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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced today that President Trump has once again invited families who lost a loved one in a crime committed by an immigrant to be his guests at the State of the Union. These guests are a part of his anti-immigrant campaign, despite statistics that immigrants are more law abiding and less violent than native-born individuals. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), who invited a Dreamer to be her guest to the State of the Union, released the following statement:

Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) has invited Jung Bin Cho, a 23-year old Dreamer, to be her official guest at President Trump's State of the Union scheduled for January 30^th. Jung Bin Cho's family emigrated to the U.S. from Korea in 2001 with the hope of attaining the American Dream for their children. Thanks to DACA, Jung Bin was able to work and save money that allowed him to graduate from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor's of Science in Business Information Technology. Rep. Chu released the following statement:

Washington, D.C.— Today, the House and Senate have agreed to another short-term spending package to reopen the government for another three weeks. With Congressional Republicans unable to pass a full budget for the year, this is the fourth short-term extension since the start of the 2018 fiscal year in September. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) voted against the continuing resolution and released the following statement:

Washington, D.C.— Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) has released the following statement on the first day of the Trump Shutdown:

Washington, D.C.— Today, a bipartisan group of Representatives introduced the USA Act, a bill to provide legal status to Dreamers while providing more resources for border security and immigration courts. The USA Act was written by Reps. Will Hurd (TX-23) and Pete Aguilar (CA-31) and is cosponsored by 40 members, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, including Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27). Rep. Chu and Rep. Aguilar released the following statements:

Washington, D.C.— Today, Southern California Congressional Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Judy Chu (CA-27), and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, LAPD Chief Michel Moore, LA County Fire Chief Daryl Osby, and Alex Caputo-Pearl, President of UTLA for a press conference to highlight the ways the recently passed Republican tax reform law will unfairly punish California families and exacerbate economic inequality.

Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today passed S. 139, the reauthorization of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for six years. Section 702 enables the Intelligence Community to conduct surveillance on communications by foreigners located outside the U.S. for the purpose of acquiring intelligence information. Earlier, the House voted against an amendment by Representatives Justin Amash and Zoe Lofgren that would have reformed FISA to require a warrant to find the communications of a person within the United States. Rep.

Washington, D.C.— Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement on Tuesday's decision by a federal judge in California to temporarily halt President Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program: