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MichMan

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Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:50 PM 4 hrs ago

House Dem Calls For Reparations For Children And Families 'Traumatized' By ICE

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Friday called for federal reparations for the children and families who have been “traumatized” by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers amid the chaotic and lethal enforcement of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

Jayapal made her case during a congressional hearing called “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Attack on Children,” which focused on his nationwide ICE deployments and the need for “defensive reform” to prevent federal agents from continuing to inflict emotional damage.

“And then we also need offensive actions around prosecutions,” the Washington Democrat added Friday. “We need real accountability, because at the end of the day, the people that have been inflicting this harm need to be prosecuted.”

She continued, “They need to be brought before us and they need to be held [to] account for the trauma that they have created, and we are going to have to have some form of reparation for the kids and the families that have been traumatized through all of this.”


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pramila-jayapal-for-reparations-children-families-traumatized-by-ice_n_69c7ff5ce4b06be0a3087275
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