Dem Congressman Hardest Hit After Newspaper Digs Into Illegal Immigrant He Brought to the SOTU – RedState
One of the Democrats’ many idiotic tricks during the State of the Union address in late February was to proudly announce that they were inviting illegal immigrants to President Trump’s speech.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested three of them on X shortly before the event began: Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Representative Seth Moulton (MA-06).
Regarding Moulton’s “guest,” DHS wrote that “@RepMoulton plans to bring in illegal alien Marcelo Gomes DaSilva. Gomes DaSilva is an illegal alien who has no right to be in our country. We are committed to upholding the law and fighting for the arrest, detention, and deportation of aliens like him.”
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Gomes da Silva, 19, visited the State of the Union…
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Milford teenager who was arrested by ICE last May, visited the State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Seth Moulton. He left early after a tweet from the Department of Homeland Security singled him out by name. https://t.co/rZ6XZeo3HM pic.twitter.com/B1eZBqDK0y
– The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) February 25, 2026
…but Moulton ended up hiding it in his congressional office after seeing this DHS tweet. Moulton posted this explanation on X at the time:
Marcelo has lived in the United States since he was 6 years old. Zero criminal record.
You’re not making anyone safer by targeting them. You just prove how far you will go to terrorize young people who are trying to build a future in this country. -SWM https://t.co/3QtrBOrgXI
– Press Office of Rep. Seth Moulton (@RepMoulton) February 25, 2026
In an update to this article, the Boston Herald investigated Gomes da Silva, who over the summer of 2025 became an activist and something of a celebrity among Democrats, including Moulton and Gov. Maura Healey, after ICE detained him for several days while they searched for his father (read the background to this story and why Gomes da Silva was released here).
The information found by the Herald, although incomplete, is worrying:
Congressman Seth Moulton’s illegal immigrant guest at the State of the Union address is mentioned in police reports involving sexual assaults and minors, police say.
The Herald submitted a public records request to the Secretary of State’s Office and the Milford Police Department regarding two reports, one from June and one from September 2021, in which Marcelo Gomes da Silva was apparently named as a person of interest.
The Herald requested police report numbered 21-23101 dated 09/15/2021 featuring Marcelo Gomes da Silva and 1-16254 dated 06/30/21 also featuring the 19-year-old.
Milford Deputy Chief John Sanchioni denied both requests, saying the June 2021 police report “involves sexual assault and minors” and the September 2021 report “involves minors.” He did not specify.
“The Herald is appealing both the Milford Juvenile Court and the Milford police’s refusal to release Gomes da Silva’s background on the grounds that Moulton turned the teen’s story into a public debate over ICE enforcement,” the newspaper also notes.
NEW: The Boston Herald reports that illegal immigrant SOTU guest Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) is mentioned in police reports involving sexual assaults and minors. Moulton hid him in his office during the speech and called him “a great American.” https://t.co/k4kMLtcoe9
– Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 5, 2026
As of this writing, Moulton has not publicly commented on the story, which is rather interesting considering he has repeatedly bragged about inviting Gomes da Silva to SOTU and sharing his story.
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