Defending Democracy
Congressman Garcia believes that one of the biggest threats facing the Unites States today comes from efforts to undermine our democratic process by restricting access to the ballot and attacking the legitimacy of the electoral process. Congressman Garcia knows that we need leaders who will work to defend our civil rights, and this starts with making voting accessible to every American regardless of their background.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after the passing of his colleague, Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), a longtime public servant committed to serving the American people, who most recently served as the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) discussed a national security shake up within the Trump administration, the shocking scenes of quieter ports across the country, and more.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), and Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) reintroduced the Securing Help for Immigrants Through Education and Legal Development (SHIELD) Act to ensure that immigrants have access to high-quality legal representation during immigration court proceedings. Currently, individuals in immigration court do not have the right to legal representation.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Congresswoman Lisa McClain (MI-09) introduced the Common Cents Act to end the minting of the penny and require cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) joined Meet the Press NOW after traveling to El Salvador with a group of Democratic lawmakers to demand the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Out gay Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) sent letters demanding answers to his “grave concerns” about why gay makeup artist Andry José Hernandez Romero was sent to the CECOT torture camp in El Salvador. Authorities claim that he has tattoos associated with the Tren de Aragua gang, but that assessment appears to have been made by a disgraced former police officer who was working for a private contractor after losing his job with the police force.
Following a brief trip to El Salvador, Rep. Robert Garcia on Tuesday said he and other Democrats will continue to pressure the Trump Administration to steer away from what they say is a constitutional crisis and facilitate the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran man who was deported last month despite a court order protecting him from removal.
Four Democratic members of Congress who traveled to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said Monday that they were denied a request to meet with the man who was wrongly deported by the U.S. government and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
“We’re here in El Salvador demanding the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) said at a news conference. “He needs to come home. This is about due process.”
San Salvador, El Salvador – Today, U.S. Representatives Robert Garcia, Maxwell Frost, Yassamin Ansari, and Maxine Dexter arrived in El Salvador to pressure the Trump Administration to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man with protected legal status who was unlawfully deported by the Trump Administration. Mr. Abrego Garcia is currently detained in El Salvador despite having no criminal conviction in the United States, a direct violation of due process protected by the Constitution.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is demanding answers from the Trump-Vance administration on its deportation of Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who was sent to a prison in El Salvador in violation of a federal court order and in the absence of credible evidence supporting the government’s claims about his affiliation with a criminal gang.
Copies of letters the congressman issued on Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, were shared exclusively with the Washington Blade.