[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H147-H148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING RENEE NICOLE GOOD

  (Ms. Ansari of Arizona was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. ANSARI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with outrage and with grief.
  Yesterday, not even a full week into the new year, ICE murdered a 
U.S. citizen, Renee Nicole Good, after shooting her multiple times as 
she was seemingly attempting to drive away, blocking her from medical 
care, and letting her die, while a doctor stood by offering to help.
  The video of this tragedy is damning. I encourage every American to 
watch it and make their own judgment.
  A woman is dead. A child has been left without a parent. A community 
is shattered. The American people are left, once again, demanding 
answers from an agency that has shown time and time again that it 
operates without accountability.

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  Mr. Speaker, what happened to Renee Good in Minneapolis demands a 
full, independent, and immediate investigation.
  I represent Arizona's Third Congressional District, a diverse and 
rich community of immigrants. For over a year now, ICE has been 
terrorizing my constituents. No agency is above the law. Yet ICE is now 
the most well-funded law enforcement agency in the United States, 
receiving more funding than most militaries around the world, while 
operating with virtually no meaningful checks and balances.
  In the immediate aftermath of Renee Good's death, the Trump 
administration did what it does best. It lied. Kristi Noem and Stephen 
Miller rushed to smear a dead woman as a ``domestic terrorist,'' while 
Donald Trump took to Truth Social to gaslight the American people, 
asking them to deny their own eyes and accept his version of events 
instead.
  This is what authoritarianism looks like. This is what happens when 
the leader of a nation turns a Federal agency into his personal 
paramilitary force against the civilian population of the United 
States.
  Donald Trump has weaponized ICE, not to keep communities safe but to 
terrorize them. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called for ICE to 
vacate his city, and I echo that call. People in our communities don't 
feel safe because they are not safe.
  In my district on Christmas Eve, a woman named Flor, a DACA 
recipient, was detained while Christmas shopping. Why is ICE spending 
resources to detain a DACA recipient on Christmas Eve? They claim they 
are going after ``real criminals.'' That, too, is a lie.
  Just days ago, ICE detained two day laborers outside a Home Depot in 
Phoenix, briefly detaining a U.S. citizen in the process. These people 
are not criminals. This isn't law enforcement. This is a Federal agency 
operating outside of its mandate, using fear as a tactic to spread fear 
and chaos in our neighborhoods.
  It is no coincidence because Stephen Miller is rapidly hiring tens of 
thousands of new ICE agents. Many are poorly trained. Many have 
troubling backgrounds. This is all to meet this reckless mass 
deportation agenda that he has set out.
  We have been sounding the alarm for well over a year, and now the 
worst has happened. An American woman has died. That is why I am 
introducing legislation to rein in ICE, demand transparency, and stop 
the unchecked funding that enables these abuses.
  I am also joining as an original cosponsor in an effort led by my 
colleague Congresswoman Robin Kelly to introduce Articles of 
Impeachment against Kristi Noem, the Secretary of

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the Department of Homeland Security. I urge my colleagues, Democrat and 
Republican alike, to join us.
  A woman has been murdered. Silence is no longer neutrality. It is 
complicity. We must rein in ICE. We must demand accountability. We must 
protect our communities from this abuse of power.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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