Rep. Tim Ryan Timothy (Tim) RyanMourners gather outside Supreme Court after passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lincoln Project hits Trump for criticizing Goodyear, 'an American company' Biden defends Goodyear after Trump urges boycott MORE (D-Ohio) is leaving his guest seat vacant at President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE’s State of the Union to honor immigrants who he says have been “wrongfully targeted for deportation.”

In a press release, Ryan said that he is leaving the seat empty “because of the President’s own actions” to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigration arrests and deportations during his presidency.

Ryan specifically points to the case of Amer Othman Adi, a Palestinian man who was deported after living for nearly 40 years in the U.S., despite a request from the House Judiciary Committee to have his case reviewed, allowing him to stay temporarily in the country.

“[Othman Adi] no longer resides in the country he’s called home for 39 years because the Trump Administration decided to target upstanding individuals – Americans in every sense of the word – instead of violent criminals who actually pose a threat,” Ryan said in the release.

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“I’m sad that America, and the Office of the President, has become a place where the politics of fear outweigh doing what is right,” he continued. “Amer deserves to be at the State of the Union this evening, representing himself and so many others like him, to show President Trump and Congressional Republicans that the United States is his home. Instead, his seat remains empty.”

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting the State of the Union in protest of Trump, many citing his comments about women, minorities and foreign nations.

Several others are bringing “Dreamers,” young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who are protected by the Obama-era program that Trump rescinded, as their guests to the address.

Conservative Rep. Paul Gosar Paul Anthony GosarPelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership LWCF modernization: Restoring the promise Trump tweets his people have all left Drudge MORE (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday called for Capitol Police to arrest such immigrants in attendance.