Hollywood, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined Overtown Youth Centers (OYC) Co-Founder Alonzo Mourning, Broward School District representatives, and local elected officials to announce OYC’s expansion into Broward County. Click here to watch the full press conference. In partnership with Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), OYC is further expanding its proven youth development m... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) introduced the TPS Review Act, which would reassert judicial and Congressional review of the executive branch’s decisions about TPS. She was joined by 58 original cosponsors, including Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Yvette Clarke, (NY-09), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) called on Florida International University (FIU) to rescind its disciplinary actions against students who engaged in silent protest against the university’s voluntary collaboration with ICE enforcement on campus. In March, seven students engaged in a silent protest at a school event. Recently, the students were told they had to ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Congressional Latino-Jewish Caucus, was joined by fellow co-chairs, Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Rep. Maria Salazar (FL-27), and co-chairs of the Argentina Caucus, Reps. Darren Soto (FL-09) and Michael Rul... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Joe Neguse and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz led the entire House Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the agency reverse course on a new rule requiring certain Medicaid applicants and enrollees to meet conditions of eligibility in order to access critical healthcare services. The framework implements wor... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, legislation led by U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) to reauthorize and continue funding for the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act (EARLY) Act and the National Breast and Cervical Canc... Read More »
North Lauderdale, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) convened pool safety advocates from Boys & Girls Club of Broward County, Broward Swim Central, Safe Kids Broward, Diversified Swimming Inc., and Every Child A Swimmer to spotlight recent drownings in South Florida and offer solutions to prevent these tragedies. Participants included Cassie McGovern, whose 19-month-old daught... Read More »
By Ruth Abramovitz Following a string of child drowning deaths across South Florida, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined with local swim safety advocates on Thursday to issue a timely warning about this “public health crisis.” In just the past three weeks, three children died by drowning in the region, all under age 10. Florida has reached 62 drowning deaths in 2026 so far, according to the ... Read More »
By Abel Fernández Yajaira González and her husband, Marco Rodríguez, arrived before 6 a.m. for a routine appointment with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miramar, north of Miami. They knew the process: for five years they had been reporting to that same office while their asylum case moved through the courts. But on Sunday, June 28, only González came out. Rodríguez, 36, was take... Read More »
Miramar, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) made an unannounced oversight inspection of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Field Office in Miramar, where advocates recently shared troubling testimony from people released or transferred from the facility about the conditions and treatment taking place there. Click here for video of the press conference. The Miramar facil... Read More »
By Rafael Olmeda The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Removal Operations Field Office in Miramar isn’t supposed to be a detention center, but in recent weeks it has turned into one with conditions U.S. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz described Thursday as “inhumane” and “cruel.” Wasserman Schultz, a South Florida Democrat running for re-election in a newly redrawn district against four other cand... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Maria Salazar (FL-27) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act to provide comprehensive condo relief that expands and ensures access to public and private loans for structural and safety repairs, providing bipartisan preventive assistance for millions of residents grapplin... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Debbie Dingell (MI-6), and Mike Kelly (PA-16), House Cancer Caucus Chairs, introduced a resolution recognizing Community Is Stronger Than Cancer Day on June 28. Community Is Stronger Than Cancer Day is a celebration of inspiration, companionship, and connection for the communities around the country who ... Read More »
Sunrise, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) convened local immigration advocates to condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling to deny Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians in Trump v. Miot, and unveiled her forthcoming bill the TPS Review Act, to reassert judicial and Congressional review of the executive branch’s decisions about TPS. Click here for video of the full press conf... Read More »
By Sergio R. Bustos South Florida's Haitian community, the largest in the nation, decried and condemned Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for migrants who fled violence and natural disaster in Haiti, exposing them to potential deportation. Leaders with the North Miami-based Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center warned ... Read More »
