The CA immigration lawyer challenges the Republican Young Kim for 2026.

From Maya K. MillerCalmness

This story was originally published by CalmattersS Register about their ballots.

The 2020 Democrats dreamed of losing the Republican representative. Young kim From their place of Orange County, just to watch their candidates break down with almost two -digit.

But this has not been deterred Lisa Ramirez, an immigration lawyer, most famous for helping to release a detained migrant father of three marine sonsFrom a jump in the competition for 2026

The daughter of Mother Immigrant Ramirez pointed to what she described as the wave of mass detainees, the lack of a proper process and the neglect of President Donald Trump to the court orders and the rule of law as the main reasons for enforcement.

“For me, this race essentially referred to the protection of our constitution, our democracy and, in the end, my community,” Ramirez said in an interview with Calmatters before launching his campaign today.

Kim is one of the four California acting Republicans whose places have been identified non -party political report somewhat competitiveS

While she has never held a public office, Ramirez cited her decades of intercession, legal assistance and professional work as proof that there is a resumption of public service to represent Orange County in Congress. She said it was “without a brain” that it would represent Narciso Baranko, the landscaping of Orange County, whose arrest of immigration and customs application in June became viral after several public organizations and selected employees directed it to their office.

“I’m some kind of bewilderment, if you will,” Ramirez said. “I have worked very hard to create a reputation that when the bets are high and the cases are really challenging, I am a person’s kind.”

Ramirez joins a crowded democratic field, which includes former member of the Council of the University Board of Chino Vali Greene Ganie, a self-financing artist Esther Kim Varet and the latest Kim Joe Kerr competitor, who lost more than 10 percentage points last year.

Kim has proven a great enemy for democratic competitors since the California’s 40th area has been diverted from a liberal fortress to a purple swing seat after the 2020 census with nearly $ 4 million in cash, her opponent will face a difficult battle. And this is before the Redistribution Plan of Governor Gavin Newo, who, if approved by voters in the widely expected special elections on November 4, will attract the 40th area to an even more red place.

But Ramirez says she plans to run, regardless of what the voters decide on the cards.

“My commitment is to flip the seat and contribute to the house,” she said. “I am in it to win this campaign and will take it regardless of the geographical boundaries.”

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