119th Congress
SAN JOSÉ, CA – Today, Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16), joined the Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment and local community leaders at Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San José to encourage eligible voters to cast their ballots ahead of tomorrow’s election. The press conference came amid heightened concerns about immigration enforcement activity in Santa Clara County and federal efforts to obtain confidential voter information.
PALO ALTO, CA – Today, Bay Area Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16), congratulated the City of Palo Alto for adopting an interim ordinance that temporarily restricts the development of ICE detention facilities within their jurisdiction.
Originally published in Palo Alto Online
By Gennady Sheyner
Calling it a necessary move to protect vulnerable community members from dangerous overreach by the Immigration and Custom Enforcement, Palo Alto adopted on Monday a temporary ban on detention and custodial facilities within city limits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Silicon Valley lawmakers, Congressmen Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) demanded an immediate investigation into reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted critical military communications in Ukraine, disrupting drone operations and air defense systems against Russian attacks.
SAN JOSÉ, CA— Today, The Mercury News reported on Congressman Sam Liccardo’s plans to bypass Republican House leadership and force a vote on his bipartisan Afghanistan TPS Act. The legislation would restore Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 8,000 Afghans at risk of deportation after the Trump administration ended their protections last year.
Originally published in the Mercury News
By Grace Hase
Originally published in Mountain View Voice
By Emily Margaretten
SAN JOSÉ, CA – Today, Congressmembers Sam Liccardo (CA-16) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) congratulated the City of Gilroy and City of Mountain View for taking steps to keep ICE out of their communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Bay Area Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) led a bipartisan effort to leverage technology to protect whales on the West Coast. His recent letter to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requests an expansion of Automatic Identification System (AIS) messaging technology to send whale-safety information directly to mariners along the West Coast.