Overview
- The department’s thread identified immigrant guests and labeled Marcelo Gomes da Silva “an illegal alien who has no right to be in our nation.”
- After the post, chief of staff Neesha Suarez escorted Gomes from the House gallery during President Trump’s address, citing the heavy law enforcement presence.
- ICE detained Gomes in June 2025 in Milford, Massachusetts, held him about a week in Burlington, Vermont, and he later applied for asylum.
- ICE has said agents were seeking his father and described a history of dangerous speeding, a characterization contradicted by local reporting that found a single 2023 stop-sign violation.
- Moulton met with Gomes after the speech and urged him to keep fighting, as the case continues to draw scrutiny of enforcement tactics and public messaging.