How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.

Here’s an account from local journalist David McKay Wilson who was present at the Mike Lawler town hall this evening, identifying the ejected constituent as U.S. Navy veteran Roberto Garachana.