Robert Garcia actually said...

"I think what we have found is that the kids that are arriving are just like any other children that you would see in our country or anywhere else."

"Plain and simple, this is a violation of the sanctity of ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples."

"Last year, I met with a young girl named Vanessa from the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She talked about the importance of Oak Flat and what the sacred site means in a young woman's coming-of-age ceremony."

"I always tell people too, you know, Long Beach, it’s the same size as Atlanta, Georgia, from a population perspective."