Democrat Rep Pramila Jayapal Wants Reparations For Illegal Immigrants

Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal said in a video posted to social media Friday that illegal immigrants should receive “reparations” for the “trauma” inflicted by the Trump administration.

During remarks on the House floor Friday, Jayapal hinted that a future Democratic administration should pursue criminal charges for those involved in the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The left-wing lawmaker made her comments during a hearing she hosted titled, “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Attack on Our Children.”

“We need real accountability because at the end of the day, the people that have been inflicting this harm need to be prosecuted,” Jayapal said at the hearing. “They need to be brought before us and they need to be held account for the trauma that they have created and we are going to have to have some form of reparation.”

Democrats have vehemently opposed President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat illegal immigration, particularly his administration’s mobilization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Lawmakers in the party are demanding new restrictions on immigration enforcement after federal agents were involved in two fatalshootings during January clashes with anti-ICE demonstrators. The clashes came after Trump ordered the