Immigration and Border Issues

“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.

Washington, DC – Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) released the following statement regarding the current impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by House Republicans:

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, CHC Deputy Chair Adriano Espaillat and Rep. Rob Menendez, who serve as co-chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Immigration Task Force, along with Chair Nanette Barragán, announced the CHC Immigration Principles for the second session of the118th Congress. These principles will guide the work of the CHC as it works on immigration reform initiatives aimed at fortifying the nation's values of welcoming immigrants. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in response to reports from the Department of Homeland Security that three migrants, including two children, drowned in the Rio Grande near a park in Eagle Pass, Texas where state officials have barred Border Patrol agents from accessing the area, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Nanette Barragán (CA-44) released the following statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Reps. Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Greg Casar (TX-35), Sylvia Garcia(TX-29), and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus from Texas released the following statement after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 -- a draconian new law that will authorize untrained state police and judicial authorities to arrest and deport people police suspect are migrants and obstruct federal immigration enforcement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, and Representative Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.-44), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, issued the following joint statement urging President Biden to reject the Trump-era immigration policies being considered in the ongoing negotiations around the supplemental aid package:

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and CHC Texas Members Reps. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Greg Casar (TX-35), and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) issued the following joint statement in response to reports that Texas Governor Greg Abbott will soon sign Texas Senate Bill (SB) 4 into law, authorizing state law enforcement to arrest and prosecute people suspected of unlawful entry into the United States: