In remarks on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) called out the Trump Administration's recent deportations.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00For purposes, the gentlewoman from Florida seek recognition.
00:05Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.
00:09Mr. Speaker, this administration's deportation process has been sloppy and reckless since day one.
00:15No due process and no transparency.
00:18Just families being illegally ripped apart and left to fend for themselves.
00:22In severe instances, innocent people have actually died, like Marie Blaise.
00:27She was a 44-year-old Haitian woman who was in ICE custody in Pompano.
00:33Marie had been complaining about chest pain for hours.
00:36They gave her some pills and told her to go lie down.
00:39Unfortunately, Marie never woke up.
00:42Her loved ones deserve answers.
00:44They deserve accountability, like so many immigrant families who have their loved ones missing and who are hurt.
00:51These conditions at the ICE facilities are inhumane and unsanitary.
00:55Immigrants are being treated without basic dignity and being denied medical care.
01:01I'm calling for a full, transparent investigation into Marie's death.
01:06And I will be visiting the Broward Transitional Center very shortly.
01:10It is this neglect and cruelty that is really hurting our American families who are being even deported at this moment.
01:18We must have transparency.
01:19We must have justice.
01:21I yield back.
01:22I yield back.
01:22I yield back.
01:22I yield back.
01:22I yield back.
01:22I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:23I yield back.
01:24I yield back.
01:24I yield back.
01:24I yield back.
01:25I yield back.
01:25I yield back.
01:25I yield back.
01:26I yield back.
01:26I yield back.
01:27I yield back.
01:28I yield back.
01:28I yield back.
01:29I yield back.
01:30I yield back.
01:30I yield back.
01:31I yield back.
01:32I yield back.
01:33I yield back.
01:34I yield back.
01:35I yield back.
01:36I yield back.
01:37I yield back.
01:38I yield back.
01:39I yield back.