Mother of Murdered College Student Demands Lawmakers Explain Why Illegal Immigrants Matter More Than Her Daughter

What was said

"I need you to understand that if you ever want to talk about it, I'm here. I'm gonna bench. I'm gonna buy up put that on the record. I'm gonna by Congress. The bench. And they can come and sit and hold my hand and look me in the eye and explain to me why illegal immigrants are more important than my daughter."

Jessica Gorman, mother of slain Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, delivered emotionally charged testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, challenging lawmakers to justify sanctuary city policies she blames for her daughter's death. Sheridan was shot and killed in March by Jose Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan migrant who was in the U.S. illegally and had been released after a shoplifting arrest. Gorman confronted Democratic members specifically, saying "there's no but" when discussing her daughter's death and questioning why only Republicans seemed to care about American children.