However ICE responded on X to Carbajal’s tweet:
Rep. Salud Carbajal was a part of a violent mob of protestors trying to impede federal legislation enforcement as they executed a prison search warrant at a marijuana facility. He cites “peaceable” protestors, when actually these rioters have been launching rocks at officers, injuring at the least one ICE worker who was left bloody.
Based on brokers on the bottom, the congressman doxed that very same ICE worker by sharing his enterprise card with members of the violent mob.
THIS is exactly the rhetoric that has led to orchestrated makes an attempt to homicide officers and a 700% enhance in officer assaults.
Rep. Salud Carbajal was a part of a violent mob of protestors trying to impede federal legislation enforcement as they executed a prison search warrant at a marijuana facility. He cites “peaceable” protestors, when actually these rioters have been launching rocks at officers, injuring at… https://t.co/yPNkcXOqkC
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) July 13, 2025
When the dust settled, 200 illegals have been arrested by ICE and quite a few trafficked youngsters have been let out.
It seems that Carbajal could also be so emotionally linked to unlawful immigrants as a result of he probably entered the US illegally himself.
The Santa Barbara Current reported on Carbajal’s immigration historical past in February this yr. The Present shared the next:
In a earlier article titled Consequences, Congressman Salud Carbajal’s inspiring immigrant story was briefly talked about. Nevertheless, his workplace strongly objected to the next assertion:
“Salud Carbajal, who immigrated illegally together with his household at age 5 (first to Arizona after which) to Oxnard, the place his father labored on a farm. Salud ultimately grew to become a U.S. citizen, served within the army, and was elected to public workplace. Whereas Salud’s success story is admirable, it’s not the explanation many argue for unlawful immigration.”
His workplace particularly challenged the declare that he entered the U.S. illegally, calling it “patently and provably false.” In response, we invited Mr. Carbajal’s workplace to supply proof of his authorized entry, given their assertion that such proof exists and given his in depth public dialogue of his immigration story all through his campaigns. The response? “We now have nothing extra to debate.”
If Mr. Carbajal has publicly shared his immigration story for years, why is he now refusing to debate it?
To be clear, we don’t query Mr. Carbajal’s present U.S. citizenship and sincerely hope that he and his household entered the nation legally in 1970. Nevertheless, as an elected official advocating for immigration reform, transparency about his personal immigration historical past is each related and vital.
This response raised vital questions and issues:
- Mr. Carbajal claims his authorized entry is provable but refuses to supply documentation.
- He shared on X, previously Twitter, a Mexican authorities photograph stating, “This was the image on my inexperienced card once I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1970 at age 5.”
This was the image on my inexperienced card once I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1970 at age 5.
When my household arrived in the US, we weren’t separated or dehumanized—we have been welcomed and hopeful of constructing a greater life. #ImmigrantHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/NNbKjEJzdF
— Rep. Salud Carbajal (@RepCarbajal) June 19, 2019
- The Bracero Program, which allegedly allowed his whole household to immigrate legally, led to December 1964—one month after his beginning and 6 years earlier than his reported arrival in 1970.
- Whereas Mr. Carbajal has incessantly said that his father was a farmworker, his official biography signifies his father labored in an Arizona mine when his household got here to the U.S.
- The Bracero Program was restricted to short-term staff in agriculture and railroads because of WWII labor shortages—the mining trade was not a part of this system.
- This system granted visas solely to particular person male laborers, not their households. If his father was a Bracero, how did your complete household enter legally?
- Mr. Carbajal has said that his household “was not separated” once they got here to the U.S. if he was the “final of his seven siblings to come back to the U.S” how can each statements be true?
- He was born in Moroleón, Mexico—1,000 miles from the U.S. border. If his household traveled that distance, who facilitated their journey? If he arrived later, how did a younger little one journey that far alone?
- He has said a number of occasions that he was 5 years outdated when he immigrated, but he has additionally stated he got here to the U.S. in 1970, which might have made him six years outdated.
Additional Questions
- How did Mr. Carbajal show his authorized everlasting residency when becoming a member of the army? Whereas citizenship shouldn’t be required for enlistment, a inexperienced card is. Did he current one? He didn’t turn out to be a citizen till 1990.
- He utilized for U.S. naturalization in 1985 at age 21, after attending UCSB. How did he show his authorized everlasting residence at the moment?
- What prompted him to hunt citizenship after residing within the U.S. for round 15 years?
- What function did the united states group El Congreso, related to MEChA and the Aztlán motion, play in his utility to citizenship?
- Did he have to indicate proof of citizenship when working for public workplace, or was it merely a checkbox on a kind?
It seems that US Rep. Carbajal was within the US for greater than a decade illegally and by some means was in a position to receive his citizenship. How was he legally ready to do that?
