Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for even more authoritarianism from this administration. It greenlights Trump’s attacks on our constitutional rights by limiting the nationwide injunctions that so many courts successfully sued for to block his plainly unconstitutional executive order to end birthright citizenship. Today’s ruling importantly gives lower courts time to respond, and we will keep fighting.

Three years after Roe was overturned, House Democrats reintroduce bill to protect abortion rights across the U.S.

PASADENA, CA – On June 18th, a newly surfaced video captured alarming scenes at the intersection of Los Robles and Orange Avenue in Pasadena. In the footage, ICE agents appear to commit serious violations of the law, aiming weapons at innocent civilians, driving recklessly through residential streets, and failing to present warrants or identify themselves. These chaotic and dangerous tactics put entire communities at risk.

ADELANTO, CA –Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and Rep. Luz Rivas (CA-29) were granted entry to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center  in order to conduct oversight guaranteed by federal law. The lawmakers demanded answers following reports of unlawful immigration raids, due process violations, and alarming allegations that U.S. citizens may have been wrongfully detained.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) led 14 members of the California delegation in a letter to David Richardson, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of FEMA Administrator, urging the agency to explore all available federal disaster housing programs for survivors who remain displaced nearly six months after the devastating Los Angeles fires.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-31), and Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons condemning the agencies for unlawfully blocking their legally authorized oversight visit to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, California.

PASADENA, CA – Following reports that Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California President David Huerta was violently arrested and injured while peacefully observing an ICE raid in Downtown Los Angeles, Rep. Judy Chu released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) released the following statement after H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, passed the House in a bipartisan 366–57 vote: