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Jose Luis Correa: I ask, what happened? My hometown, Santa Ana, California, is predominantly Hispanic Latino. Factory workers live there.…

On the recordJune 27, 2025
I ask, what happened? My hometown, Santa Ana, California, is predominantly Hispanic Latino. Factory workers live there. Remember, we are the biggest manufacturing State in the Union. Nearshoring, guess where it is happening? California is the largest ag State in the Union. There are a lot of farmworkers in my district. What happened? One day, we are going about our business in Santa Ana, Orange County, masked Federal agents start going into our neighborhoods, picking up hardworking neighbors. Oh, yeah, you bet, people were concerned, scared, and nervous. A lot of people expressed their First Amendment rights. We got the National Guard. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes did not call for the National Guard. Local police chiefs did not call for the National Guard. We get the National Guard. President Trump promised to deport criminals, those with deportation orders, those here less than 2 years, but now it is hard workers, people who pay taxes that are being picked up. Mr. Speaker, 60 percent of those being picked up are now people without criminal records. Orange County didn't have any violence. We had masked officers coming into our neighborhoods. I bet President Trump would want to know what is going on on Main Street. One of the constituents that just got picked up I talked about a minute ago, Narciso Barranco. He has been in the U.S. for 25 years. He is a gardener and a father of three marines. We make movies of people like this. This gentleman is a hero.…
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Jose Luis Correa
Democratic · California

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Addressing concerns about federal immigration enforcement in Santa Ana, California.

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