This week, Patricia Fox stood before the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee and told lawmakers what sanctuary policies actually cost a family."My daughter, Carissa, was hit on March 28, 2025 by an illegal alien," she testified."She was launched head first into a concrete barrier.
The driver and passengers of the vehicle fled.Never checking to see if my daughter was alive." She continued: "Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived.
Praise God.But survived and recovered are not the same."Sanctuary city and sanctuary state policies have been championed from coast to coast as the most compassionate, resolute action a city or state can take.
But, no one has really asked what they cost the citizens who actually live there.Patricia Fox paid the ultimate price for sanctuary policies in Colorado.GRIEVING MOTHERS SCORCH DEM LAWMAKER AFTER HE PIVOTS DURING HEARING TO ATTACK 'MAGA REPUBLICANS'Carissa Aspnes was 22 years old and celebrating a new start.
She had just returned home to Aurora, Colorado, from Chicago to launch a career as an esthetician, and on March 28, 2025, she climbed onto the back of a motorcycle to mark her birthday.Minutes later, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Valeria De Los Angeles Bermudez Marcano, ran a stop sign, crossed three lanes of traffic, and slammed into the motorcycle.
She and her passengers fled the scene, leaving Carissa unconscious on the road without checking whether she was alive.Carissa survived.However, eighteen months later her mother is still living what survival actually looks like.
Carissa underwent emergency surgery to remove part of her skull and relieve brain swelling.She is now minimally conscious, nonverbal, wheelchair-bound, and fed through a G-tube.
"Every morning, I use a Hoyer lift to raise my adult daughter out of bed because she can’t sit up, stand or get herself up," Patricia testified.EXCLUSIVE: DHS HONORS ANGEL FAMILIES DURING NATIONAL CRIME VICT...