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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | ICE is Detaining U.S. Citizens!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with Congressman Robert Garcia for an in-depth conversation about the state of the nation and the chaos unfolding in Washington. They dig into the government shutdown, the end of SNAP benefits that will hit millions of Americans, and the unconstitutional overreach of ICE and DHS. Congressman Garcia also weighs in on the bizarre and disturbing developments surrounding Ghislaine Maxwell and what accountability really looks like in this moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Representative Garcia, good to see you. Thanks for joining.

0:16.0

Happy to be here.

0:17.0

So, Congressman, did you see the reporting this week that there apparently there's a power

0:21.7

struggle happening within the Homeland Security Department? Tom Holman is apparently beefing with

0:27.3

Christy Noem. Holman wants to prioritize the deportations of violent criminals. Christy Noem and I think

0:33.9

Corey Lewandowski, according to the reporting, that they want to target everyone,

0:37.8

even if they're anyone who is undocumented.

0:41.3

What do you say to that?

0:42.1

What's going on?

0:43.9

Well, first, I mean, none of them should be running DHS or this operation, to be clear.

0:48.3

I mean, Tom Holman has some really, I think, deep ethical issues, as we know.

0:53.2

And Christy Noam has been running that department to the ground

0:56.6

and causing incredible harm to not just immigrants,

1:00.1

but also US citizens.

1:01.1

We had 170 US citizens that have actually been detained

1:05.0

and held some for days without explanation

1:08.3

or access to anyone by ICE and by DHS.

1:11.2

Look, we don't know exactly what's happening right now.

1:13.4

We know that there is some infighting,

1:15.2

what's more important, whether it's Kristine Oam or Holman or anyone at that department,

1:20.3

the whole thing has denied people in this country,

1:23.9

whether they are citizens or non-citizens of their due process rights.

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