Monica De La Cruz

Monica De La Cruz

United States United StatespoliticianFemaleb. 19815.3Global Dominance: 0.05%

Monica De La Cruz is a Republican congresswoman representing South Texas, focusing on border security and immigration reform. She has pledged to support law enforcement efforts, including ICE, to combat cartel violence and ensure the safety of American communities along the border.

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Rep. Monica De La Cruz of Texas has distanced herself from Trump’s deportation policies.

Republicans in tough races are suddenly concerned about ICE, too
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2026-09-25
5.0

Monica De La Cruz is a Texas representative who highlighted her work to free a DACA recipient detained by ICE.

Republicans run from Trump on Iran ahead of midterms
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2026-09-22
6.0

Monica De La Cruz is a representative from Texas facing a serious challenge in her district.

Trump pone su figura en el centro de la convención republicana de mitad de mandato
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2026-09-11
5.0

Representative Monica De La Cruz intervened to help secure Ugboaja's release from custody.

Nigerian Nun Released by ICE After Arrest Near US-Mexico Bor
The Punch·NigeriaNigeria· 2026-07-01
8.0

The brother of Rep. Monica De La Cruz, a Republican who represents a neighboring district.

Takeaways from the Texas runoff elections
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2026-05-27
5.0

Currently held by Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz, the 15th District voted comfortably for Trump in 2024.

More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-12-14
5.0

Monica de la Cruz introduced a bill for a new Bracero program to stabilize the agricultural workforce.

El programa con el que hace 60 años Estados Unidos quiso sustituir a agricultores migrantes con estudiantes y resultó un fiasco
La Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980·PanamaPanama· 2025-09-20
7.0

Mónica De La Cruz introduced the legislative project 'Programa Bracero 2.0' to modernize the foreign worker program in an effort to alleviate agricultural labor shortages.

Congresista republicana presenta proyecto "Programa Bracero 2.0"; busca aliviar la escasez de mano agrícola en EU
El Universal·MexicoMexico· 2025-07-15
8.0
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Rep. Monica De La Cruz, among others, signed a letter asking for a breakdown of deportations since January.

Less than 10% of immigrants taken into ICE custody in recent months had serious criminal convictions, internal data shows
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-06-16
5.0