Washington, April 27 -- Representative Norma J. Torres issued the following press release:

The Congressional Tri-Caucus, composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), condemned the Trump administration's illegal push to gut housing assistance for thousands of families with mixed immigration statuses.

In a letter to Housing Secretary Scott Turner co-signed by more than 75 members of the House of Representatives, Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35) joined CAPAC Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), CHC Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and CBC Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09) - in calling the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withdraw...