119th Congress
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Extinction Prevention Act, legislation that would provide much-needed funding for some of the country’s most imperiled yet vastly underfunded wildlife species.
Washington, D.C. — Representative Adelita S. Grijalva questioned Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing examining the President’s proposed FY27 budget request for the Department of the Interior.
Florence, Arizona — On Thursday, May 7 Rep. Adelita Grijalva conducted an unannounced Congressional oversight visit at the Florence Staging Facility (FSF). This is a facility run by the ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) on the campus of the Florence Detention Center Complex (separate from the Florence Corrections Facility run by the private operator CoreCivic). FSF is supposed to be a short-term holding location with a capacity of 187 people where recently detained individuals are processed before being transferred to a long-term detention facility.
Tucson, AZ – Today, former Acting ICE Director and Trump-appointed “Border Czar” Tom Homan spoke in Arizona at the 2026 Border Security Expo, where he escalated threats against cities and local leaders who refuse to participate in Donald Trump’s cruel mass deportation agenda. During his remarks, Homan warned that communities declining to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement could face an increased federal presence and expanded immigration raids, including so-called “collateral arrests” that put entire families and neighborhoods at risk.
Dilley, Texas – On Tuesday, May 5, Representative Adelita Grijalva visited the Dilley Immigration Processing Center alongside Representative Joaquin Castro and fellow House Democrats. After touring the facility, Rep.
Tucson, AZ – Congresswoman Adelita S. Grijalva released the following statement after a Department of Homeland Security contractor damaged a 1,000-year-old cultural site, the Las Playas Intaglio, during border wall construction on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
CHARTER Act would ensure every charter school follows federal law
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