Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Reps. Jared Golden (ME-02), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Don Davis (NC-01), Zach Nunn (IA-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) to introduce bipartisan legislation that gives the Biden administration temporary expulsion authority resembling operations under Title 42. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Tom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Last month, Congressman Valadao joined Senators Sinema and Tillis at the southern border in Arizona to receive an operational update from U.S. Border Patrol. Read more »

TUSCON, AZ – Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and U.S. House Reps. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) for a border tour of some of the most dynamic border areas in the United States. This is Congressman Valadao’s third trip to the border under the Biden Administration. “For too long, extremes on… Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) joined U.S. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), and Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to announce a bipartisan farm worker visa reform package. The bill, the Affordable and Secure Food Act, reforms the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program to provide stability for farm workers, farmers, and our nation’s food supply. Read more »

What we’re seeing at our border is a humanitarian and national security crisis caused by a failure to enforce our immigration laws. Read more »

“I am proud to protect our Dreamers. My Congressional District is home to more than 7,000 DACA recipients. These young people go to work, attend school, pay taxes, and are actively involved in our communities. We must ensure that people who were brought here as children through no fault their own and call the United States home are welcome here." Read more »

“As the son of immigrants and lifelong dairy farmer, I know firsthand how desperately our agriculture workforce needs meaningful reform,” said Congressman Valadao. “Many industries in the Central Valley rely heavily on immigrant labor. Our farm workers are absolutely critical to our collective mission of reliably feeding America, yet many live in fear due to an inability to gain legal status through our broken immigration system. Ensuring that our essential farm workers already in the states receive legal status, while also simplifying and streamlining the process for future farm workers to do the same, is just common sense.” Read more »