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Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, (D) California: "California has the largest immigration population in this country. We are also the fourth largest economy in the world. There is a relationship between those two data points. California and Los Angeles are also the entertainment epicenter. So it is no wonder that Donald Trump brought his production to California. But it is a production of trauma. This is not about immigration reform."
ADELANTO, CA — Yesterday, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) gained entry to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to fulfill her constitutional oversight responsibilities. Alongside Representatives Judy Chu (CA-28), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Mark Takano (CA-39), and Luz Rivas (CA-29), she demanded answers following reports of inhumane conditions, due process violations, and alarming allegations that U.S. citizens may have been wrongfully detained.
“Hoy vine para buscar a mis constituyentes. Uno de ellos es sordomudo, fue detenido por ICE y no sabemos de él”, dijo Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Congresista del Distrito 37.
Chu circled back to the facility on Tuesday along with representatives Mark Takano, Luz Rivas, Linda Sanchez and Sydney Kamlager-Dove. The representatives said they were not able to get answers on how many of the detainees had been arrested in the recent raids in LA.
On Tuesday morning, Chu toured the Adelanto facility for about an hour and a half alongside Rivas and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Whittier and Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside. The representatives and their staff visited with detainees and inspected the kitchen, medical facilities and cells.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who took over the South LA district after then-Congresswoman Karen Bass resigned to run for Los Angeles mayor, said she visited the detention center in search of a constituent with disabilities.
ADELANTO, CA – Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), and Rep. Luz Rivas (CA-29) were granted entry to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in order to conduct oversight guaranteed by federal law. The lawmakers demanded answers following reports of unlawful immigration raids, due process violations, and alarming allegations that U.S. citizens may have been wrongfully detained.
While Democrats have often said they take President Trump at his word, including his suggestion that arresting Newsom would be a good idea following a comment from his border czar Tom Homan, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., warned any retaliation in terms of wildfire funding by the administration would be “short-sighted.”
Virtually every local elected official is speaking up. At a Friday press conference Bass was joined by a battery of outraged politicians, among them U.S. Reps Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Judy Chu, and state Senate President Mike McGuire. In a weekend video, District 11 Councilmember Traci Park slammed the raids, echoing the point that working people, not criminals, are being targeted. She detailed the fear that exists, even in her Westside territory.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) pointed out that Trump’s DOJ is openly planning on politicizing FACE to support their own antiabortion goals. In January of this year, Trump pardoned 23 known antiabortion extremists, who were in prison for invading and blockading clinics and violently injuring providers and clinic staff. At the same time, the DOJ ordered prosecutors to stop enforcing the FACE Act in abortion cases except under “extraordinary circumstances,” essentially opening the door for extremists to continue harassing abortion clinics with impunity.