Washington, April 6 -- Congressman John Garamendi issued the following press release:
Last week, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, joined Congressmen Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and 39 Members in a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, and White House Border Czar Tom Homan firmly opposing the deployment of armed ICE agents to airports around the country.
In the letter, the Members emphasize that this "unprecedented and unnecessary action causes chaos and fear at our airports, fails to support TSA workers-whose pay Republicans in Congress have repeatedly blocked-or reduce security lines, ...