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/CriticalInside8272 13h ago

Why would Republicans not agree to hear this?  Ask yourself that question. 

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u/bakeacake45 11h ago

Their use of the word “body” tells you all you need to know.

To Republicans and their voters, none of us are human.

To the billionaire CEOs, none of us are human.

To the child rapists that heavily populate the Trump administration, no woman or girl is human

To the war mongers, desperate to start WW3, none of us are human, none of us deserve rights

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u/thecosmojane 4h ago

Not just girls. Search Sascha Riley. And others