El Pasoans do not want more detention facilities in our community. During a weekly meeting of the El Paso County Commissioner’s Court, over 200 El Paso County residents spoke out against the construction of further detention facilities in the area.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Voting Record — 498
Yes40%
No59%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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Three people have died so far at Camp East Montana, including one death that was ruled a homicide by the El Paso County Medical Examiner.
Camp East Montana, which was hastily constructed last summer and began operations in August 2025, is warehousing immigrants in inhumane conditions with little oversight and no accountability.
My district currently houses Camp East Montana, a detention facility run and operated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the largest detention facility in the country.
My office is aware that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified a location within my district as the potential site of a new immigration detention center.
Yesterday, I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons expressing my opposition to potential new immigration detention facilities in my district.
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$170 billion for immigration/border enforcement
$3.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy
$40 billion to bail out Argentina
And now a $7 million for a *Super Bowl commercial*?
Budgets and how we spend our money are about priorities, and Republicans aren't prioritizing you.
The timing of the withdrawal of hundreds of ICE agents from Minneapolis speaks volumes about the lack of shame from Trump and his sycophants.
They saw the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and *still* kept ICE agents for a week and a half after.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DHS must immediately stop funneling $1.24 billion to this private company failing to meet federal standards, defrauding the American taxpayer and allowing conditions where a homicide has taken place.
CEM must be shut down now and the corporation running it must be investigated.
This corporation is also failing its employees.
One of the deaths at CEM was ruled a homicide, and the civilians who were likely involved only received 40 hours of training.
Congress must be allowed to see the video of the homicide and we need an independent investigation.
The women also shared that they were scolded for notifying staff about a medical emergency and insulted by a guard about being "illegals" even though some were admitted legally into the U.S. and had work permits.
There are consistent cases of detainees not accessing the medication or medical care they need.
Every oversight visit, it's the same issues and they're getting worse. Detainees are dying and this company keeps collecting your money.
The private company running CEM is being paid for laundry services, janitorial services, and providing access to phones calls to lawyers.
While American taxpayers are footing a $1.24 billion bill, these services are not being delivered.
That's fraud.
During a visit last week, my team and I spoke to women who were apprehended in Minnesota.
They'd been held at CEM for 3 weeks, were still in the same clothes they'd been arrested in, had only been given 2 minutes per week for phone calls and were unable to connect to lawyers.
As a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on House Appropriations, my oversight of Camp East Montana (CEM), the largest, costliest, corporate-run immigration detention facility focuses on how human beings are treated and how money is spent.
On both counts, it's bad 🧵
Mike Johnson holds such disdain for our Constitution and the rule of law.
Although the Trump administration reversed its decision to make its harmful cuts to behavioral and mental health funding, it did a lot of damage in the process.
I just had a great meeting with many of our local organizations to hear about how this impacted them.
Multiple people have already died at Camp East Montana, and the American people deserve answers from Kristi Noem and DHS.
Camp East Montana should be shut down.
To my Republican colleagues: how much more are you willing to accept before you will join with us to finally stop this insanity?
Donald Trump has made America unrecognizable.
He is using masked, armed agents acting with total impunity to go after U.S. citizens, and now another American is dead.
Will any Republicans help us end the chaos they’ve helped create before more people get killed?
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Voting History
498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1804 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1642 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-22 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-20 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H.R. 1223 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H. Res. 426 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H. Res. 426 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-19 | H.R. 1286 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-19 | H.R. 1263 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-15 | H.R. 2240 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-15 | H.R. 2255 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 352 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H.R. 2243 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 405 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 405 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H.R. 2215 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-13 | H.R. 249 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-13 | H. Con. Res. 30 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-08 | H.R. 276 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-08 | H.R. 276 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-07 | H.R. 881 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-07 | H.R. 1503 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-06 | H. Res. 377 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-06 | H. Res. 377 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-05 | H.R. 36 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-05 | H.R. 530 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-01 | H.J. Res. 88 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-01 | H.J. Res. 78 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 89 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 87 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H.J. Res. 60 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H.R. 859 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H.R. 1442 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H.R. 1402 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H. Res. 354 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-29 | H. Res. 354 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-28 | S. 146 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-28 | H.R. 973 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-10 | H.R. 22 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-10 | H.R. 22 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-04-10 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-04-10 | H.R. 1228 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | 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.