While today marks a year of devastating abuses, I will continue using every oversight and legislative tool available to force accountability at Camp East Montana.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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No56%
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Party align98%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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Every person held there is entitled to safety (including medical care), dignity, and due process. And every community, including El Paso, is entitled to the truth about what is being done in our name.
Yesterday, I joined advocates to mark this anniversary because silence is not an option. The federal government does not lose its constitutional obligations at the gates of a detention center.
Witnesses have raised disturbing allegations of staff involvement, yet DHS continues to withhold basic transparency from Congress and the public.
One year since Camp East Montana opened, and there is nothing to celebrate.
DHS rushed this facility into operation in August 2025, and since then at least three detainees have died – including one homicide.
Thank you for amplifying this.
In 2024, I was proud to secure $550,000 in funding to help El Paso purchase dump trucks and a bulk-waste loader.
These vehicles will remove illegally dumped waste from rural areas and county roadways, protect our waterways, and support our community during flooding and other critical emergencies.
This news will help all of us focus on that path ahead instead of the greater challenges a massive detention facility would bring. I will continue to productively advocate for our community and what is in the best interests of all of us.
My team and I have worked diligently to elevate these issues within DHS and ICE and ensure that the voices of our community were heard. My priority is to work with Socorro leadership to support our shared constituents and their needs.
The community has also faced challenges with water, wastewater, and general infrastructure, making the purchase of these facilities for detention a terrible idea to begin with, threatening their ability to execute on their future plans and growth.
The community of Socorro has been working on an economic development vision and plan to grow their economy while embracing their rich history.
I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security has transferred the Socorro warehouses to the General Services Administration (GSA). This means the warehouses will be put up for sale and they will no longer be used by the federal government for detention purposes.
As videos of bulldozers at Big Bend go viral, it’s a sad reminder that back in June, we put forth a proposal on the House Appropriations Committee that would ban a wall at Big Bend National Park.
Every Democrat supported this while every Republican - even those from Texas - voted against it.
I renew my call to colleagues of mine who haven’t yet co-sponsored my bipartisan Dignity Act, the only comprehensive immigration bill supported by members of both parties. This insanity must end and Congress needs to act with urgency.
My heart breaks for her, her children and the soldier who must feel so betrayed by the country he is sacrificing for. There are far too many families like theirs who are being targeted instead of supported.
Yesterday while conducting an oversight visit at Camp East Montana, I met the wife of an active duty service member being held despite the fact that she was awaiting her immigration case appeal.
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The measure of our country is not the power we wield against a child, but what we do when a child stands alone before it. It’s clear that the Trump Administration has no interest in protecting children, choosing instead to abandon them.
The government owes Estrella $765,000 for work performed.
This program did not fail. The administration starved it of resources until El Paso’s only provider could no longer continue. Other providers across the country are being forced to do the same.
Today, in El Paso, Estrella del Paso, the only provider of legal services for unaccompanied children in our community, is closing its program because the government still has not paid and its cash reserves are exhausted.
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614 total votes
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| 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 |
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