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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

I’m proud to be the first member of Congress to sign the PEACE Pledge to reject campaign contributions and political support from AIPAC, DMFI, and other groups that promote unconditional support for Israel.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

If we codify this, I feel that parks could become de facto immigration checkpoints, where hardworking parks staff would be required to check passports or birth certificates, and that’s not their job.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

In order to save this industry in America, we need to be competitive with tax credits.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

These long-term residents — who were brought to the country as children — have been working, studying, and living legally in the United States since 2012 and are vital members of American communities.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Colleagues, 14 years after the creation of DACA, it is past time that we finally do what is right by the hundreds of 1000s of DACA recipients and Dreamers who have already proven their commitment to this country.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

They deserve the chance to become full-fledged members of this country, their country, our country, the only country that they’ve ever known that they’ve given so much of their talent and so much of their leadership to each and every day.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

To be clear, DACA was never intended to be a permanent solution. It was meant to be a temporary stop gap until Congress took action by passing the Dream Act, or ideally modernizing our immigration system as a whole.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Fourteen years ago, the United States government made that promise that if they came forward, passed the background check, followed the rules, did everything that we asked of them, that they could stay here and pursue their dreams in the…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

The Land of the Free Act would put an end to this abuse of power and ensure everyone in this country can exercise their right to free speech without fear of deportation.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

But no matter how many times he repeats that lie or tries to insert the Executive Branch into election administration, he will always be met with the same result: States administer elections, not the President.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

There’s things that Donald Trump does not like. Number one, dissent. He doesn’t like people disagreeing with him and his agenda. Number two, he doesn’t like accountability.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Make your plan to vote early. Get your friends, get your neighbors, get your family members, get your coworkers to vote in advance.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Know your rules. What does it take to register to vote if you’re not registered? And even if you are registered, it’s a good idea to verify your registration status…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Surely he doesn’t like not getting his way at the ballot box, which is why he’s trying to influence and interfere with this November’s election while we’re still in primary season.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

He said it in 2016. He said it in 2020. He said it in 2024. And he’s saying it again to set the stage for when he doesn’t get his way, he needs to find an excuse.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

My advice to state and local colleagues is think of the craziest scenario you can imagine, and then think even crazier, because we’ve got to be prepared for anything. We will be prepared for anything.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

Now, election officials are talking about, okay, what if armed federal agents show up at the polls under some pretext and intimidate voters? Now, what do we do?

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jun 17, 2026

We’re talking about redistricting fights, we’ve been talking about voter purges, now trying to access voter rolls, everybody’s personal information now, [and now] elimination of vote by mail — which Donald Trump votes by mail, but he…

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