119th Congress
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S.
Each spring, our office hosts a high school visual art competition recognizing artistic talent in our congressional district.
It is an honor to congratulate our top three awardees and all the participants that submitted amazing work to artistically recognize California's 51st district's "Unsung Heroes".
The culmination of the competition will be the year-long display of the winning artwork at the U.S. Capitol, in my Washington, D.C. office, and in my district office.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to pass a budget resolution that paves the way for tax breaks for billionaires and devastating cuts to Medicaid and food assistance.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA) and Congressional colleagues joined Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and immigrant advocacy leaders to demand answers and accountability from the Trump Administration on the illegal deportation and disappearance of Abrego Garcia.
WASHINGTON - Hoy, el Representante de los Estados Unidos Juan Vargas (D-CA) y sus colegas del Congreso se unieron a la esposa de Kilmar Abrego García, Jennifer Vásquez Sura, y líderes defensores de los inmigrantes para exigir respuestas y responsabilidad de la Administración Trump sobre la deportación ilegal y la desaparición de Abrego García.
WASHINGTON - During a Financial Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (CA-52) called out the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to families scammed by big banks and other financial institutions – and leave military families and seniors more vulnerable. President Trump and DOGE have moved rapidly to gut the CFPB by cutting off funding, firing staff, and shutting down its headquarters.
This San Diego family was forced out of their home in the 1940s. They were American citizens, crammed into internment camps with scarce resources simply for having Japanese ancestry.
"There was no safety, psychologically or physically," said Hanae Hara, a member of San Diego's Japanese American Historical Society.
Short Biography
Congressman Juan Vargas was raised on a chicken ranch in National City. He is one of ten children, born to his parents, Tomas and Celina Vargas on March 7, 1961. His father, Tomas, immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the late 1940s as part of the Bracero Program. Through the Bracero Program, Tomas became a legal resident and Juan's mother, Celina, went on to earn her U.S. Citizenship.