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WASHINGTON, D.C —  Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29)  spoke on the House floor to demand answers and accountability for the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston on July 7, 2026. 

WASHINGTON, D.C —  Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) and Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34) led Texas Democrats in demanding that Texas Governor Greg Abbott authorize the extradition of Christian J. Castro, an ICE agent charged in connection with a January shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Castro is accused of firing into a home, shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio C.

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HOUSTON, T.X. – This week, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29)  Congressman Al Green (D-TX-09), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07), and Congressman Christian Menefee (D-TX-18) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David J.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship: 

"Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what the Fourteenth Amendment has made clear for more than 150 years: if you are born in the United States, you are a citizen. Period.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in the Temporary Protected Status cases:

“Today, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a dangerous green light to strip legal protections from people who cannot safely return home.

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