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) held a news conference to welcome newly sworn-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ). Chair Espaillat expressed frustration with the delay, calling it illegal and unprecedented, and he called for a vote on the release of documents related to convicted financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had declined to swear in the Arizona Democrat while he kept the House out of session during the 43-day government shutdown, which ended that evening.

“No somos enemigos, somos parte de este país”, dijo con firmeza el congresista Adriano Espaillat, presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC), acompañado de representantes de la Federación Hispana, en el inicio de una nueva campaña nacional en defensa de la comunidad migrante.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a ceremonial swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) , more than a month after winning a special election to replace her late father Raul Grijalva.

With Congress making progress towards ending the government shutdown, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva could be sworn into office at some point this week.

Grijalva won a special election seven weeks ago to replace her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, in Arizona’s Congressional District 7 but has yet to be officially sworn into office.

Grijalva told KJZZ she still hasn’t communicated directly with Speaker Mike Johnson about when he will swear her in.

“I’ve had no direct communication with Speaker Johnson,” she said in a text message.

The long-awaited release of the Epstein files appears to be one step closer, after Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced on Monday that Adelita Grijalva, the Representative-elect from Arizona, will be sworn into office before the upcoming vote on legislation to reopen the government. Grijalva was elected nearly seven weeks ago. Last week on Tuesday, observing the six-week mark, she accused Speaker Johnson of “obstruction.”

Hispanic Democrats are pushing their party to be more aggressive in boosting Latino candidates to beat back President Donald Trump’s gains in 2024 — and set the party up for two big election triumphs.

Tuesday’s election results signal a possible return of Hispanic voter support to the Democratic Party, as blue candidates swept gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey — in part thanks to strong Hispanic turnout.

Nueva York. El congresista Adriano Espaillat (D-13), presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, ha propuesto un Plan de Supervisión y Protección de Inmigración de 10 puntos.

Esta estrategia surge del análisis de experiencias como la militarización de Chicago y los arrestos de personas con Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) y DACA, e incluso ciudadanos estadounidenses.

Al sentir que los derechos de las personas no están siendo respetados, el Caucus Hispano del Congreso, en colaboración con otras organizaciones proinmigrantes, está trabajando en un proyecto de ley que buscar regular los operativos y las acciones de ICE.