Witness Says DHS/ICE Agents Pulled Her From Car, Denied Rights; Committee Member Calls for Prosecution
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At a congressional hearing, a witness identified as Ms. Rahman testified that DHS/ICE agents violently removed her from her car, denied her legal rights and medical care, and taunted her disability; an unnamed committee member urged accountability and prosecution of agents.
An unidentified committee member at a congressional hearing said the testimony delivered by a witness identified as Ms. Rahman describes "horrors" that officials must investigate and prosecute, and urged accountability for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents.
The unnamed committee member thanked witnesses and the hearing hosts, naming "Garcia and Senator Blumenthal," and said the accounts show ICE "is not law enforcement" but "literally Trump's personal paramilitary force turned against civilians, no different than many authoritarian regimes around the world." The member added that agents who "are acting violently and lawlessly must be prosecuted and held accountable for their crimes."
Ms. Rahman testified that DHS agents violently pulled her from her car while she was driving to a doctor's appointment. "I was not informed of my rights," she said, and she told the panel she repeatedly asked to speak with a lawyer but was told that would happen later and was never taken to an interrogation room "because there were too many, quote, bodies occupying those rooms." She said she "blacked out" before she could make phone contact with anyone.
On medical care and disability accommodations, Ms. Rahman said staff denied or delayed care and that a wheelchair, when provided, was used as an object of taunting. "It doesn't seem like they know what [dignity] is," she told the panel, adding that agents suggested she "wouldn't be a problem if you were 'normal,'" which she interpreted as indicating a narrow view of who is allowed to live freely in the United States.
Asked whether she feared for her life, Ms. Rahman said, "100% because I read books." The panelist closed the exchange by thanking her for her testimony and yielding back.
The transcript does not identify the committee by official name or provide a date for the hearing; it records no formal vote or immediate policy action resulting from the testimony. The witness's allegations, and the committee member's call for prosecution, constitute requests for further investigation and potential legal or disciplinary action rather than recorded findings in the hearing record.