Rep. Gregorio Casar

I’m writing to urge you to scrutinize President Trump’s public statements and policy direction regarding the “straight protection fees” and any shift from earlier positions on charging for access to international waterways. Trump first described the idea of the United States collecting “protection

Demand Action on ICE-Related Deaths — People Are Dying

A 28-year-old man is dead. He fled ICE and HSI agents at a gas station in St. Augustine, Florida, ran across a busy road, and was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. This is the third death connected to ICE encounters in roughly one week — following shootings in Texas and Maine. Three people dea

Defund and Abolish ICE — End Immigration Detention Now

End ICE. Defund it entirely, close every detention center, and say so publicly. This isn't a fringe position — it's the only rational response to an agency that has killed more people since January 2025 than in the previous two decades combined. 2025 saw the highest number of deaths in ICE custody s

Ensure that no terror designation will target Americans’ speech

On July 16, Secretary Rubio hosts delegations from more than 70 countries at the State Department on what the administration calls “the resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism.” Before that meeting convenes, demand that State give Congress the intelligence assessment and written legal basis b

I’m asking you to use Congress’s oversight and review role to immediately investigate the conduct described in the attached excerpt from The Washington Post, “Trump’s attorneys and DOJ leaders misused courts in IRS case, judge says,” reporting that a federal judge found President Trump’s lawsuit aga

Last week, I wrote about investigating ICE shootings involving a Mexican national in Houston. The time for clear and stringent actions beyond basic investigations is long past. This weekend reports another death after a shooting involving federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel in

ICE spent $1.6M on fake cell towers. It won’t say if it got warrants.

I’m asking you to demand a full accounting of ICE’s cell-site simulator program. Order a GAO audit of what the agency has spent on this technology, and require ICE to disclose how many times it has deployed these devices, whether it obtained a warrant each time, how many bystanders’ phones were swep

Protect TPS Holders — Reverse the Work Authorization Terminations

End the termination of Temporary Protected Status work authorizations now. The Trump administration's move to strip TPS holders — overwhelmingly people of color from countries like Haiti — of their ability to work is discriminatory policy dressed up as immigration enforcement. This is racial targeti

Demand an independent investigation of the Houston ICE shooting

On July 7, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a vehicle stop in Houston. The officers wore no body cameras. No dashboard camera recorded the stop. No footage has been released. The only account of how he died belongs to the agency whose officer pulled the trigger. I’m askin

Defund ICE and Investigate the Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is dead. He had no criminal record, spent 35 years in construction, woke at 5 a.m. every day to work, and was in the process of getting a work permit. His son found out his father was gone through a Facebook video. That is what your continued funding of ICE has paid for. I wan

As I wrote previously regarding ICE actions in Chicago, Minnesota, and Washington, these incidents should have been stopped already. The recent fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston makes it clear that stronger congressional oversight and accountability are urgently needed. According

Free the Prairieland Protesters — Oppose Politically Motivated Sentencing

The sentencing of seven people connected to the Prairieland Detention Center protest is a political prosecution, and I need you to speak out against it publicly and push for legislative reform to prevent this administration from weaponizing the justice system against dissent. Labeling protesters as

Oppose the Supreme Court's TPS Ruling — Restore Status for Haitians and Syrians

Come out publicly against the Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status from roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians — and use every tool available to fight it. This decision doesn't just end a program; it opens the door to terminating TPS for ne

Defund ICE and Shut Down DHS's Mass Deportation Machine

Use your congressional power to defund ICE and dismantle the mass deportation apparatus DHS has built. This is not a reform situation. People have died — including two Americans killed by federal agents during protests in Minnesota. No restructuring fixes an agency whose core function has become rou

For nearly a decade, I have urged Texas to lead the nation by embracing wind, solar, and energy storage instead of relying on the politically convenient "all of the above" slogan while oil and gas continue to benefit from decades of public subsidies and favorable policies. The facts are becoming imp

