Rep. Aguilar Helps Block Unfair Housing Rule for Mixed-Status Immigrant Families

Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA-33) recently helped pass a bipartisan amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill to stop the Trump administration’s unlawful and dangerous mixed-status housing rule that would take away housing from U.S. citizen children who live in mixed immigration status households. Last month, Rep. Pete Aguilar questioned Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner in a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing about this unfair and unprecedented housing rule. During the questioning, Secretary Turner admitted that HUD’s rulemaking authority does not supersede U.S. law. This line of questioning helped lead to the bipartisan passage of the amendment preventing the rule in the final version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 THUD bill. The bill will now go to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a vote.