[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CHILDREN ARE NOT POLITICAL PAWNS

  (Ms. STANSBURY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, what country is this?
  Children are not political pawns or political props. Tonight, 5-year-
old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back in their home in 
Minnesota after being abducted and taken to detention in Texas, but 
this never should have happened.
  A 5-year-old taken from his home and detained in violation of his 
basic human and constitutional rights is part of an ill-conceived and 
incompetently implemented policy of daily deportation quotas that is 
not just incompetent but inhumane.
  This year, 3,800 children have been abducted across the country and 
detained. It is shameful and an embarrassment to our country. That is 
why we must act. It is why I will vote ``no'' and not give a single 
other penny to DHS. It is why we must impeach Kristi Noem. It is time 
to act. We will not be complicit.

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