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The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) on Tuesday accused a number of Home Democrats of assembly with a felony unlawful immigrant at an ICE detention facility, calling the go to a transfer through which they “selected to face with felony unlawful aliens over Americans.”
In accordance with the division, 4 Home Democrats — Reps. Juan Vargas, Mike Levin, Sara Jacobs and Scott Peters — visited the ICE San Diego Subject Workplace on Monday and requested to talk with the Honduran nationwide, who has been accused of kidnapping and abusing his partner.
“Democrats as soon as once more selected to face with a felony unlawful alien over Americans,” mentioned Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “This felony unlawful alien these Democrat lawmakers met with has been charged with kidnapping and home abuse.”
Peters’ workplace advised Fox Information Digital on Tuesday that the lawmakers didn’t particularly request to talk with that detainee. The members reportedly requested to talk with “any detainee” throughout their oversight go to and had been introduced Rojas-Molina. The workplace added that DHS didn’t current any proof that the detainee was convicted of such crimes.
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California representatives Scott Peters, Juan Vargas, Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs attend a information convention after saying they visited an immigrant detained at an ICE workplace in San Diego Nov. 24, 2025. (Rep. Mike Levin/X)
“The members requested weeks in the past to conduct an oversight go to, making certain that due course of is adopted and everyone seems to be being afforded their authorized rights,” Communications Director Lena Jacobson mentioned. “They had been lastly allowed to take action yesterday. They didn’t ask to talk with Mr. Rojas-Molina. There have been three detainees current. The members requested to talk with any detainee. That is the one who ICE introduced to them. DHS has not supplied any proof to Rep. Peters’ workplace to point out Mr. Rojas-Molina was convicted of the crimes they allege he dedicated.”
McLaughlin described the representatives as “sanctuary politicians” who “proceed to smear” efforts made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take away offenders from the nation.
“These sanctuary politicians proceed to smear legislation enforcement and falsely declare ICE will not be focusing on the worst of the worst. It’s disgusting that these sanctuary politicians proceed to do the bidding of felony unlawful aliens.”
Dennis Mauricio Rojas-Molina, who was deported from the U.S. a decade in the past, was arrested in Might on prices of kidnapping and spousal battery.
In the summertime of 2015, in the course of the Obama administration, Rojas-Molina was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol close to Lukeville, Arizona, however was later launched into the nation. An immigration choose issued a remaining order of removing a number of months after his arrest, and he was deported Oct. 14, 2015. He subsequently reentered the US illegally at an unknown date and time.
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Dennis Mauricio Rojas-Molina is a Honduran nationwide held on the ICE San Diego Subject Workplace. (Division of Homeland Safety)
In a video posted to Rep. Mike Levin’s X account on Monday that includes all 4 lawmakers at a information convention, Levin confirmed that they had visited a detainee who was not too long ago arrested, although he didn’t identify the person. He famous that the person has two youngsters — ages 11 and 5.
“People like him want a path to remain,” Levin mentioned of the detainees the representatives visited. “They want a path to authorized standing in order that they’ll proceed to work arduous and contribute positively to our economic system. … We have to deal with them higher than this.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Reps. Juan Vargas, Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs for extra info.
Rep. Sara Jacobs speaks at a rally in entrance of the U.S. Capitol Constructing Dec. 9, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi for Caring Throughout Generations)
DHS added that ICE continues to arrest the “worst of the worst” felony unlawful immigrants regardless of Democrats’ claims that the division will not be prioritizing offenders, citing Rep. Sara Jacobs’ publish on X Monday stating, “ICE isn’t going after criminals; they’re focusing on your neighbors and pals.”
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“Seventy p.c of the unlawful aliens arrested by ICE have felony convictions or pending prices in the US,” DHS mentioned, including that the division continues to focus its enforcement efforts on murderers, rapists, gang members, pedophiles, terrorists and different harmful people.
The division additionally emphasised that the determine doesn’t mirror these needed for crimes in different nations, these with Interpol notices or these going through human rights-related violations.
