JUSTICE DEMOCRAT: Jessica Cisneros - Texas CD28 - U.S. Congress - The Next AOC Candidate!
Jessica Cisneros - TX28
Jessica Cisneros is a Democrat running to represent Texas’ 28th district in Congress. As the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a human rights lawyer, Jessica is fighting to build an America for all of us - no matter who we are, or where we come from.
Jessica was born and raised in Laredo, Texas. When her older sister needed urgent medical care that was only available in the United States, her parents immigrated here to start a new home for the Cisneros family. Her dad picked fruit and started his own trucking company to make ends meet and ensure his two daughters could make it through high school.
As a kid, Jessica learned that the rules of our immigration system and our economy are not written to support families like hers. She saw families like hers torn apart by cruel detainment policies. Cruel, anti-immigrant policies in Washington were leading South Texans just looking for a steady, local job into deporting the kids of their undocumented neighbors. She saw her dad and mom struggle to keep a business afloat, while policies in Washington only seemed to benefit the biggest corporations.
Jessica’s opponent in this race is incumbent Congressman Henry Cuellar. Henry Cuellar claims he’s a ‘Democrat’ but he voted with Republicans to keep DACA from being passed. He supported legislation to penalize cities and states with “sanctuary” laws that protect immigrant families from ICE. Cuellar even holds an “A” rating from the NRA. He voted to defund reproductive and women’s health services. Cuellar even raised money for Republicans running for Congress like John Carter, a “birther” conspiracy theorist who suggested Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States.
While he takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from large corporations, including private prison companies like the GEO Group, oil and gas corporations and Republicans like the Koch Brothers. Less than 1 percent of his donations in 2018 came from small-dollar donors.
Jessica isn’t taking a dime of corporate PAC or lobbyist money.
Jessica made a commitment at an early age to become an advocate for families like her own and protect the rights of immigrants and working people. She put herself through law school and now serves her community by defending families from unjust deportation and guiding immigrant Americans through the path towards citizenship.
The 28th district of Texas has voted “Democrat” because we thought the Democrat would protect our rights and fight for our families. But Cuellar is not a Democrat. We need to elect a representative who is accountable to us -- not big corporate donors, lobbyists and Republicans.
Henry Cuellar claims to be a Democrat, but he voted with Trump 70% of the time, he takes $ from the Koch Brothers and NRA, and he voted with the GOP to defund women's health services.
Jessica is running for Congress because the hardworking people of Laredo and South Texas deserve a representative who knows their stories, lived their struggle, and is committed to fighting for working people.
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