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Bereaved family members urge enforcement of immigration laws, blame sanctuary policies
Summary
At a hearing, bereaved family members said sanctuary-city practices have allowed people who came illegally to remain and urged officials to enforce existing laws; a witness named Miss Wilkerson said Houston operated under a "spoken" sanctuary policy. The chair later recognized ranking member Jasmine Crockett.
At a hearing, grieving family members — identified in the session as "angel families" — urged committee members to focus on the deaths of four children and pressed for enforcement of immigration laws. One witness said, "I still wait for my children to come home," describing ongoing uncertainty about evidence and family belongings.
Miss Wilkerson, who was addressed by name during the exchange, said the discussion should center on American citizens who lost family members. She told the panel that "it was a spoken policy of Houston to be a sanctuary" and argued that sanctuary policies have created "a haven for people that came to this country illegally." She and other witnesses urged authorities to enforce existing laws and criticized what they called a lack of official statistics on related incidents. The chair later intervened to restore order and recognized ranking member Jasmine Crockett to continue the hearing.
