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Breaking: More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/p...

That’s why I’m demanding full access to the facility, names of those who blocked us, and compliance with the law at all DHS facilities nationwide.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez

@gomez.house.gov

Members of Congress have a right to conduct oversight at federal facilities under federal law, Section 527(a) of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) to be exact!

Members of Congress have a right to conduct oversight at federal facilities under federal law, Section 527(a) of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) to be exact!

Joined Angelenos today to stand up for detained labor leader and my friend, David Huerta, to demand his release and dignity for our immigrant communities. He’s had my back, and I’ve got his! We won’t be intimidated—and we won’t be divided. #StandWithImmigrants

Denied access again—even though I’m legally entitled to enter the facility whenever I arrive, per federal law. Once again, they claimed it was “unsafe”… even though I was literally the only one there at 9am! No protestors. No violence. Total bullshit. I’ll be back!

Rep. Jimmy Gomez

@gomez.house.gov

Back at the Roybal Federal Building this Monday to check in on migrant families reportedly held in inhumane basement conditions, still denied access to attorneys. Also checking on my friend & union leader David Huerta, tased & arrested for peacefully protesting. We’re not stopping.

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Republicans claim to be the party of family values — but their Big Billionaire Bill does nothing to value families. It hands tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy while slashing Medicaid and support for working moms and kids. Read my op-ed in The Hill on why the Senate must stop it.

While Trump and Musk feud, we’re fighting for working families 💪. We saved Job Corps (for now), called out RFK’s formula chaos, and made it clear at #MomsFirstUs end #Equimundo’s Future of Fatherhood Summit: moms and dads are in this fight together. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

WHAT’S NEXT? I’m going back tomorrow to demand answers. On Friday, ICE blocked my legal oversight at the Roybal Building. I’m checking on detained women & kids, labor leader David Huerta, and why attorneys are being shut out. I’m not stopping.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez@gomez.house.govJun 8(source)

The Trump admin trying to take over the CA National Guard and deploy troops in LA is reckless and inflammatory. There’s no unmet need, and this will only escalate tensions and erode public trust.

Governor Gavin Newsom

@governor.ca.gov

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

We were at the federal detention center in downtown LA. They deployed some type of chemical irritant that made people cough and we had to mask. The people here were mainly attorneys, family of those being detained, and two members of Congress. @NormaJTorres

Oversight is our job. And we’re not going away. Members of Congress must be able to oversee federal agencies—that’s not optional, it’s the law. #RepNormaTorres #RepLuzRivas #reploucorrea

DHS is breaking the law by blocking me and Reps. Rivas, Torres, and Correa from conducting oversight. That’s not a misunderstanding—it’s a violation of federal law. I’m demanding #SecNoem launch an immediate investigation. If her agency won’t follow the law, she needs to answer for it.

I’m invoking my legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight. Families are being held inside—no basic necessities…in inhumane conditions. ICE doesn’t get to hide behind locked doors. This isn’t a request. It’s my job. And if they try to block me, they’re breaking the law.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez

@gomez.house.gov

🚨I’m here with @RepLuzRivas, @RepNormaTorres & @RepLouCorrea at the Roybal Federal Building exercising our Congressional authority to investigate ICE’s inhumane detention of immigrant families—including moms & kids held after routine check-ins. No beds. No food. No water. We are demanding answers.

Trump says he’s going after criminals but ICE is targeting parents at graduations, and workers just doing their check-ins. What they didn’t count on was our community showing up. Right after landing from DC, I went to help deescalate tensions. We won't stand by while our communities are targeted.

SEIU-USWW President, my friend, and constituent David Huerta was thrown to the ground, tased, injured and arrested for exercising his 1st Amdnt right to observe and document law enforcement activity. This isn’t just an overreach — it’s a nationwide pattern of suppression. We must stand together.

SEIU California

@seiuca.org