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“The American people are telling us that they want major reforms with how DHS is operating — the protests, the polling that comes out, even Republicans are saying this is too much. So I’m OK with it lapsing,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., told MS NOW. “I don’t think we need to have another CR, that’s kicking the can down the road and it’s not addressing the serious institutional issues with how DHS has been constricted and is operating.”

“Journalists must be able to report on protests, government actions, and civil rights issues without fear of arrest or retaliation. When reporters are targeted for doing their jobs, it threatens the public's right to know and undermines our democracy.” — Sydney Kamlager-Dove, U.S. Representative (D-CA-37).

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) also signaled concern over mistruths from Lutnick. “In between gaslighting Americans about the economy & sucking up to Trump, Lutnick took up TV air time to lie about his relationship with Epstein,” Kamlager-Dove wrote on X. “He visited Epstein’s island in 2012 yet claimed he cut ties with Epstein years earlier. What else is he hiding? He must resign.”

In a post on the same platform, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove called this a new low even for Trump, given that it is only the first week of Black History Month, and depicting a Black person as anything close to a primate is a long-understood, harmful, and racist trope.

"I was proud to secure over $1 million in federal funding for my old stomping grounds, Exposition Park," said Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove. "Investing in Expo Park as we prepare to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup and LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a win for LA and for America. This funding will help to not only create a welcoming and safe environment at Exposition Park for visitors, but also benefit our community for years to come."

“I am incensed that federal resources from DHS, from [the justice department] – we’re talking about prosecutors, we’re talking about agents, we’re talking about funds – are being diverted away from anti-human trafficking programs and reassigned to immigration enforcement,” the California congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who organized the letter, said in an interview. “It is a dereliction of duty to say the least, but it is egregious considering how heinous these crimes are.”

Elected leaders joining the call included U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37), Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell (2nd District), Assemblymembers Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), Mike Gipson (D-Carson), and Sade Elhawary (D-Los Angeles), and State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles). 

Kamlager-Dove said the arrests cut to the heart of democratic accountability. 

Following the announcement of the India-US trade deal, which lowered tariffs on Indian imports to 18 per cent, US Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove on Monday urged the Trump administration to act swiftly to strengthen bilateral ties.