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Grieving mothers scorch Dem lawmaker after he pivots during hearing to attack ‘MAGA Republicans’
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A congressional hearing featuring the victims of crimes tied to illegal immigration erupted into a tense confrontation Thursday.
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., drew fierce backlash from grieving mothers and Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, for appearing to dismiss their tragedies while pivoting to attacks on «MAGA Republicans.»
The fiery exchange happened during a hearing focused on «The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies,» during which Johnson claimed the victims’ families’ comments were a «Steve Miller-approved» stunt with the sole purpose of «stir[ring] up passion and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color.»
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After offering brief condolences to the families of victims allegedly killed and critically injured by illegal immigrants, Johnson immediately pivoted to a partisan attack, arguing the committee should instead be holding hearings on the «human toll» of the «Trump MAGA tax cuts,» Trump’s foreign policy with Iran or the «cover up of the Epstein files.»
He went on to list a string of violent crimes committed by White men and noted the death of Renee Good, who was killed by federal authorities in January while protesting immigration enforcement.
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., claimed during a congressional hearing Thursday that the victims’ families’ comments were a «Steve Miller-approved» stunt with the sole purpose of «stir[ring] up passion and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color.» (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
«I’m not minimizing the tragedy that is before us today with you three women, but the other tragedies at the hands of non-immigrants are just as important,» Johnson said.
He also accused the Republican majority of strategically «sandwich[ing]» a Democrat witness between the victims’ families for «dramatic effect.»
Gill fired back, calling Johnson’s tirade «one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard» and blaming Democrat lawmakers for the tragedies during four years of open borders under the Biden administration.
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, called Johnson’s tirade «one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard.» (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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However, the most stinging reply to Johnson’s comments came from Jen Heiling, the mother of victim Brady Heiling, 18, who was killed along with his girlfriend, Hallie Helgeson, 18, in 2025, when an illegal immigrant from Honduras was allegedly driving the wrong way on I-90 while intoxicated, crashing into the teens’ car.
«You can put me in whatever order, in whatever seat. My tragedy is never going to be OK,» Heiling told Johnson. «Today’s our day. Hear us. Leave your butts in your seat. I don’t want to hear your butts.»
A woman holds up a sign that says «Sanctuary policy set my daughter’s perpetrator free, explain that» during a House Judiciary Committee hearing March 4 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
She described how her 11-year-old and 16-year-old children are still waiting for the teens to come home, noting that her garage stall remains empty because her son’s car is still being held as police evidence.
«We can’t pick a headstone because that makes it too real. But you can sit here and tell us about what kind of hearing this should be,» Heiling said. «Renee Good is not the same as angel families. She made a choice. … Brady and Hallie didn’t get a choice. … They were living [by] American laws … and they were stolen by somebody who doesn’t care.»
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Patricia Fox, mother of Carissa Aspnes, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant, followed Heiling’s remarks by shooting back at Johnson’s comments about race, noting, «I don’t know if anybody has noticed, but I am not White. I wake up Brown every day.»
«I’m not sure what race has to do with any of this,» Fox said. «There’s four kids that we talked about today, and y’all can’t seem to stay on topic for what — an hour of your time.
«Today, we’re talking about sanctuary policies and how they have wrecked our families. Y’all come and y’all feed Carissa. You get her up from her bed using a crane, and then you tell me and lecture me what this hearing should be about.»
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Honduras condena ataques contra Kuwait y Bahréin y pide evitar una mayor escalada en Oriente Medio
El Gobierno de Honduras condenó los ataques atribuidos a la República Islámica de Irán contra el Estado de Kuwait y el Reino de Bahréin. A través de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores y Cooperación Internacional, expresó su solidaridad con ambos países, sus condolencias a las familias de las víctimas y su preocupación por las consecuencias humanas y materiales.
La administración hondureña difundió su posición oficial en medio de llamados de distintos gobiernos a la moderación ante el riesgo de una escalada en Oriente Medio.
“La República de Honduras expresa su firme condena a los ataques atribuidos a la República Islámica de Irán contra el Estado de Kuwait y el Reino de Bahréin, que han puesto en riesgo la vida y la seguridad de la población civil de ambos países”, señaló el Gobierno en su posicionamiento oficial.
Además de condenar los ataques, el Gobierno hondureño reiteró principios de su política exterior vinculados con el respeto a la soberanía de los Estados, la integridad territorial y la solución pacífica de las controversias.
Las autoridades señalaron que la enfrenta el desafío de evitar una nueva escalada de violencia en una región que durante décadas ha sido escenario de conflictos políticos, militares y religiosos con repercusiones globales.
Para Honduras, la preservación de la paz y la estabilidad internacional requiere el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos diplomáticos y del diálogo entre las partes involucradas.
En ese sentido, el comunicado oficial hizo un llamado urgente a la contención e instó a todos los actores a actuar con prudencia para evitar decisiones que puedan incrementar las hostilidades o ampliar el alcance del conflicto.
