There are some stories out there to write about where little input from the writer is needed for the point to be made, because the subjects of the stories tell it so much better themselves. This is one of those stories. The only thing I’m going to do is set the stage.
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing, where the subject to be discussed was “The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies: Stories from Victims and Families.”
There were four witnesses. The Democrat witness was attorney Antonio Romanucci, whose law firm, Romanucci & Blandin LLC, is representing the family of Renee Good. After expressing condolences to the other witnesses, Romanucci described Ms. Good as someone whose death was “collateral damage” from ICE “rounding up black and brown people [and] terrorizing them.”
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The other three witnesses were Angel Moms who had children who were victimized by criminal illegal immigrants as a result of sanctuary city policies. Laura Wilkerson’s son, Joshua, was murdered by an illegal immigrant. Jen Heiling lost her son, Brady, in a car accident that also claimed the life of his girlfriend, Hallie Helgeson. Mrs. Heiling said they were killed by an intoxicated illegal immigrant who was a repeat traffic offender.
Patricia Fox is the mother of Carissa Aspnes, who was riding on the back of a friend’s motorcycle when a car driven by an illegal immigrant crossed over several lanes of Denver traffic, causing the motorcycle to hit it and causing Carissa to be thrown into a concrete barrier. Fortunately, Carissa survived but is now “minimally conscious, nonverbal,” and has to be fed through a feeding tube. She requires 24-7 care.
Gallingly, Democrat Rep. Hank “Guam” Johnson (GA-04) characterized the hearing as a theatrical production whose sole purpose was to stir up “bias and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color,” and even suggested it should be about other topics. He also complained about the seating order for the witnesses:
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.
“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.
Not surprisingly, it did not go well for Johnson, with GOP Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26) being the first to go off:
“That was one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard.”
Rep. Brandon Gill torched Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson for appearing to downplay the tragedies of grieving families during a “Sanctuary Policies” hearing.
“What the hell is wrong with you guys? The reason they’re here is because of open borders that you guys perpetrated for four years.”
Watch:
“That was one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard.”
Rep. Brandon Gill torched Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson for appearing to downplay the tragedies of grieving families during a “Sanctuary Policies” hearing.
“What the hell is wrong with you guys? The reason… pic.twitter.com/PPyawtJryF
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 18, 2026
But it was the Angel Moms who delivered the most powerful response to Johnson:
“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.”
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“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.”
Ms. Fox pointed out to Johnson that she is, in fact, a woman of color who “woke up brown every day” but correctly pointed out that the hearing had nothing to do with race. After also going off on Johnson about trying to change the topic of the hearing, Fox invited the Democrats on the committee to come help feed her daughter and get her out of bed, and then try to lecture her on what they should be talking about.
Mrs. Wilkerson added that no one should get “sanctuary” from the law, including illegal immigrants, and said it was astonishing they even had to be there “begging you to obey the laws that y’all made.”
The Angel Moms start talking at around the 7:45 mark in the video below. Watch:
Listen to this moron. This is the guy who thought Guam would capsize. If you or I went through each mass school shooting by T people, the Aglo would block us.
This was one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard from Hank coming in here and lecturing angel families… pic.twitter.com/6rbBGGTDXY
— JNovy (@JNovy_) April 17, 2026
The opening statements of the Angel Moms, which I linked above, are also powerful, and I encourage everyone to read them.
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