Rep. Robert Garcia on L.A. ICE Raids: ‘If You Are Here Illegally, You Deserve Due Process’

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GARCIA: "I mean, obviously, we’re not just devastated, but I think a lot of us, in California especially, are incredibly concerned about what’s happening in our home state, but across the country. What we’re seeing is really not actions that are trying to target folks that are actually doing anything illegal or that are causing crimes. We’re seeing these mass raids happening in areas that are peaceful, the Garment District, we’re seeing it at schools. We have two schools where agents visited an elementary school back home in California, even in my own district, asking for children to come and see them at the school without parents' permission. We’re seeing United States citizens, American citizens getting swept up. And so, look, I think everyone can agree that in this country, if you are here and you’re committing crimes in this country, that is one thing and those folks shouldn’t be here. But if you’re here illegally, you deserve due process. And these types, of raids, I mean, sweeping up a national and state leader from the SEIU who was there to observe, who fortunately was released, is quite shameful."