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June 25, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) extended First Lady Melania Trump an open invitation to return to the Rio Grande Valley. The congressman would like Mrs. Trump to see, first-hand, migrant children who have been detained as a result of the administration's ‘zero-tolerance' policy.

June 22, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. Long requesting federal support and relief to Texas' Rio Grande Valley and Coastal bend regions.

June 22, 2018
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McALLEN — Melania Trump made an unannounced visit Thursday to the Rio Grande Valley, where she toured a children's detention center and got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally.

June 21, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) is advising residents in the Rio Grande Valley to adhere to flooding precautions and procedures outlined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

June 21, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's State Disaster Declaration for six Texas counties that have faced severe weather and flooding over the past few days.

June 21, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to First Lady Melania Trump's visit to McAllen, Texas to witness, firsthand, the effects of the administration's ‘zero-tolerance' policy:

June 20, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has issued the following statement in response to the administration's inaction to end the ‘zero-tolerance' policy that is separating immigrant families on the U.S.-Mexico border.

June 20, 2018
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the executive order, signed by President Donald J. Trump, that fails to end the administration's ‘zero-tolerance' policy:

June 19, 2018
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Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, held a press conference on Monday to discuss topics including border security, NAFTA and family separations.

A child could be separated from their parents within the zero tolerance policy, which was recently implemented to criminally prosecute those crossing the border illegally.