Immigration and Border Issues
The Immigration and Border Issues Task Force provides a national voice and leadership with regard to immigration and border issues, both within the halls of Congress and on behalf of diverse communities across the United States.
Members:
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, Co-Chair
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Co-Chair
Rep. Joaquin Castro
Rep. Juan Vargas
Rep. Filemon Vela
Senator Robert Menendez
More on Immigration and Border Issues
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:
WASHINGTON, DC -- CHC Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44)and Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Rob Menendez (NJ-08), co-chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Border and Immigration Task Force issued the following statement in response to the proposed threats to the asylum system in the forthcoming supplemental aid package:
Washington DC – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) issued the following statement in response to reports of proposed threats to asylum system in Supplemental Aid Package negotiations.
Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is heading to Houston, Texas, this Monday as part of the CHC on the Road initiative to engage with Latinos across the region. In Houston, CHCChairNanette Barragán (CA-44) will join CHC Whip Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)in hosting Vice President of the United States of America Kamala Harris for a community conversation at a local health department center.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Nanette Barragán released the following statement on attaching new or modified border or immigration policies to an emergency supplemental funding bill.
WASHINGTON — RepresentativesNanette Barragán (CA-44), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Steven Horsford (NV-04), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee; and Judy Chu (CA-28), Chair of the C
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán issued the following statement in response to the U.S. government reaching a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed by families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration: