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Eric Swalwell: “We want to abolish ICE. From the root to the branch.”

Featuring: Eric Swalwell, Democratic | U.S. House California, 14th Congressional District

Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell

Published April 8, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:38

If you've worked, if you have worked for ice, consider yourself unhirable in our state. We don't want more ice. We want to abolish ICE. From the root to the branch. I want to tell you how cruel these people have been to Californians and why we need a fighter protector. (05:38–05:43)

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Asserts a desire to completely dismantle the ICE agency.

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“40% of the people I represent were born outside the United States.”
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“The average age of a first-time homebuyer [in California] is over 40 years old.”
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“In California right now we have over 400,000 regulations on the books.”
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“This president so cruelly is kicking 4 million Californians off of their health care.”
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“Cancer research funding, a 40% cut in a state that does so much of the research that finds cures.”
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“We have the most diverse workforce in the whole country. 200 languages spoken here, 60 nationalities.”
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“We're looking at $200 million savings because we found ways for our state employees to telework.”
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“The next governor of California has to create a firewall between the President and his ICE agents and the immigrant community of California.”
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“I've introduced legislation in Congress that takes away ICE's qualified immunity.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 04:58-05:04
“I will use the powers of the office to take away your driver's license [if ICE agents refuse to take off their masks].”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 05:16-05:25
“If you've worked for ICE, consider yourself unhirable in our state.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 05:29-05:34
“A six-year-old boy and his mother and his brother were met by ICE agents at their home early in the morning.”
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“They separated him from his home and they separated him from sound and then days later sent he and his family to Colombia.”
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“My first act in office will be to tell every agency in the state, you have 90 days to approve or deny every outstanding housing application.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 08:32-08:42
“Over 70 times, I have voted against efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.”
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“We will not be a corporate welfare state.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 11:40-11:44
“If we're the fourth largest economy in the world, it has to mean something to everyone.”
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“Any corporation that's going to have you foot the bill for state assistance and Medi-Cal, there's going to be a surcharge for that.”
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“I want it to be affordable to go to college here. First and foremost, I want us to have the best university system in the world, but also…”
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“Too many young people are in the financial quicksand of student loan debt, particularly those who we need to go into professions like…”
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“We're going to especially focus on the professions that have a shortage right now and work to alleviate that debt, create better pathways…”
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“Best thing I can do for you is to surge supply, especially on rental housing initially.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 17:10-17:18
“That means getting rid of so much of the red tape that stands in the way and telling these agencies we can't admire this problem any longer.”
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“My plan for the state and for young people like you is to incentivize economic development, have expectations of those who do business, that…”
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“Former senator Bob Hertzberg has legislation that he is working on that's going to be on the ballot in November, which will provide more…”
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“Our kids shouldn't have to live this way. Going through mass shooter drills.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 21:43-21:50
“We can do is be the state that takes the most dangerous weapons out of the hands of the most dangerous people.”
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“I will make sure that California's assault weapon ban stands.”
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“We invest, and every community at the earliest ages possible to reduce gun violence.”
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“Violence is the lowest form of communication.”
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“My job, first and foremost, is to protect California's children.”
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“I want us to make sure that every Californian who works hard can afford to buy a home.”
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“We have to modernize our infrastructure.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 26:00-26:04
“We see a federal government that has taken away hydrogen funding, it's taken away electric vehicle charging stations.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 26:08-26:16
“My job is to create what I call resilience.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 26:23-26:26
“It saves Californians a lot of money as well.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 26:58-27:02
“We are a donor state right now. We have invested so much through the federal taxes that we pay. That's no longer coming back.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 28:30-28:39
“Families in the Palisades in Altadena are not getting the same FEMA dollars that families all over Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas…”
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“I will make sure, as governor, working with the legislature, that we invest in the core skills that we want our children to have as early as…”
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“Libraries are always the first. That's the first cut that cities end up making.”
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“I do not accept that the cuts that the president has put in place under the big brutal bill are final.”
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“The corporate accountability tax that I talked about at the start we believe will yield 6 to $7 billion a year.”
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“AIPAC is not involved. No, there's been no APAC funding in our campaign in this race and there won't be and they don't get involved in…”
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“Increasing housing vouchers for Californians who are on the edge of being evicted is incredibly important.”
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“The president promised he would lower costs on day one. It's like day 450. 40 million Californians want to tell him he's failed.”
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“Lowering costs through infrastructure upgrades and an abundance of energy that the president has taken away can help with utilities.”
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“You chased Kevin Kiley out of the Republican Party. He doesn't want to be associated with them.”
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“You passed Prop 50.”
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“The federal government has pulled a lot of the Community Development Block funding.”
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“I want to work with the legislature to enable what local governments have to invest in infrastructure like [bike infrastructure].”
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“We will be a state that regardless of what the president does, we have the cleanest air and the cleanest water.”
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“We lose thousands of gallons of water a day to evaporation.”
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“We could invest in putting solar panels across California on those aqueducts.”
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“We found ways for our state employees to telework.”
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“We've devoted a lot of money to [homelessness] and I think most of us would agree we're not getting the outcomes that we want.”
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“We've invested in Proposition 1 as a state that has gone a long way to do that.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 59:59-1:00:05
“The 90 day shot clock that I talked about in the beginning will also focus on senior housing.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 1:01:40-1:01:48
“I've supported legislation federally that would reduce that capital gains penalty.”
Sacramento Town Hall with Eric Swalwell | Uploaded April 8, 2026 | 1:02:08-1:02:14
“We start to get back some of the medi cal funding that was taken away.”
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“You have a fair plan that is almost a trillion dollars exposed, cannot have another catastrophic fire.”
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“Making sure that we invest in resilience in our infrastructure, as I said, to reduce the risk of fire.”
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“Rely on these folks as the experts. That's why I'm so honored to be supported by the firefighters.”
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“27 days until ballots go out.”
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“If ICE is illegally coming after you, do you want to stay at my place and hide out?”
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“We are California. And in this great state, in this great country, I know no one came here to be a Republican or a Democrat, they came to be…”
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