{"id":2655772,"date":"2026-09-08T07:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-reject-your-sympathy-father-of-girl-permanently-disabled-by-illegal-rips-into-democrats-to-their-faces\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:57:41","slug":"i-reject-your-sympathy-father-of-girl-permanently-disabled-by-illegal-rips-into-democrats-to-their-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-reject-your-sympathy-father-of-girl-permanently-disabled-by-illegal-rips-into-democrats-to-their-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Reject Your&#8230; Sympathy&#8217;: Father of Girl Permanently Disabled by Illegal Rips Into Democrats to Their Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-reject-your-sympathy-father-of-girl-permanently-disabled-by-illegal-rips-into-democrats-to-their-faces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article highlights the tragic story of Dalilah Coleman, who at age five dreamed of becoming a gymnast. However, after a serious six-car accident in California in 2024 caused by an illegal immigrant with a wrongly obtained licence, Dalilah sustained severe injuries, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With Home Depot Founders\">traumatic brain injury<\/a>, paralysis, and an inability to speak. Her father, Marcus Coleman, sharply criticized lawmakers during a hearing, blaming sanctuary city policies for his daughter&#8217;s condition and expressing frustration over the lack of support from politicians. He called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-agents-ecstatic-over-trump-win-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Border Patrol ...nts ecstatic over Trump win - Washington Examiner\">stricter immigration law enforcement<\/a>, including a proposed bill, the Dalilah Law, aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining driver\u2019s licenses. Coleman emphasized that his family is composed of legal immigrants and urged for laws that uphold respect and safety, condemning sanctuary policies that he believes jeopardize American lives.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >story underscores ongoing debates<\/a> around immigration, public safety, and the impact of policy decisions on individual families.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-a304a0a4-2 khsiMd\">\n<div class=\"sc-4699d60d-0 sc-ffc65bad-0 kNkoeB cvlSZz\">\n<div class=\"sc-2bdde97f-1 kunWUV\">\n<div class=\"sc-2bdde97f-0 dwlELn\">\n<p>When Dalilah Coleman was five years old, she had dreams of being a gymnast. Now, at age seven, she is permanently disabled \u2014 more familiar with feeding tubes than the low beam.In 2024, Dalilah was the victim of a six-car pileup in Adelanto, California, triggered by an illegal immigrant driving a truck who wrongfully obtained a license. The accident left Dalilah with a traumatic brain injury, the inability to talk, and cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reject your guys\u2019 sympathy,\u201d Dalilah\u2019s father, Marcus Coleman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dad-girl-left-permanently-disabled-crash-illegal-immigrant-rips-dems-reject-sympathy\">told Democratic lawmakers<\/a> during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary cities on Monday. \u201cI hold each and every one of you responsible for it, and I always will,\u201d he said emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman noted that not a single Democrat before him had reached out to him before the hearing to offer their condolences. \u201cYou guys do it right here. You guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox. This is when you guys care. Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care. I\u2019ve never received anything from anybody over here at all regarding my daughter or my family or anything,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at the Heritage Foundation, told The Washington Stand that Coleman was right to address the politicians whose policies caused his family such hardship.\u00a0\u201cVideo of his remarks should play on loop throughout the country until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agents-flood-new-orleans-to-take-down-illegal-immigrant-robbers-and-rapists\/\" title=\"Federal ...nts Flood New Orleans to Take Down ... Robbers and Rapists\">sanctuary policies end<\/a>,\u201d Ries asserted.\u00a0\u201cGod bless Mr. Coleman for so strongly calling out some committee members\u2019 theatrics and fake sympathies straight to their faces. And for not only rejecting their TV expression of sympathy but blaming them for the very sanctuary policies that destroyed his daughter\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February 2026, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Dalilah Law, a bill that would ensure illegal immigrants cannot obtain driver\u2019s licenses. In March, the legislation passed in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and now awaits a full vote on the House floor and in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Coleman pleaded with the members that sanctuary cities are unfair: \u201cIf I moved into your house without your permission, and I started sitting there derailing your guys\u2019 household of taking from your guys\u2019 [money] and your guys\u2019 food \u2026 you guys would have me either kicked out, ask me to move out, or have the police escort me out. It\u2019s the same thing in the United States. These people come here. We did not invite them here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coleman made sure to  in his remarks that his wife and Dalilah\u2019s mother, Ileana, is also an immigrant \u2014 legally. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/coleman-testimony.pdf\">official statement<\/a> for the hearing, Coleman explained, \u201cMy family is made up of immigrants. We are not racist. We are not anti-immigrant. And I will not allow legitimate concerns about illegal immigration and public safety to be dismissed as hatred toward immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about where someone was born. It is not about skin color. It is not about an accent. It is about whether our laws mean something. There are millions of immigrants who came to this country, followed the process, obeyed our laws, worked hard, raised families, and contributed to America,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey deserve our respect. And frankly, refusing to enforce our immigration laws is an insult to every immigrant who sacrificed to follow them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ries underscored that Coleman\u2019s statement comes at a time in history that makes it especially potent. \u201cMr. Coleman\u2019s statement is even more powerful coming on the heels of Angel Mom Jessica Gorman, mother of slain Sheridan Gorman, testifying to the same committee in June when she chided one of the same committee members for complaining that it was the fourth time members had to listen to Angel families testify. For these sanctuary politicians, it is more important to keep deportable aliens in the country for political power than to prevent avoidable death and destruction of American lives. 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