Ryan Schwenk

I mean, and I don't want to sound paranoid.

I don't want to sound like, oh, I think they're monitoring everything.

I don't know.

But that's the problem is I don't know.

It was just like it was precautionary, if you will.

I just wasn't willing to have certain conversations over an open line.

Ryan testified on February 23rd, not even two weeks ago as I'm recording this.

Thank you, Senator Blumenthal, Representative Garcia, members of the committee.

My name is Ryan Schwenk.

I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution when I joined ICE on August 1st, 2021.

Look, I don't think anybody walks away from the community they were a member of, the social community they were a member of lightly, right?

Like, I would have told you six months ago that I had strong friendships with some of the attorneys I worked with, that

I had officers that I could go and have a beer with, right?

People that were part of my life that I fully expect are never going to speak to me again.

Oh, Ryan, I didn't realize that you felt like you lost your community.

Well, it's that.

It's the combination of uncertainty going forward.

I have no idea what I'm going to do next.

I have a child.

I have a wife.