{"id":2568480,"date":"2026-02-10T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dems-grandstand-while-ice-agents-remove-violent-criminals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:23:17","slug":"exclusive-dems-grandstand-while-ice-agents-remove-violent-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dems-grandstand-while-ice-agents-remove-violent-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Dems Grandstand While ICE Removes Violent Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-dems-grandstand-while-ice-agents-remove-violent-criminals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Federalist opinion piece portrays Rep. Eric Swalwell as spreading misinformation about ICE during a House Homeland security Committee hearing and uses the controversy to defend immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article claims Swalwell repeated a debunked story that ICE officers \u201cgrabbed\u201d a 5-year-old boy and used him as bait, using a photo of the child to push his argument while an ally held up the image.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It notes Swalwell is a candidate for California governor and portrays his remarks as politically motivatedLas to attack immigration enforcement, contrasting them with the actions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Acting ICE director Todd Lyons is quoted as defending the agency,saying ICE cares for the child involved and will not resign under pressure,emphasizing that ICE prioritizes removing perilous criminals,known or suspected terrorists,and gang members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece highlights examples from DHS\u2019s \u201cworst of the worst\u201d list, including Domingo Duran-Rojas (domestic assault in St. Louis), Josue Salvador Portillo-Henriquez (rape charges in Maryland), and Daniel Pineda-Velasquez (sex crimes against a minor in Maryland), arguing these illustrate the kinds of threats ICE targets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the author, Matt Kittle, frames the exchange as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-nicaragua-pageant-director-faces-charges-in-beauty-queen-coup-plot\/\" title=\"Miss Nicaragua Pageant Director Charged in &#039;Beauty Queen Coup&#039; Plot\">larger political battle<\/a> over immigration enforcement and border security.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: The summary reflects the content and perspective presented in the provided text.)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If insufferable Rep. Eric Swalwell is moving his lips, there&rsquo;s a good chance he&rsquo;s lying.&nbsp;The California Democrat with a<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/04\/indictment-of-yet-another-alleged-chinese-agent-proves-democrats-have-a-china-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> fetish for Chinese Communist Party spies<\/a> spent his time at Tuesday&rsquo;s House Homeland Security Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/hearing\/oversight-of-the-department-of-homeland-security-ice-cbp-and-uscis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing <\/a>demonizing federal immigration law enforcement agents to score political points with the anarchist wing of the far-left Democratic Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Swalwell, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/swalwell-picks-up-steam-in-california-govs-race-adds-schiff-endorsement-00771918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">candidate for <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/swalwell-picks-up-steam-in-california-govs-race-adds-schiff-endorsement-00771918\">governor,<\/a> ensnared himself in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/01\/lets-track-every-lie-dems-and-media-invented-to-demonize-immigration-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biggest lies<\/a> the left has told about the Department of Homeland Security agents sworn to enforce the nation&rsquo;s immigration laws: The fractured fairy tale that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/2014206965900038291?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;grabbed&rdquo;<\/a> a 5-year-old boy and used him as &ldquo;bait, forcing him to knock on his own door so they could arrest his father.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a load of crap, but that didn&rsquo;t stop Swalwell from repeating it as his lackey held a blown-up photo of the kid behind him. You know what they say about a lie traveling halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You now have decision: Will you stand with the kids who you are supposed to protect, or will you side with the killers bringing terror to our streets?&rdquo; the pompous bag falsely lectured <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us-news\/indicted-dem-asks-ice-acting-director-todd-lyons-whether-he-thinks-hes-going-to-hell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons<\/a>. He then absurdly asked, &ldquo;Mr. Lyons, will you resign from ICE?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell is self-indulgently delusional enough to think that a) he had Lyons in a gotcha moment and b) the ICE chief would actually succumb to Swalwell&rsquo;s faux moral pressure and answer &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, sir, I won&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Lyons said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; Swalwell petulantly asked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because that child that you&rsquo;re showing right there, the men and women of ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him and ran from law enforcement,&rdquo; Lyons said. And Swalwell&rsquo;s time was up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>With a picture of Liam Ramos, Rep. Swalwell asks Acting ICE Director Lyons if he will resign:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No sir, I won&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because that child you&#8217;re showing right there, the men and women of ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him and ran from law enforcement.