"Two of the top Democratic candidates in the race for California governor are taking heat for their past votes to fund and support federal immigration enforcement as the backlash against the Trump administration's actions in Minnesota intensifies after the shooting death of Alex Pretti."
"Swalwell (D-Dublin) last year voted in favor of a Republican-sponsored resolution condemning an attack that injured at least eight people demonstrating in support of Israeli hostages, one of whom later died, in Boulder, Colo., and expressing "gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.""
""The fact that Eric Swalwell stood with MAGA Republicans in Washington to thank ICE while in California masked ICE agents terrorized our communities - despite Swalwell's notorious and chronic record of absenteeism from Congress, is shamefully hypocritical," former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a rival Democrat running for governor, said in a statement."
Two leading California Democratic gubernatorial contenders, Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter, face criticism for prior votes that funded and supported federal immigration enforcement. Fellow Democrats, including Tony Thurmond and Antonio Villaraigosa, labeled those votes hypocritical while promoting stricter stances on federal immigration enforcement. Republicans blamed Democratic sanctuary policies for rising disorder and used the controversy to press their position. Swalwell has pledged aggressive measures if elected, including revoking driver licenses for ICE agents. The dispute centers on recent votes and public statements, and it has intensified amid national outrage over federal immigration actions following a Minneapolis killing.
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