Jim Costa

This is happening just weeks before an election, and this will ultimately impact some congressional and obviously the biggest race in the state, the gubernatorial race.

Can Congressman Valadao survive the Trump agenda? But what about Jim Costa, a politician lifer and still zero immigration reform? Congress has stood silent, and what is happening is due to their incompetence.

Leaders need to lead, not wait until the other party crumbles and then try to benefit.

That's not leadership.

That's huge.

Well, yeah, so yeah, I mean, h- honestly, when I'm out talking to people in the district, and not to downplay what's been, you know, important to you, but what, the number one thing for people in the district is the cost of living, right? So yes, there's social issues that are out there, and certainly the Dems are taking, you know, some of those, the, some of the social issues to the more extreme, um, and Jim's been on the wrong side of those votes, in my opinion.

But I, I think the, the number one thing is the cost of living, right? And that not only affects, you know, people in ag and, you know, our friends and neighbors, but the people that work in the community and whatever.

And I think an- if anyone's out there and not focusing on how do I get the cost of housing down, how do I get the cost of gas down, how do I get the cost of, you know, food, electricity, all of those things down, and they're not spending all their time working on that, you're doing a disservice to the district, so.

It's interesting to me.

I've, I've looked at high-speed rail because, you know, c- candidly, when they talked about... 20 years ago when I came to Central Valley and we talked about high-speed rail, I thought, "Well, this is a great idea, even if I'm the only rider," right? It's, I'm gonna go to San Francisco or LA.

The more I dug in and, you know, my, my opponent, Jim Costa, was, uh, one of the original authors of high-speed rail back in 1996.

It was probably a good premise then, but then since then has degraded into the most failed infrastructure project in the United States, right? And one of the things we find in business is that if something's not working, you have to basically call quits.

This is a Democrat lawmaker who goes to Sacramento or Washington, D.C., and oftentimes will join with Republican representatives who are here in the Valley.

So it's not uncommon to see something go through Congress with the support of Adam Gray, David Valadao, Vince Fong, Jim Costa, Tom McClintock.

where you see Democrats and Republicans from the Central Valley uniting in Washington, D.C., whether it's a water issue or an ag issue or something.

Frequently, we see these Democrats vote with the Republicans or vice versa.

businesses we had to contact to, to be able to open the doors, you know, there's the fire department, you know, and then, and it's most importantly, like I said, the health department, that one was my down to the wire, like, okay, we got to get this done or we cannot open these doors.

Am I, am I right in saying, so Georgianne White, Uh, is that right? And, uh, Gary Bredefeld and Jim Costa.

So, so there's some people here from the area that also really were trying to help make sure you guys got in here as well.

Correct.

And there was probably a lot of things that happened.

They said, sure.

And then Lance Cashin and all their team got together with people like Gary Bredefeld and Jim Costa and George Ann and And all these amazing leaders here and government officials, we always give them a hard time not doing things right.

They got this done and they got it done right.

So, you know, earlier on the, on this network, uh, we had C- uh, Costa on.

With, that's the name Jim Costa?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Advocates say everyone deserves dignity as they work to harvest the fields that feed the nation.

A sentiment Congressman Jim Costa echoed.

And some of the hardest working people you'll ever meet in your life.

They're at work before the sun rises every day with our farmers, our ranchers, our dairy men and women.

Uh, they refuse to respond to any questions that we ask.

That, by the way, is the voice of Congressman Jim Costa.

They don't tell us when and where they're going for these surges.

I don't know what more transparency there is.

It's a little bit of everything.

If you're a Democrat, you'll be happy to know that Congressman Jim Costa and Congressman Adam Gray support me.

Council President Esparza supports me.

Supervisor Chavez supports me, as well as the Fresno County Young Democrats.

I have no indication that they're indiscriminately stopping people or going after masses of people he said.

Democratic Representative Jim Costa told KMPH he was aware of the ICE activity in the Central Valley.

He's working with local and federal officials as well as advocates in response.

An ICE spokesman told KFSN-TV in Fresno the incidents were routine enforcement operations, adding that ICE arrests undocumented immigrants in Fresno every day.

Reports of the ICE operations have sparked protests at an agency facility in Fresno, that according to local media.

On his website, Jim Costa advises immigrants that they have the right to remain silent, to contact an attorney, and to have their case heard before a judge.

He further encourages people with questions to call his office.

United Farm Workers urges agricultural employers to protect their employees at their work sites, included by training staff and requiring law enforcement to have a signed judicial warrant to enter the property.