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X16GvUW07L\">pic.twitter.com\/X16GvUW07L<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/2021256262621487602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>&lsquo;We Will Not Be Intimidated&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Like most things in the left&rsquo;s anti-immigration enforcement show, it was all performative. But while Swalwell and his fellow actors were lustily jumping toward the spotlight and promising to gut ICE, the men and women who work to keep America&rsquo;s borders and communities secure were busy rounding up the pedophiles, rapists, and violent illegal immigrants Democrats are sweating to protect. You know, people who are actually &ldquo;bringing terror to our streets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like Domingo Duran-Rojas,&nbsp;a Mexican national convicted&nbsp;of domestic assault&nbsp;in St. Louis, according to&nbsp; DHS&rsquo;s latest list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/wow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;worst of the worst&rdquo; <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criminal illegal aliens picked<\/a> up by ICE agents. The report was exclusively provided to The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>How about Josue Salvador Portillo-Henriquez, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Off...\">criminal illegal alien<\/a> from&nbsp;El Salvador who, DHS said, was convicted&nbsp;on rape charges in Baltimore County, Maryland? He made the department&rsquo;s WOW files.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or Daniel Pineda-Velasquez of&nbsp;Guatemala. Velasquez was convicted on charges of&nbsp;sex abuse&nbsp;of a&nbsp;minor, rape, third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-ms-13-member-arrested-for-murder-of-20-year-old-woman-with-autism\/\" title=\"Illegal Alien MS...13 Member Arrested for Murder of 20...Year...Old Woman With Autism\">-degree sex offense<\/a>, assault, and fourth-degree sex contact&nbsp;in Prince George&rsquo;s County, Maryland, according to DHS. An immigration judge in 2024 ordered him removed, according to the Baltimore ICE office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Feb. 9, ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EROBaltimore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EROBaltimore<\/a> arrested Daniel Pineda-Velasquez, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala convicted of multiple sex crimes against a minor in Prince George&rsquo;s County, including rape and assault. An immigration judge ordered him removed Feb. 20, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzufWvXLWS\">pic.twitter.com\/qzufWvXLWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ICE Baltimore (@EROBaltimore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EROBaltimore\/status\/2021230781293559849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hey, Swalwell, why don&rsquo;t you hold up a sign of the children this illegal immigrant reportedly sexually assaulted? Will you resign, sir?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday, our&nbsp;brave law enforcement&nbsp;arrested&nbsp;criminal illegal aliens&nbsp;including&nbsp;pedophiles, rapists,&nbsp;and violent assailants&nbsp;from&nbsp;across the country,&rdquo; said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement to The Federalist. &ldquo;Far too often these public safety threats are released by&nbsp;sanctuary&nbsp;politicians from their jails back into our neighborhoods.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As committee Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/democrats-demand-dramatic-changes-for-ice-on-masks-cameras-and-judicial-warrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demand<\/a> &ldquo;dramatic changes&rdquo; at ICE before they will vote for DHS funding about to run out, and weak-kneed Republicans aid and abet the left&rsquo;s politically-driven assault on law enforcement, Lyons said the agency won&rsquo;t be cowed by congressional threats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not be intimidated,&rdquo; the acting director told committee members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are enhancing public safety, securing our national security, and finally restoring integrity to an immigration system that had been allowed to collapse,&rdquo; Lyons said. &ldquo;While all illegal aliens are eligible for removal, we have prioritized and removed tens of thousands of the &lsquo;worst of the worst&rsquo; &mdash; known dangerous criminals, known or suspected terrorists, and gang members who threaten our neighborhoods.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swalwell lies about ICE; staged hearing smear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2568481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-25.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50403,3685,8364,3813,5894],"class_list":["post-2568480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime-2","tag-democrats","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-25.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568484,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568480\/revisions\/2568484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}