LEMON DROP | How Democrats Plan to Stop ICE!

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Don sits down with Rep. John Garamendi to take a deep look at the pressing crises facing the nation right now. They start with the fallout from the ongoing ICE violence in Minneapolis and across the country, including multiple federal shootings that have left communities outraged and demanding answers, and discuss the lack of transparency and accountability surrounding these enforcement actions. They break down Trump’s threats to use the Insurrection Act and deploy military force domestically to what these kinds of unchecked powers mean for civil liberties, democratic norms, and the rule of law. But what can lawmakers in Washington actually do to fight back? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There you see in there, Congressman John Garramendi served the people, he served the people of California, has been serving them since 2009. Thank you, Congressman.
0:21.6	Good to see you.
0:23.2	Thank you, Don't have to ask you.
0:25.7	Folks are wondering, like, what can we do?
0:28.1	There are no repercussions.
0:29.7	They feel like the citizens or the people of Minnesota
0:33.5	are being terrorized and they're worried about it coming to them.
0:37.6	They want to know what our lawmakers are doing.
0:39.6	But I believe there are some issues with appropriation and the Department of Homeland Security.
0:44.8	Let's just say there may be some recourse for people, and it'll start with you guys in the Department of Homeland Security.
0:51.7	Don, you're absolutely correct.
0:57.9	The citizens, Americans are really, really concerned and very angry about the way ICE is being used around this nation as a domestic police
1:04.7	force. Even to the point today, ICE is going to investigate fraud. That's a normal police activity in the communities.
1:14.0	That's a major extension of the ICE.
1:19.1	Already, and we have the opportunity here in Congress to do something about this.
1:23.8	The appropriation for ICE ends at the end of this month.
1:30.3	The continuing resolution that extended the funding way back in December,
1:35.8	terminates at the end of January, and the appropriations, the money for ICE, will be up.
1:43.8	It gets a little detail along the way, but we have the opportunity if we fight fiercely.
1:50.0	We can then force reforms of ice.
1:55.0	Some of these are just basic police reforms.
1:58.0	Identification, body cams, training, all of that must be part of any reform.
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