Fox News host Jesse Watters has been raked over the coals after ranting about gay Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA) immigrating to America from Peru at the age of five.

“You know where Congressman Garcia was born? Peru,” Watters said, explaining that “Mommy brought him over here when he was five,” as if that was something to be embarrassed about.

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“He was illegal for a few years, and then someone gave him a green card,” Watters went on, referring to the fact that Garcia grew up undocumented after the family overstayed their visitors’ visas. “Garcia marries a guy and somehow gets elected to represent Long Beach, California. His district is two-thirds Hispanic and crawling with illegals. He’s the first openly gay immigrant congressman. You see what’s going on here?”

Garcia came to the U.S. from Peru with his family when he was five-years-old and has said that naturalization was “his proudest moment” and the reason he started a career in politics. His parents died in 2020 of COVID-19.

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On social media, folks eviscerated Watters for thinking he somehow owned Garcia with the insults.

“See what’s going on here?”

I see someone living the American dream. https://t.co/m5AfBNusAj

— jordan (@JordanUhl) February 4, 2026