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July 15, 2025
Today, U.S. Representative Norma J. Torres (CA-35), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) formerly known as the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS), issued the following statement following subcommittee markup. The Congresswoman sounded the alarm on provisions that would deepen U.S. partnerships with regimes accused of collaborating with terrorist organizations and engaging in … Continue Reading
July 14, 2025Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres wrote to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons demanding immediate answers following reports of aggressive, abusive, and racially discriminatory enforcement actions in the Inland Empire. Congresswoman Torres' office has received a surge of calls from frantic families unable to locate loved ones who were abruptly taken into ICE custody. Many have resorted to filing missing persons reports with local law enforcement aft… Continue Reading
July 08, 2025Today, Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization & Innovation Chairwoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) and Ranking Member Norma Torres (CA-35) announced the official launch of LegiDex, the House of Representative's new online staff directory. LegiDex is a first-of-its-kind platform, built on data from a range of official House sources, that transforms the way staff can connect across House offices and agencies. "LegiDex is a powerful example of what we can achieve when we wor… Continue Reading
August 19, 2019
Building a shelter in the Inland Empire to house up to 430 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't make sense and raises "serious concerns," four House Democrats who represent the region wrote in a letter Monday, Aug. 19.The two-page letter addressed to the head of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement comes as the office seeks to lease space for a shelter for "Unaccompanied Alien Children." Officials are searching an area encompassing much of western Riverside Count… Continue Reading
August 16, 2019Congressional representatives and immigrant advocates are criticizing the federal government's proposal to open a new shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in the Inland Empire.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement is looking to lease a site of up to 91,000 square feet to house approximately 430 children, according to a solicitation posted Aug. 5 by the General Services Administration on the Federal Business Opportunities website.The shelter is sla… Continue Reading
August 15, 2019The National Science Foundation awarded a $475,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to Cal Poly Pomona, it was announced Monday.The funding will enable Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate researchers to expand research into the "metal-nitrogen oxide interactions and enable the recruitment of a diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workforce," according to a statement released by the office of U.S. Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-Pomona."Cal Poly Pomona is shaping the next gene… Continue Reading