Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia: “No thinking person believes that modest staffing improvements will put the Federal government in a position to handle…”

Rep. Sylvia Garcia said she spoke with acting ICE Director David Venturella, specifically about the lack of body cameras on these agents.

He promised her that all agents in the field would have body cameras by the end of the month, but a DHS spokesperson later clarified it would be within 60 days.

Due to illness, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: NAY on Roll Call No. 7, H.R. 23--Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act.

We've got to do something. This is just one more death too many. And if we've got to bring outside, independent folks to come in and look at it, we should do that.