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Is Vicente Gonzalez working to stop the deportation of veterans?

Matches stated direction. He sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act in four Congresses from 2017 to 2023, but none became law and he has no bill on it in this Congress.

Vicente Gonzalez

Deportation of honorably discharged veterans

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans.

“He is working to prevent the deportation of honorably discharged veterans”

What the record shows ·

He has sponsored the Repatriate Our Patriots Act, on noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions, in four Congresses: H.R. 3429 in 2017, H.R. 1078 in 2019, H.R. 4382 in 2021 and H.R. 717 in 2023. Each was referred to committee and went no further. In December 2022 his amendment to the Veteran Service Recognition Act was agreed to 213-207 (Roll Call 502) and he voted Yea on the bill, which passed the House 220-208 (Roll Call 503) and ended in the Senate.

Limit: Six years of sponsorship and one House-passed bill he amended are evidence of the work the claim describes. None became law. The claim is in the present tense, and Congress.gov records no bill of his on the subject in the current Congress.

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  1. Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.

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  2. H.R. 3429, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3429

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 26, 2017, his first year in office; referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 1078, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1078

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 7, 2019; referred to subcommittee.

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  4. H.R. 4382, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4382

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on July 9, 2021; referred to subcommittee.

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  5. H.R. 717, Repatriate Our Patriots Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/717

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Gonzalez on February 1, 2023 with 20 cosponsors; referred to the Judiciary Committee and went no further. The text concerns noncitizens released from the armed forces under honorable conditions.

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  6. Roll Call 502, 2022, H.R. 7946, Gonzalez amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022502

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on agreeing to his amendment, A002; it was agreed to 213-207. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

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  7. Roll Call 503, 2022, H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022503

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 6, 2022; the question was on passage; it passed 220-208. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581, which Congress.gov's by-state listing for the 119th Congress gives for him.

    official legislative record

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  8. H.R. 7946, Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7946

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Mark Takano. Passed the House on December 6, 2022 and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the next day, where it ended. Gonzalez's amendment, requiring regulations within 90 days of enactment, was agreed to before passage.

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