DHS TORCHES 4 HOUSE DEMS FOR VISITING ICE DETAINEE AT SAN DIEGO FIELD OFFICE

DHS publicly rebuked four San Diego-area House Democrats—Reps. Juan Vargas, Mike Levin, Sara Jacobs and Scott Peters—after they visited a detainee at ICE’s San Diego Field Office. DHS said the lawmakers “chose to stand with criminal illegal aliens,” identifying the detainee as Dennis Mauricio Rojas-Molina, a Honduran national previously deported in 2015 who allegedly reentered and faces charges of kidnapping and spousal battery. The lawmakers framed the visit as oversight on treatment and argued for humane policy and legal pathways; DHS defended ICE priorities, saying 70% of arrests involve people with U.S. criminal convictions or pending charges.