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** John,
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I want to share something deeply troubling that my colleagues and I are investigating right now.
I, along with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman Mark Takano, and 52 other members of Congress have formally opened an investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs’ plans to create a national database tracking all non-U.S. citizens who work for or are affiliated with the VA—including veterans themselves.
Even more alarming: reports confirm this information could be shared with ICE.
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Doctors, nurses, caregivers, contractors, and support staff who serve our nation’s veterans could be put at risk for simply doing their jobs. Veterans who served this country honorably could face detention or deportation. And the fear this creates could drive skilled healthcare workers away at a time when veterans already face serious staffing shortages and long wait times for care.
This is personal. Alex Pretti, a VA nurse and U.S. citizen, dedicated his life to caring for veterans—neighbors, friends, and fellow Americans. Policies like this put people like Alex at risk for doing the work our veterans desperately need.
This isn’t about improving veteran services. It’s about advancing a mass detention and deportation agenda, even if it means harming veterans and the people who care for them.
The VA is one of the largest employers in the country, with nearly half a million workers providing critical health, rehabilitation, and benefits services. Turning that workforce into a surveillance list undermines trust, threatens access to care, and could put veterans at risk of losing the benefits they rely on.
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I’ve spent months pushing back against agencies being weaponized to intimidate immigrants, silence dissent, and sidestep the law. This proposal follows that same dangerous pattern, and I won’t let it go unanswered.
Veterans kept their promise to this country. We have a responsibility to keep ours to them.
I’ll continue fighting to protect veterans, defend civil rights, and ensure our government serves people, not fear and political agendas. Join me. ([link removed])
In Solidarity,
Delia
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez is a progressive Democrat representing IL-3 as the first and only Latina Congresswoman in the Midwest. In Congress, Delia is leading the fight to hold the Trump administration accountable, introducing the Block the Bombs Act and the Melt ICE Act, as well as cosponsoring the Defund the Oligarchs resolution and HR 876 to formally recognize the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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