119th Congress
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.
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