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WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for answers on the timeline for reopening Friendship Park, which has long served as a bi-national meeting spot for friends and family along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans to reopen Friendship Park and the Binational Friendship Garden once repairs were completed. However, construction has remained halted.
WASHINGTON - El Representante de EE.UU. Juan Vargas (CA-52) pidió al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) respuestas sobre el plazo para la reapertura del Parque de la Amistad, que ha servido durante mucho tiempo como un punto de encuentro binacional para amigos y familiares a través de la frontera entre EE.UU. y México.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Mike Levin (CA-49) introduced an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to help combat toxic sewage pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. This amendment would establish a new federal program - the Tijuana River Public Health and Water Quality Restoration Program - to plan, coordinate, and provide grants for public health and water quality restoration projects in the Tijuana River Valley.
WASHINGTON - Representantes de los EE.UU. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Scott Peters (CA-50), Sara Jacobs (CA-51) y Mike Levin (CA-49) presentaron una enmienda a la Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional 2024 (NDAA) para ayudar a combatir la contaminación tóxica causada por aguas residuales en el Valle del Río Tijuana.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas (CA-52), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Scott Peters (CA-50) called for answers on "Shadow Units" or "Critical Incident Teams" within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO report confirms that these units were widespread - used in seven of nine U.S.
A trio of San Diego Congress members led by Rep. Juan Vargas are calling on two federal agencies to provide more answers about how seven Border Patrol sectors along the U.S.-Mexico boundary were allowed to operate "homegrown" critical incident teams for decades without oversight.
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) released the following statement on the International Criminal Court application for arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52), Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06), Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) led 17 colleagues in a letter urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to finalize its ESG Funds Disclosure Rulemaking.
San Diego's congressional delegation is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch an investigation into the public health impacts of the Tijuana River sewage crisis.
The delegation joined California Sens. Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla in a joint letter to the CDC director on Friday requesting an immediate examination of the contaminants in the "water, soil, and air" of San Diego County's southernmost communities.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) joined 82 of his colleagues in calling on President Biden to protect long-term undocumented immigrants in the United States by streamlining pathways to lawful status for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, family caregivers, and other long-term residents.