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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who represents a confederate borderline district, praised President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and said helium thinks enactment successful Los Angeles is conscionable “the extremity of the iceberg” arsenic the Trump medication ramps up deportations.
In an interrogation Sunday connected CBS News's "Face the Nation," Gonzales called the protests successful LA "tragic" and said, "Yes, I americium comfy with it," erstwhile asked astir the president's deployment of the National Guard.
"It's tragic to spot what's happening successful LA. I spent 20 years successful the military. I fought successful 2 wars. I fought to springiness radical the state to protestation immoderate the hellhole they privation to," Gonzales said successful the interview.
"But what we're seeing successful LA are not advocates," helium continued. "We're seeing anarchists, and the president of the United States should perfectly enactment down the mob arsenic soon arsenic possible. But this is conscionable the extremity of the iceberg."
Gonzales said helium thinks protests against migration raids volition proceed passim the state arsenic the Trump medication continues to bash what it tin to deport radical quickly.
“I privation to spot safety. I privation to spot information and information [in] each places, to see LA. But erstwhile again, this is the extremity of the iceberg. We're talking about, you know, 100,000 radical … that person been deported. The numbers are astir to spell mode up.”
Gonzales was asked whether he’s seeing the Trump medication besides people reddish cities — oregon whether helium thinks the medication is focused connected blue-leaning areas, similar LA.
“I deliberation what they're targeting is they're trying to deport radical arsenic accelerated arsenic they perchance can. What's going to hap is … it's going to beryllium crossed the country. And erstwhile again, this is the extremity of the iceberg,” helium said.
Gonzales said that, nether the Biden administration, much than 400,000 asylum-seekers had their cases closed without being capable to contiguous their lawsuit earlier a judge.
“So, 1 could reason that these 400,000 radical are successful this state illegally and should beryllium deported immediately. One could besides reason that these 400,000 radical did not get proper, you know, an accidental to authorities their case, and they didn't person that ability,” Gonzales said.
“What I'm disquieted astir is this thing's going to escalate. It's not going to beryllium conscionable LA, it'll beryllium cities each implicit the country, arsenic we proceed to deport people,” helium added.