Los hechos ocurridos en Kuwait y Bahréin generaron preocupación entre gobiernos, organismos multilaterales y analistas internacionales por el delicado equilibrio político existente en Oriente Medio.
La región concentra intereses estratégicos vinculados con el comercio mundial, las rutas energéticas y la seguridad internacional, por lo que cualquier episodio de confrontación suele ser seguido con atención por la comunidad global.
Aunque Honduras se encuentra geográficamente distante del escenario del conflicto, la Cancillería considera que la paz y la seguridad internacionales son responsabilidades compartidas y que hechos de esta naturaleza requieren una respuesta firme en defensa de los principios establecidos por el derecho internacional.
Uno de los puntos del pronunciamiento hondureño fue la reafirmación de su compromiso con los principios consagrados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.
El Gobierno recordó que la convivencia pacífica entre las naciones debe sustentarse en el respeto mutuo, la cooperación internacional y la búsqueda de soluciones negociadas ante cualquier controversia.
También reiteró que el uso de la fuerza y las acciones que ponen en peligro a la población civil deben evitarse mediante el fortalecimiento de los canales diplomáticos y el cumplimiento de los compromisos internacionales asumidos por los Estados.
El mensaje de Honduras incluyó una expresión de solidaridad hacia Kuwait y Bahréin, cuyos gobiernos atraviesan momentos de incertidumbre tras los recientes acontecimientos.
Las autoridades hondureñas señalaron que comparten el dolor de las familias afectadas por la violencia y reiteraron su respaldo a las acciones encaminadas a proteger a la población civil y restablecer las condiciones de seguridad.
El pronunciamiento también reflejó la preocupación por las consecuencias humanitarias que suelen derivarse de los conflictos armados, especialmente cuando impactan zonas urbanas o infraestructura esencial para el funcionamiento de los servicios públicos.
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Senate scraps border and ICE funding vote
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the pushback against President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ on ‘The Bottom Line.’
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President Donald Trump’s nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package has entered uncertain waters as the Senate embarks on a marathon of votes that could blow up the legislation.
At the heart of the issue is the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) now-defunct nearly $2 billion «anti-weaponization» fund. It’s another rare instance where both sides of the aisle are frustrated with the administration, and it could spell doom for the broader bill.
That’s because Democrats and Republicans are lining up amendments to ensure the fund is dead, to varying degrees.
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President Donald Trump listens to members of his Cabinet during a meeting in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Senate Republican leadership is hopeful that they can prevent those amendments from surviving during the newly launched «vote-a-rama,» but success isn’t guaranteed. One positive for the GOP is that every Republican voted for the package in its first procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon.
«I feel good going into it,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said. «But, you know, you got a lot of conversations with our members [who] understand what’s at stake, how critical it is that we defeat amendments that would be corrosive to the bill or undermine in any way its privilege.»
One issue is that should an amendment targeting the fund pass, it could remove the reconciliation package’s ability to advance with just a simple majority of votes. That would effectively give Democrats a win in killing the package outright.
Whether the amendments will be considered under a simple majority or 60-vote threshold could change the landscape and will ultimately be up to the Senate rules referee to determine whether they comply with the Byrd rule, which undergirds the reconciliation process.
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Republicans believed that those add-ons would hit that 60-vote mark, giving them a little bit of breathing room.
«I mean, you never know with 100% accuracy,» Thune said. «There are a lot of creative ways of drafting amendments, but we feel pretty confident that most of those would be at 60.»
The fund, announced last month as part of a settlement between the Trump family and the Internal Revenue Service, received strong pushback from Republicans who feared that without proper guardrails, people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill could access the taxpayer funds.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., whose main job is to wrangle and twist the arms of wary Republicans to vote for the package, put the primary blame on Senate Democrats as fractures in the GOP simmered.
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«The Democrats continue to talk about everything they want to talk about, except actually securing the border and protecting the American people,» Barrasso said. «They’re gonna come with all sorts of things, all in an effort to delay our efforts to support the American people and keep them safe and secure.»
But there are Republicans who will have their own anti-weaponization fund amendments. So far, Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., two lawmakers who are increasingly prone to break with Trump, have teed up add-ons to address the fund.
There is the option to deal with the fund outside of reconciliation, too.
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Cassidy, who Trump successfully just ousted from office, didn’t say which route he would prefer, but wanted «something which just makes it sure that somebody doesn’t change their mind in the White House, it doesn’t come back.»
Tillis contended that there were enough Republicans with concerns over the fund that something needed to be done, but wanted it to be a GOP-led initiative. He’s not picky about whether his amendment gets a shot either.
«I don’t care about my own personal amendment,» Tillis said. «There’s a few out there, as long as one touching on the issue gets there. I’m not gonna slow leadership down. I wouldn’t do anything to make it as corrosive to the underlying bill so that it loses privilege. But we gotta do this.»
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