I won’t be silent. On July 16, I led the Texas Democratic delegation in demanding answers.
We warned HHS not to relocate children away from their homes, lawyers, and support systems, and demanded the release of overdue funds.
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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Voting Record — 614
Yes42%
No56%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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We do not expect a three-year-old to read, complete government forms, or understand what asylum means. Yet they expect children to identify their legal rights and defend themselves against trained government attorneys.
Is that what the Trump Administration calls justice?
Look at what already happens when children have no lawyers. In New York, children as young as THREE are appearing in deportation court alone.
Judges ask why they came and whether they fear returning – answers that determine their safety and future.
www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...
Meanwhile, the administration asked a Texas commission that funds criminal defense - NOT immigration cases - to provide these services.
With resources closing nationwide, advocates fear children will be moved to Texas to deport them faster.
www.texastribune.org/2026/07/03/t...
Since December, HHS has withheld $65 million for work already performed. The condition for a renewed contract? Providers turn over confidential client-level data about the children they represent and their sponsors.
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This is the reality: babies who cannot speak or walk. Toddlers whose feet don’t touch the courtroom floor. Children who do not understand the language – all forced to face deportation alone.
This is an all-out war on due process rights of children who cannot defend themselves.
In 2008, Congress unanimously passed a bipartisan law directing HHS to ensure, “to the greatest extent practicable,” that unaccompanied children have legal, just representation.
For nearly two decades, our government honored that duty. Donald Trump is dismantling it.
Today, immigrant children will not have legal representation in court because the Trump administration chose to eliminate a program for them.
Over 20,000 children will have to fight deportation alone, and will likely be sent back to the very danger they fled 🧵
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I’m thinking today of those families still mourning their loved ones, and of the El Pasoans who struggle with their injuries, both visible and invisible.
I know that many continue to live with the ongoing trauma of that day, and we must continue to be supportive as the journey toward healing continues. While we remember the 23 loved ones ,taken from us, I remain grateful for how our city came together in the days, months and years since.
Every El Pasoan knows where they were on August 3rd, 2019. Today remains a solemn day, and despite the passing of time, seven years later our community continues to feel the pain, loss, and devastation from the senseless violence of that day.
Republicans told you they were getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse.
Instead, they made an already fragile healthcare system much more strained by forcing people off their insurance.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
Over the past two years, Republicans have used their power in DC to:
- Kick millions of people off their healthcare and SNAP
- Give billionaires and corporations massive tax breaks
- Enable another forever war in Iran
- Give ICE billions of dollars
- Blow up our deficit
Republicans are sending nearly $100 billion more of your tax dollars for a war nobody wants in Iran. They are doing absolutely nothing to address the economic crisis created by Donald Trump.
Budgets and what we choose to fund are about our priorities, and Republicans aren’t prioritizing you.
“[Authoritarian governments target museums] because they believe that’s where you can control people’s minds. You can sustain a social order. You can control education. You can control the arts. You can control writing and creativity itself.”
- David Blight
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Republicans will see that nearly 600k children in Texas were kicked off SNAP and try to convince you that they and their families were all committing fraud.
The truth is Republicans chose to prioritize tax breaks for corporations and billionaires over feeding children.
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I’m voting “no.”
This isn’t how government should function and as an appropriator, I urge my Republican colleagues to work with us and earn our votes.
Meanwhile, Americans are struggling to pay for groceries, utilities and gas — all because of Trump’s tariffs and his illegal war — and we should be working together to address these crises and help our constituents, not throwing more money at agencies that currently have billions available.
This evening, Republicans put a bill on the floor to fund the government through December 4th, with the potential to add millions more funding for Customs Border Protection when, as of June 1st, this agency still has $59 billion available.
But when the time comes time to bring their funding bills to the floor for a vote, they suddenly no longer want to go it alone and expect House Democrats to blindly support their funding bills.
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Voting History
614 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 144 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 164 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 153 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 152 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-13 | H.R. 192 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-09 | H.R. 23 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-07 | H.R. 29 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Motion to Commit with Instructions | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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