House Democrat (Robert Garcia - Calif.) : DHS 'going to come after US citizens'

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

House Democrat: DHS ‘going to come after US citizens’

by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/15/25 6:34 PM ET

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) suggested Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could start deporting U.S. citizens with the expanded budget requested for fiscal 2026.

During an interview with MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” Garcia was asked about the Trump administration’s request for “an unprecedented expansion of funding of DHS, particularly on immigration enforcement” and “what it would look like to give this agency three to five times the funding it currently has.”

Garcia said that with more funding, DHS “would only expand” its current efforts.

“They’re deporting … children with cancer that have been diagnosed to other countries without their permission and the permission of their parents; they are essentially locking away students for expressing their freedom of speech and their political views. They’re deporting people that we give appointments for, for asylum. They are whisking away, literally in the dead of night, people from our communities across the country, without any of them even getting a chance to call a lawyer or their family,” Garcia said in the interview.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/national-security/5302973-house-democrat-dhs-going-to-come-after-us-citizens/

[dalton99a]

1. No one should ever doubt this.

[JBTaurus83]

2. Chilling

My partner is from Costa Rica and has dual citizenship. We are getting married in July. I have really been considering that it may be best if we just move to Costa Rica, I would get residency status since they recognize gay marriage. Things are only going to go downhill from where they already are unless people mobilize into a mass movement. The government is not going to save us.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. That might be for the best

My husband has clearly stated - when they start directly attacking Black Americans - he's knocking me out and he is taking me to Italy. Then my family just starts going on vacation there, and not return home.

[RJ-MacReady]

3. citizens

Need no comply. Resist.

[pandr32]

5. From what I've seen those targeted by DHS/ICE thugs don't get to not comply.

We are seeing massive protests across the country that should get more news airtime. They may get a mention, but are not covered to inform news readers/watchers of the size of the movement of resistance.

[OMGWTF]

6. National Day of Protest on June 14th. SHOW UP & SPEAK OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN.

https://indivisible.org/statements/indivisible-and-partners-announce-no-kings-nationwide-day-defiance-flag-day-during

[pandr32]

8. We are ready!

[mn9driver]

7. Due Process.

It either applies to everyone inside our borders, or it applies to no one. This is the foundation of our government, our Constitution. From all reports, we have already lost it.

Congress isn’t going to save us. The courts aren’t going to save us. We must save ourselves.

[DFW]

9. Men in black leather trenchcoats

Announcing, “Geheime Staatspolizei. Alle mitkommen.”

Why does that seem so familiar?

[republianmushroom]

10. Yup