I urge you to support restoring influenza vaccination requirements for members of the U.S. military and to support an evidence-based scientific review of vaccination policy for the general public. Public policy should be guided by the best available scientific evidence. Science is a method for disco

Use Your Power to Release All Detainees and Shut Down ICE

You just proved congressional intervention works. When Sister Letty Ugboaja was arrested walking to Mass in her habit on June 29th, Rep. de la Cruz called Secretary Mullin directly and had her home by Monday. That power exists. You used it. Now use it for everyone. Thousands of people sit in ICE de

Fight the Supreme Court's Party Spending Ruling — Pass Campaign Finance Reform Now

The Supreme Court just gutted a 50-year-old campaign finance law, and I need you to do everything in your power to fight back. The 6-3 ruling in the Republican committees' case tears down coordinated spending limits that existed specifically to stop wealthy donors from routing unlimited money throug

I'm writing about the recent U.S.-Iran peace negotiations and the memorandum of understanding reached after the exchange of strikes earlier this month. Reports indicate that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers in a briefing that this agreement lacks the enforceable criteria, benchmarks, an

I'm writing about the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 ruling in NRSC v. FEC, which struck down the limits on coordinated spending between national party committees and candidates. I'm concerned about what this means for the influence of large donors and corporate money in our elections, and I'm asking

Reverse the Ban on Trans Athletes — Denounce This Ruling Now

Reverse this ban on trans athletes and use every tool available to you in Congress to fight it. The people targeted by this ruling are human beings — full stop — and no court decision changes that. Publicly denounce this ruling and make clear where you stand. The science does not support banning tr

Vote No on the SAVE Act

The Senate has rejected the SAVE Act twice this year, both times with Republicans crossing over to block it. Hold that line. Vote no, and don't scrap the filibuster to force it through. The bill would make every American show a passport, certified birth certificate, or naturalization papers, in pers

I am deeply concerned that immigration enforcement actions are now taking place in churches. Houses of worship have long been regarded as sanctuaries where people can practice their faith without fear. Arresting or detaining people in these spaces undermines religious freedom and damages trust withi

Demand Action to Restore Checks on Presidential Power After FTC Ruling

The Supreme Court just handed one person unchecked control over agencies that regulate nuclear energy, product safety, and labor rights for millions of Americans. I need to know what you are doing about it. This 6-3 ruling doesn't just overturn 90 years of precedent — it hands the president a remova

Investigate and Shut Down the National Design Studio's Illegal Surveillance Operation

Shut down the National Design Studio and launch a full investigation into its illegal data collection on American citizens. A Guardian investigation found that NDS — a White House office staffed by Doge veterans — ran commercial session-recording software on four federal websites that could capture

Oppose Rep. Self's Resolution to Repeal the 17th Amendment

Vote against Rep. Keith Self's joint resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment. This proposal would strip voters of the right to directly elect their U.S. Senators and hand that power back to state legislatures. That is not a reform — it is a rollback of over a century of democratic progress. The 17t

The SAVE Act is a fraudulent bill because it attempts to fix a problem that does not exist. It creates new barriers for eligible American citizens to register and vote while offering no meaningful benefit to election security. Even the Heritage Foundation—an openly conservative, right-wing think tan

Oppose Trump's Religious Liberty Commission and Defend Church-State Separation

Oppose Trump's Religious Liberty Commission at every turn. This panel is not about protecting religious freedom — it's a coordinated effort to dismantle the constitutional wall between church and state, and the precedent for that wall goes back to the founding of this country. Commission Chair Dan

Demand GAO Audit of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool & Its No-Bid Contract

A reflecting pool renovation, initially estimated by the president to cost $1.5 to $2 million, has now reached approximately $16 million in federal contracts. Part of the work was awarded without competitive bidding to Atlantic Industrial Coatings. This company had previously worked at Trump Nationa