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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) released the following statement on the Homeland Security funding bill. 

“Today, the House will vote on a bill to give ICE over $10 billion in federal funding with no guardrails. I am voting NO. 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, released the statement below on reports that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. 

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) voted no on the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act.  

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) released the following statement on today's fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota. 

"ICE just shot and killed a woman in Minnesota in broad daylight. There’s absolutely no justification for this. This Administration and ICE are so clearly out of control. They have fired at civilians, terrorized our communities, and now this. Enough is enough. This cannot continue. We need an immediate investigation, accountability for this brutality, and for ICE to get out of our streets NOW."

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) voted against advancing the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act and released the statement below. 

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) introduced the Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act, legislation to prevent inexperienced temporary immigration judge appointments in light of the Trump Administration’s abuse of loopholes in current regulations. U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. 

WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), Mike Levin (CA-49), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer regarding the Trump Administration’s upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USMCA allocated $300 million to treat wastewater flows in the Tijuana River Valley, and the U.S.

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) released the following statement after voting no on the Republican spending bill.