U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director David Venturella demanding an immediate, thorough investigation into federal immigration enforcement operations across the...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), top Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, joined U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) in demanding that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin discard any plans to use ships for deportation. They...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) released the statement below following reports of ICE tackling and injuring a U.S. citizen student from Santa Maria High School. “I'm deeply disturbed and outraged to learn of yet another ICE detainment in Santa Maria — this time, ICE agents violently detained a student...

On Friday October 16, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) hosted former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and California State Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón in Santa Barbara for his annual “Cafecito Con El Congresista” event. The event featured remarks from Becerra,...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Top Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin raising concerns over the department's administration and oversight of Jones Act waivers. Carbajal’s...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and House Natural Resources Committee top Democrat Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), led 30 of their colleagues in calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to reject the Hunt Amendment’s provision...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act, new legislation aimed at addressing the toxic industrial waste and pesticide pollution dumped off the Southern California coast. For decades, industrial waste — including the...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) announced the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill containing more than $66 million for Central Coast water projects. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 will now need to be considered by the Senate for final passage. Click here for legislative...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), along with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Top Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), led 14 of their colleagues in filing an amicus brief in California v. Wright, pending in the U.S. District Court...

On Friday, August 21, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) hosted a press conference at UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) OASIS Facility to highlight a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF grant will go towards UCSB’s COAST PCL, one of 20 facilities in a new national network of...

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced $4,609,282.00 in new federal funding for the San Luis Obispo County Airport for a range of infrastructure upgrades. Specifically, the funding will go towards modernizing Runway 11/29’s...