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WASHINGTON, DC — To address the challenges and delays that students from mixed-status families whose parent(s) do not have a Social Security Number have faced using the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Member Jesús “Chuy'' García (IL-04), and Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Colin Allred (TX-32), and 88 of their colleagues wrote a letter to the Department of Education (Department) to outline their concerns. 

Washington, DC -- Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) released the following statement in response to multiple reports that the White House is considering Executive Actions to restrict migrants who seek asylum at the Southern Border: 

Washington, DC -- Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and CHC Leadership released the following statement in response to the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas:

“House Republicans’ impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is another political stunt. This impeachment of the Secretary is not about his failure to secure the border. House Republicans have no interest in securing the border. They have said it themselves.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Nanette Barragán released the following statement after the FBI arrested a man with firearms who allegedly said he was traveling to the southern border to “conduct acts of violence” against migrants, federal agents, and responding law enforcement. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Nanette Barragán (CA-44) released the following statement in response to the Senate Border Deal text included in the Senate National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) andCHC Texas Representatives Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), and Greg Casar (TX-35) lead CHC Members to demand the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigate the State of Texas and the Texas Department of Public Safety for impeding Border Patrol from performing its duties at Eagle Pass, Texas, following the drowning of a mother and her children.

“We agree with the President that our immigration system is broken and Congress needs to pass legislation to fix it and provide resources at the southern border. However, I disagree with President Biden's statementthat the proposed policies in the reported Senate Deal are ‘fair’ or that it will fix our problems on the southern border. The reported Senate deal focuses on enforcement provisions that have the potential to make matters worse and would spur more chaos while failing to include legal pathways to ensure safe, orderly migration pathways. The reported provisions are the result of a hostage taking, not a real negotiation that includes give and take from both parties on immigration.  

Washington, DC – Recently, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Nanette Barragán (C-44) appeared on MSNBC’S The Weekend with Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Michael Steele to discuss ongoing negotiations on a border package without a single member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and extreme House Republican’s latest political stunt of a sham impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Alejando Mayorkas.