The father of a 7-year-old girl left permanently disabled after an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler slammed into the vehicle she was traveling in tore into Democratic lawmakers during a fiery Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, rejecting their expressions of sympathy and accusing them of failing families like his."I reject your guys’ sympathy," Marcus Coleman, whose daughter Dalilah suffered a fractured skull, broken femur and traumatic brain injury in the 2024 California crash, told lawmakers during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary policies across the United States.Coleman said Democratic lawmakers had "never reached out to me" after his now-7-year-old daughter’s catastrophic injuries.GRIEVING MOTHERS SCORCH DEM LAWMAKER AFTER HE PIVOTS DURING HEARING TO ATTACK 'MAGA REPUBLICANS'Marcus Coleman holds his daughter Dalilah Coleman as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress on Feb.24.
Coleman criticized Rep.Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and other lawmakers who oppose efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)"Not one of you guys have ever sat there and seen me in the hallways and said, ‘Hey, sorry about your daughter.’ You guys do it right here where you guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox," Coleman said."This is when you guys care.
Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care."Coleman said his daughter "doesn’t deserve" what happened to her.Dalilah Coleman was seriously injured in a crash allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant.(DHS)"She didn't ask for any of this," the father said.
"The people that jumped the fence did though, they knew exactly what they were doing.They still chose to move forward in that direction.
And every day something's happening to somebody and it is your guys' fault.I hold each and every one of you responsible for it and I always will."Dalilah was cri...