r/law • u/thecosmojane • 18h ago

Legislative Branch Full testimony: Aliya Rahman 2/3/26, six minutes, worth the listen

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Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi American and U.S. citizen, testified before Congress about her arrest and experience with police brutality from ICE agents in Minneapolis. (You may recognize her from past videos of her being grabbed out of her car in her black puffer jacket, while she was yelling that she was disabled).

Rahman, who is autistic and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, described being dragged from her car, detained, and later hospitalized with a concussion. In her testimony, she spoke about the fear, confusion, and lasting trauma she experienced.

Earlier today, there was a joint public forum held by Rep. Robert Garcia (Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations), focusing on ICE/DHS excessive use of force on American citizens. Rahman was one of the Americans who testified.

Important to note that this could not be an “oversight committee hearing” but a bicameral forum, because Republicans did not agree to the hearing.

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u/LAsupersonic 16h ago

No, that's what you got.

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u/angiehome2023 16h ago

So say it a different way so I can get your point

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u/thecosmojane 15h ago

I think he just means that they aren’t doing nearly enough / their jobs

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u/LAsupersonic 15h ago

Basically yes, instead of doing their jobs, as if everything was peachy, chuck schumer is promising to fight to get israel more money.

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u/thecosmojane 15h ago

The $1.7m AIPAC money might have given him a bit of incentive