Press Releases
October 9, 2011
Once again, Rep. Mo Brooks is singing the praises of a policy that is damaging both to the economy and our fundamental civil rights.
October 6, 2011
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL) issued a statement reacting to an announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would review deportation cases based on newly-issued guidelines which establish priorities for deportation.
October 4, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to US district judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn’s refusal to block several provisions in Alabama’s immigration law:
“Alabama’s imprudent law amounts to abuse of governmental authority. Stopping and questioning individuals without any reasonable basis other than a person's ethnicity is textbook–style profiling. Our immigration policies truly need to be fixed, but not through a hodge-podge of state-sponsored attempts at profiling and not by abusing governmental authority.”
September 15, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released this statement to kick –off Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15- Oct.September 9, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released this statement in response to President Obama’s joint session address to Congress and his announcement of the American Jobs Act:
“The president’s speech last night confirmed that he is committed to getting Americans back to work and he presented strategic proposals to create a better economic situation for working Latino families.
August 18, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s new interagency process to ensure that resources are focused on the Administration’s highest enforcement priorities.
August 11, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s appointment of CHC member Rep. Xavier Becerra to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
“I commend Leader Pelosi’s decision to appoint Congressman Becerra, former Chairman of the Hispanic Caucus and Vice Chairman of the Democratic Caucus to this important committee and for her steadfast support for many of the issues important to the Latino community throughout the recent debt ceiling negotiations.
August 9, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to Department of Education’s announcement that waivers to certain unmanageable provisions to No Child Left Behind:
“As decisions are made about what these waivers may include, I urge Secretary Duncan to ensure that progress is being made in schools by maintaining strong accountability measures that reflect the specifics needs of each school.
August 2, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas efforts to attract and retain foreign entrepreneurial talent that could create jobs, form startup companies and invest capital in areas of high unemployment.
“I welcome the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services initiative to re-think administrative practices as a way to spark our economic engines.
August 1, 2011
Washington D.C.: Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) released a statement in response to Department of Justice’s announcement that they have filed suit challenging the state of Alabama’s recently passed immigration law, H.B. 56.
“I applaud the Department of Justice’s decision to challenge this deeply regressive and dangerous law from going into effect, preserve the federal government’s power to set immigration policy, and ensure that other states do not follow Alabama’s unconstitutional lead.