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Rep. Correa House Floor Speeches 6/27/25 One Minute on Narciso Barranco Mr. Speaker, today I rise to once again stress the need for immigration reform in this country.Just last week back home one of my taxpayer constituents, Narciso Barranco, was picked up by who I believe were I.C.E. Agents, they were masked, and is now sitting in an I.C.E. holding facility in Los Angeles. Videos show him punched by masked federal agents unprovoked. He's lived in my district for 25 years or more, and not a traffic ticket to his name. More importantly, he has three sons, three sons all serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. You know we make movies of families like this. Three sons ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation. And instead he's being held in custody in an I.C.E. facility in Los Angeles. Our federal agents should be taking criminals off our streets not gentlemen like this. I pray that Mr. Barranco's case is a wake-up call for all of us for immigration reform. Mr. Speaker, I Yield. Floor Debate on Young Kim's Resolution Mr. Correa: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask what happened? My hometown, Santa Ana, California, predominantly Hispanic Latino. Factory workers live there. Remember? We are the biggest manufacturing state in the union. Near shoring, guess where it's happening? Largest ag state in the union. A lot of farm workers in my district. What happened? One day, we are going about our business in Santa Ana, Orange County, masked federal agents start going into our neighborhoods. Picking up hardworking neighbors. Oh, yeah, you bet people are concerned, scared, nervous. A lot of people expressed their first amendment right. We got the National Guard. Sheriff Don Barnes, Orange County Sheriff, did not call for the National Guard. Local police chiefs did not call for the National Guard. We get the National Guard. President Trump promised to deport