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Evacuation warning messages that were erroneously sent to cell phones across the Southland when a wildfire erupted in Woodland Hills in January, sparking widespread confusion among residents, was caused by a software failure that has since been corrected, but additional funding and oversight of wireless alert systems is needed to prevent future errors, according to a report released Monday.

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.

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.”

A pair of congressmembers will soon introduce a piece of federal legislation aimed at accelerating the aviation industry’s transition to unleaded fuel alternatives.

The bill, dubbed the Cutting Lead Exposure and Aviation Relief Skies Act, is a joint effort by Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, and the Republican representative for California’s 23rd congressional district Jay Obernolte, was announced on Monday, April 14.

The bill is scheduled to be formally introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday, April 17, according to a spokesperson for Garcia.

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.