California representatives Scott Peters, Juan Vargas, Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs attend a news conference after saying they visited an immigrant detained at an ICE office in San Diego Nov. 24, 2025. (Rep. Mike Levin/X)
"The members asked weeks ago to conduct an oversight visit, ensuring that due process is followed and everyone is being afforded their legal rights," Communications Director Lena Jacobson said. "They were finally allowed to do so yesterday. They did not ask to speak with Mr. Rojas-Molina. There were three detainees present. The members asked to speak with any detainee. This is the person who ICE presented to them. DHS has not provided any evidence to Rep. Peters' office to show Mr. Rojas-Molina was convicted of the crimes they allege he committed."
McLaughlin described the representatives as "sanctuary politicians" who "continue to smear" efforts made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove offenders from the country.
"These sanctuary politicians continue to smear law enforcement and falsely claim ICE is not targeting the worst of the worst. It’s disgusting that these sanctuary politicians continue to do the bidding of criminal illegal aliens."
Dennis Mauricio Rojas-Molina, who was deported from the U.S. a decade ago, was arrested in May on charges of kidnapping and spousal battery.
In the summer of 2015, during the Obama administration, Rojas-Molina was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Lukeville, Arizona, but was later released into the country. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal several months after his arrest, and he was deported Oct. 14, 2015. He subsequently reentered the United States illegally at an unknown date and time.
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Rep. Sara Jacobs speaks at a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol Building Dec. 9, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi for Caring Across Generations)
DHS added that ICE continues to arrest the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal immigrants despite Democrats’ claims that the department is not prioritizing offenders, citing Rep. Sara Jacobs’ post on X Monday stating, "ICE isn’t going after criminals; they’re targeting your neighbors and friends."
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"Seventy percent of the illegal aliens arrested by ICE have criminal convictions or pending charges in the United States," DHS said, adding that the department continues to focus its enforcement efforts on murderers, rapists, gang members, pedophiles, terrorists and other dangerous individuals.
The department also emphasized that the figure does not reflect those wanted for crimes in other countries, those with Interpol notices or those facing human rights-related violations.
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