California Representatives Protest Reported Deportation Voyage Plans
California Democratic Representatives John Garamendi and Salud Carbajal are protesting reported Trump administration plans to utilize ships, including a maritime training vessel from Mare Island, for immigrant deportation voyages, deeming the proposal inhumane and unsafe.
San Francisco Oakland San Jose, CA, October 28, 2026 —
California Democratic Representatives John Garamendi and Salud Carbajal are protesting reported Trump administration plans to use ships for immigrant deportation voyages. The ships under consideration reportedly include a maritime training vessel from Mare Island.
The representatives have described the proposal as inhumane and unsafe. The information provided does not include their full statements or additional details about the concerns behind those descriptions.
The plans are reported, but the available information does not say whether the administration has formally adopted them or whether any voyages have been scheduled or carried out. It also does not identify the other ships that might be used, the vessel’s operator, the number of people who could be transported, or any proposed routes or timeline.
Further details about the proposal, including its status and operational arrangements, were not provided. The available information also does not specify which agency would oversee the voyages or whether the maritime training vessel has been assigned a role. Without those details, the scope of the reported plans remains unclear.
Garamendi and Carbajal’s opposition is the reported response from lawmakers in the information available. No statements from the Trump administration or other officials were included, and no information was provided about any subsequent action.
Story summarized from the original created by Bryan Vo on ww2.kqed.org, see more information here.
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