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Congressmember Carbajal Tours Detention Center in Texas https://www.independent.com/news/2018/jun/28/congress-carbajal-tours-detention-center-texas/ By: Blanca Garcia | 6/28/2018 Congressmember Salud Carbajal visited the Tornillo detention facility about 30 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas, on June 5 with Congressmember Jacky Rosen from Nevada. The tent city was opened to transfer… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal visits border detention facility  http://www.keyt.com/news/politics/congressman-salud-carbajal-visits-border-detention-facility/758719593 By: Claire Flores | 6/25/2018 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Local congressman Salud Carbajal traveled to the US-Mexico border to see first-hand what is happening there. Carbajal walked across the bridge dividing El… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and 190 House Democrats introduced the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, to stop the Trump Administration from separating immigrant children from their families at the border as a result of their ‘zero tolerance’ policy. This is the House companion to the legislation introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) earlier this… Read more »

Un-American https://www.independent.com/news/2018/jun/15/un-american/ By: Rep. Salud Carbajal | 6/15/2018 In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has disturbingly begun a systematic separation of children, including infants and toddlers as young as 18 months, from their parents when they cross our border. In recent testimony before Congress, the Department of Homeland Security… Read more »

Avila Beach, CA – Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will invest $4.9 million to supplement funding Port San Luis breakwater repairs. In April, Carbajal directly requested that the Assistant Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget include funding for the breakwater repair in their fiscal year 2018… Read more »

Requests that NOAA move forward with study and public engagement period Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted to pass the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read more »

On the 4th anniversary of the fatal shooting in Isla Vista, California, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) led lawmakers to demand that House Leadership bring up a vote on a bipartisan package of common-sense gun safety measures, including legislation introduced by Reps. Carbajal, Mike Thompson (CA-05), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Debbie Dingell (MI-12). Carbajal introduced the Gun Violence… Read more »

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced he signed a bipartisan discharge petition to force a long-overdue vote on the House Floor to protect America’s DACA recipients, including the estimated 7,200 eligible DACA recipients on the Central Coast. “DACA recipients on the Central Coast are living in a perpetual state of uncertainty while court rulings have temporarily allowed DACA… Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) requested that the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provide an explanation as to why the agency has failed to enact several long overdue gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety improvements. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Inspector General found that as of October… Read more »