ICYMI: Gabe Vasquez and AOC Push to Abolish ICE
After recently bragging about voting against the Laken Riley Act and supporting an alleged MS-13 gang member, Gabe Vasquez is once again under fire for his radical position to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Vasquez has a rich history of support for abolishing ICE claiming the organization has no regard for the humanity of illegal immigrants while simultaneously promoting posts on social media that claim “ICE is committing genocide.”
“Gabe Vasquez is in lockstep with AOC and the most extreme, unhinged agenda of the far left, leading the charge to abolish ICE. Vasquez shamelessly puts criminal illegal immigrants ahead of hardworking New Mexicans, endangering families, betraying law enforcement, and turning his back on the very people he was elected to serve.” – NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon
Read more from Townhall here or see excerpts below:
Democrat Rep. Gabe Vasquez Joins AOC in Renewed Push to Abolish ICE
Townhall
Sarah Arnold
May 30, 2025
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), already known for his inflammatory history of anti-ICE rhetoric, is once again drawing scrutiny after resurfaced tweets found that he was bragging about voting against the commonsense Laken Riley Act—a bill aimed at deporting violent illegal immigrants. Vasquez, who previously called for defunding ICE and compared immigration enforcement to authoritarian regimes, doubled down by invoking the deportation of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a political talking point. His remarks come on the heels of Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (NY) latest fundraising email urging support to “defund ICE,” signaling a renewed push from the far left to undermine border enforcement.
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In 2020, in response to a tweet, “Climate Justice policy must also abolish ICE and CBP.” Vasquez responded, “The only ICE we need to be melting.”
He also retweeted a now-deleted tweet saying, “ICE is committing genocide,” therefore American taxpayers are “funding genocide.” Vasquez also previously called for shutting down ICE detention facilities, calling them “horrible, racist prisons.”
“Gabe Vasquez is in lockstep with AOC and the most extreme, unhinged agenda of the far left, leading the charge to abolish ICE. Vasquez shamelessly puts criminal illegal immigrants ahead of hardworking New Mexicans, endangering families, betraying law enforcement, and turning his back on the very people he was elected to serve,” NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon said in a statement.
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