Washington, Jan. 14 -- Congressman Jimmy Gomez issued the following press release:
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has formally endorsed (https://progressives.house.gov/endorsed-bills?ID=E9C150D4-2156-47B8-BC14-BBC083C9B115) legislation introduced by Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) that would redirect $175 billion in ICE and immigration enforcement funding into programs that would help make housing affordable nationwide.
Rep. Gomez's bill (https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5821) would pull billions of dollars from the anti-immigrant slush fund in Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and reinvest those funds into programs designed to lower rents, expand homeownership, and increase the supply of housing...