Rachel Maddow

Congressman Garcia, I need to ask you about a news story that has just broken within the past few minutes. And I apologize that I do not know everything about this, but we've just received word from the ACLU in Louisiana. And I'm just going to tell you what we've received from them.

Today, in the early hours of the morning, the New Orleans Ice Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children, three of whom are U.S. citizens. U.S. citizen children aged two, four, and seven, and one of the mothers from these two families is currently pregnant.

Today, in the early hours of the morning, the New Orleans Ice Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children, three of whom are U.S. citizens. U.S. citizen children aged two, four, and seven, and one of the mothers from these two families is currently pregnant.

These are families, according to the ACLU, who were arrested on Tuesday of this week and Thursday of this week. In both cases, according to the ACLU, ICE held the families incommunicado, refusing or failing to respond to multiple attempts by attorneys. and family members to contact them. But again, they're describing these whole families being deported, including U.S. citizen children.

These are families, according to the ACLU, who were arrested on Tuesday of this week and Thursday of this week. In both cases, according to the ACLU, ICE held the families incommunicado, refusing or failing to respond to multiple attempts by attorneys. and family members to contact them. But again, they're describing these whole families being deported, including U.S. citizen children.

In the case of one of these two families, quote, one of the citizen children suffers from a rare form of metastatic cancer and was deported without medication or the ability to consult with the child's treating physicians, despite ICE being notified in advance of the child's urgent medical needs.

In the case of one of these two families, quote, one of the citizen children suffers from a rare form of metastatic cancer and was deported without medication or the ability to consult with the child's treating physicians, despite ICE being notified in advance of the child's urgent medical needs.

I don't expect that you know anything about this before getting on the air to talk to me about it tonight. Again, this is just broken in the last couple of minutes. But let me just ask your reaction to this breaking news.

I don't expect that you know anything about this before getting on the air to talk to me about it tonight. Again, this is just broken in the last couple of minutes. But let me just ask your reaction to this breaking news.

Congressman Robert Garcia of California, thank you for what you did today, what you did this week and with your colleagues going to El Salvador, being able to come back and talk to us about it in a way that we haven't otherwise been able to get that kind of information. Thank you for being able to talk with us about it tonight. I really appreciate it, sir.

Congressman Robert Garcia of California, thank you for what you did today, what you did this week and with your colleagues going to El Salvador, being able to come back and talk to us about it in a way that we haven't otherwise been able to get that kind of information. Thank you for being able to talk with us about it tonight. I really appreciate it, sir.

I'll just mention this is breaking news about apparently U.S. citizen children being deported. Politico is just reporting a U.S. federal judge who is a Trump appointee has just scheduled a hearing for May 16th, he said, which was, quote, in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion. that the U.S. government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.

I'll just mention this is breaking news about apparently U.S. citizen children being deported. Politico is just reporting a U.S. federal judge who is a Trump appointee has just scheduled a hearing for May 16th, he said, which was, quote, in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion. that the U.S. government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.

In this case, it is a two-year-old child with the initials VML who was apparently deported to Honduras, the judge saying, with no meaningful process. Here we go. We'll be right back. So this is part of a new campaign, a new ad campaign launched by the group Demand Justice. Watch.

In this case, it is a two-year-old child with the initials VML who was apparently deported to Honduras, the judge saying, with no meaningful process. Here we go. We'll be right back. So this is part of a new campaign, a new ad campaign launched by the group Demand Justice. Watch.

This new ad is part of a campaign from Demand Justice that's called Big Law Cowards, not to put too fine a point on it. It's designed to put pressure on nine big-name law firms to change course.

This new ad is part of a campaign from Demand Justice that's called Big Law Cowards, not to put too fine a point on it. It's designed to put pressure on nine big-name law firms to change course.

These are nine firms that tried to appease Trump and make him more kindly disposed to them than he is to other law firms by making deals with them to provide hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free legal services to... causes Trump chooses. In some cases, the firms promise to run their personnel policies at their firms along lines that Trump demands.

These are nine firms that tried to appease Trump and make him more kindly disposed to them than he is to other law firms by making deals with them to provide hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free legal services to... causes Trump chooses. In some cases, the firms promise to run their personnel policies at their firms along lines that Trump demands.

This big law cowards campaign also put this truck-mounted billboard on the street in D.C. this week outside the offices of one of the big law firms that did one of these capitulation appeasement deals with Trump. The group also posted these signs outside the firm's offices with the same message,