California Democrat Says ICE Raids Are ‘Domestic Terrorism’

A California Democrat said Wednesday that immigration enforcement in the Los Angeles area constitutes a form of “domestic terrorism.”

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove appeared on CNN’s “The Arena” and accused the Trump administration of carrying out “domestic terrorism” by enforcing immigration law. 

“I would argue that this is not immigration policy that we’re seeing unfold. This is domestic terrorism,” Kamlager-Dove told host Kasie Hunt before going on to claim that Americans do not support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation raids.

A recent poll by CBS News found that a majority of Americans support President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda. Deportations notched a net approval rating of plus eight. The poll was completed just before the deportation raids and riots began in the Los Angeles area.

Another poll, this one conducted by RMG Research, released Wednesday and taken two days after teh president ordered National Guard troops into Los Angeles found that a majority of Americans support the president’s handling of the riots. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they are at least generally supportive of the administration’s efforts to deport illegal aliens. Fifty-two percent of respondents said that supported the president’s decision to send in the National Guard.

Hunt followed up on Kamlager-Dove’s comment, pressing the California Democrat on her use of “domestic terrorism.” Hunt asked specifically if the elected lawmaker was referring to “ICE raids” as “domestic terrorism.”

“What I’m saying is when you have grandmothers taking young children to church or to the grocery store or to a little Korean market like the one that was in my district that was raided; and all of a sudden you see masked individuals with no identification producing no judicial warrants that have names on it, asking no questions, snatching people, putting them in a van, carting them off, detaining them, not informing their parents or family members, not even allowing Congress members to go in and check and make sure that everything is okay, and then deporting them, you have a real problem,” said Kamlager-Dove.

“Yes, I would argue that you are terrorizing communities,” she added.

California Rep. Kamlager-Dove calls ICE’s effort to deport violent illegal criminals “domestic terrorism.” pic.twitter.com/CNB7CDx8bA

— Jerry Calengor (@calengor1) June 11, 2025