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| http://jacksonlee.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-calls-upon-administration-to-assist | CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE CALLS UPON ADMINISTRATION TO ASSIST MEXICAN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN EFFORT TO RESCUE 43 COLLEGE STUDENTS KIDNAPPED IN SOUTHERN MEXICO | 2014-11-07 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Democrat | House | TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | J000032 | jacksonlee.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee’s Border and Maritime Security, and a senior member and former Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, released the following statement today regarding the kidnapping of 43 college students in the city of Iguala, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero: “My thoughts and prayers go out the family and friends of the 43 college students from the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College of Ayotzinapa, who were kidnapped on September 26, 2014. As a mother, I can only imagine the heartbreak and horror felt by the family members anxiously awaiting a glimpse of good news. No parent should ever have to experience the pain of losing a child. Along with parents all over the world who understand the pain and suffering being endured by those whose children were abducted, I pray for the swift and safe return of the missing college students. “It is outrageous that these 43 college students have gone missing for more than 40 days. I call upon the Administration and the international community to render all necessary and appropriate assistance to the federal and state authorities in Mexico to aid the effort to bring about the safe return of the missing students and the apprehension and prosecution of those responsible. “The students were traveling to Iguala, Guerrero to protest discriminatory hiring and funding practices by the government when they were confronted and ambushed. It is utterly unacceptable that the fugitive Mayor of Iguala is complicit in this mass kidnapping. These crimes must be punished to the full extent of the law. “¿Y si se tratara de sus hijos? What if it were your kids? They are all of our kids. And that is why we cannot rest until they are found.” ### Congresswoman Jackson Lee is a Democrat from Texas’s 18th Congressional District. She is a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security and is Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |