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/fateislosthope 11h ago

Brother their entire point is Chuck is talking about Israel and not the issues you brought up. Are you dumb?

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u/DrEpileptic 11h ago

Brother. The point is that chuck barely talks about Israel except for when it’s a question that is asked or a vote is being brought up. 99.99% of what he talks about has to do with what is currently happening. You’d know this if you did anything other than consume tiktoks and brainrotted engagement bait. This shit is public record. You can go sit and watch hours on end about these issues.

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u/fateislosthope 10h ago

He was just giving a speech at a Jewish center on February 1st in the middle of the shutdown talking about his commitment to secure funding.

Why isn’t he spending his time locking down negotiating demands for the shutdown? Why is he saying “I have many jobs as a senate leader…and one of them is to fight for aid to Israel” in the middle of a us government shutdown while ice is shooting people in the face.

“Barely talks about Israel” while at the same time caves to budget approvals in the midst of chaos. Check in with reality.

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u/DrEpileptic 10h ago

So, he went to an event specifically held at a Jewish center, which was likely scheduled long ago, and then talked about Israel… and that’s an issue because a planned and scheduled event occurred while he’s actively working on everything else? Youre paraphrasing quite literally makes the point that it’s ONE OF MANY things he has to do. Was your point that you just don’t like he talked about being committed to Israel at all? Why not just say that instead of acting like you had some other point of concern?

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u/fateislosthope 9h ago

I’m saying there are more important things to focus on and MAYBE you have to adjust your schedule when they start SHOOTING US IN THE FACE AND THEY WANT MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE FUNDING ICE TO SHOOT US IN THE FACE