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Rep. Lateefah Simon
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Rep. Lateefah Simon
@RepLSimon
Congresswoman for California's 12th Congressional District. Member of @oversightdems & @hsbcdems.
Regular updates on Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook @RepLSimon
Joined January 2025
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ICE detained Harjit Kaur—a 73-year-old grandmother who’s lived in the U.S. for 30 years, has no record, and checked in every 6 months for 13 years. Under Trump’s cruel policy, she’s now cut off from her family and medication. @RepLSimon and I are fighting for her. - Thank you to the #GlobalSumudFlotilla —including an individual from the East Bay who is traveling on the flotilla—for leading a peaceful humanitarian mission to end man-made famine and genocide in Gaza. I urge the Israeli government to end the blockade and let desperately needed
- The Trump administration is using confidential data collected by federal agencies to racially profile immigrant communities. My district is one of the most diverse places in the country, and in CA-12 we don’t stand by while our neighbors are harassed, terrorized, and illegally
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LIVE: I'm standing with my colleagues, advocates, and American families demanding justice and accountability for U.S. citizen deaths in the West Bank and Gaza. x.com/i/broadcasts/1… - Last week, Ms. Harjit Kaur —a member of the Hercules community for over 30 years who spent years working at Sari Palace in Berkeley— was detained by ICE officials. Ms. Kaur is a mother, grandmother, and beloved member of her community. Her detention is yet another example of
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As ICE terrorizes Los Angeles, Trump is directing federal agencies to hand over Medicaid data so they can hunt down immigrants. This week, I introduced the LINE Act to block ICE from getting access to our private health care information. Hands off our data.
00:00 - CA-12 is one of the most diverse places in the U.S., with dozens of languages spoken, rich histories of migration, and deep roots of political engagement. Since the start of my term in Congress, I have been committed to sitting, speaking, and being with everyone in our
- Oversight Committee Republicans organized a hearing this week to talk about childhood nutrition. Great, let’s talk about it. When I was a young single mother working and going to school, SNAP and WIC kept me and my baby healthy and fed.
00:00If we are serious about keeping kids healthy, we need to fund these programs and bring down the price of groceries so that the average family can actually afford a nutritious meal. - I spoke on the House Floor against extreme and cruel amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban data collection on gender identity at DOD. As a Vice Chair of the @EqualityCaucus, I will never stop fighting for the rights of our LGBTQ+ siblings.
00:00 - Safety is found in care — not in conquest. I joined @repdeliaramirez, @Justice4Mahmoud, @CynthiaNixon, Morgan Spector, and my colleagues to call for the passage of the Block the Bombs Act and say that the genocide in Gaza MUST end.
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The threats made against HBCUs cannot be swept aside. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI must act swiftly to fully investigate these threats and pursue the appropriate legal action against those responsible.
- Rep. Lateefah Simon repostedOur democracy depends on fair representation. Republicans are working to rig congressional maps by weakening Black voting power across our country. Their desperate and racist attempts to cling to power will fail. We are not going back.
