""He was illegal for a few years, and then someone gave him a green card," Watters went on, referring to the fact that Garcia grew up undocumented after the family overstayed their visitors' visas. "Garcia marries a guy and somehow gets elected to represent Long Beach, California. His district is two-thirds Hispanic and crawling with illegals. He's the first openly gay immigrant congressman. You see what's going on here?""
""Garcia came to the U.S. from Peru with his family when he was five-years-old and has said that naturalization was "his proudest moment" and the reason he started a career in politics. His parents died in 2020 of COVID-19.""
""See what's going on here?"I see someone living the American dream. https://t.co/m5AfBNusAj- jordan (@JordanUhl)"
Jesse Watters criticized Congressman Robert Garcia’s immigrant background and sexual orientation, noting Garcia was born in Peru, brought to the U.S. at age five, and lived undocumented before receiving a green card. Watters framed Garcia’s marriage to a man and election to represent Long Beach as problematic and described the district as largely Hispanic and "crawling with illegals." Garcia naturalized and called naturalization his proudest moment; his parents died of COVID-19 in 2020. Social media users strongly condemned Watters’ remarks and defended Garcia, with critics calling the commentary offensive and celebrating Garcia’s American story.
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