In case you missed it this week:
El Paso Water
Thank you to everyone who’s shared your concerns with me about the El Paso Water main break.
You can watch my video from earlier this week on the latest and why you should make your voice heard at city council's next meeting this Tuesday.
Latest update on Camp East Montana
I have been sounding the alarm about Camp East Montana, a $1.24 billion privately operated immigration detention facility funded by American taxpayers since it opened. Among the consistent concerns from detainees has been the lack of access to necessary medication, retaliation, and a number of other issues. And we have now learned that another detainee has died, and the El Paso County Medical Examiner is likely to rule it a homicide.
I reiterate what I’ve said before: this facility should be shut down and the contract terminated. It has never adhered to basic or appropriate standards to ensure the safety and dignity of the human beings in custody and it is clearly a profit-making enterprise for the corporation.
For months, I have asked Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Director Todd Lyons to provide me with information about the contract and the facility and to address the concerns I raised with them. As a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee for the House Appropriations Committee, I can unequivocally say that DHS is operating with absolutely no regard for transparency, truthfulness or regard for human life.
There must be accountability for this and other egregious violations of our values as a nation and the laws DHS is required to follow.
Impeachment of Kristi Noem
I support the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
The entirety of her tenure at DHS has marred by the trampling of the department’s stated values of “integrity, vigilance, and respect."
Secretary Noem has weaponized a powerful federal law enforcement agency to create an environment of fear and intimidation across communities in America. She has been untruthful, created a poisonous culture inside DHS, and made America less safe.
Americans should not have to live in fear of their own government.
You can read my full statement on this here.
In the news:
El Paso Matters - As health insurance costs go up, El Paso families make tough choices
El Paso Times - Frozen meals, pleas for deportation: US Rep. Escobar details visit to ICE camp
Spectrum News - Another migrant death reported at ICE detention facility in El Paso
KFOX - Report: Migrant's death at Fort Bliss detention center likely ruled homicide
Bloomberg - This ICE Crackdown Is Making the Case for Real Immigration Reform
NBC News - Extracting oil or implementing democracy: How the White House is managing what's next in Venezuela
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