{"id":78724,"date":"2026-09-15T14:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/watch-lifelong-democrat-admits-she-is-ashamed-of-party-after-son-killed-in-illegal-immigrant-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:55:35","slug":"watch-lifelong-democrat-admits-she-is-ashamed-of-party-after-son-killed-in-illegal-immigrant-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/watch-lifelong-democrat-admits-she-is-ashamed-of-party-after-son-killed-in-illegal-immigrant-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: &#8216;Lifelong Democrat&#8217; admits she is \u2018ashamed\u2019 of party after son killed in illegal immigrant crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In testimony before Congress this morning, self-identified &#8220;lifelong Democrat&#8221; Elizabeth Carter admitted that she is &#8220;ashamed&#8221; of her party\u2019s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">immigration issue<\/a> after her son, William Micah Carter, was killed in a car crash involving an illegal immigrant truck driver issued a license by California.<\/p>\n<p>Carter\u2019s son and his newlywed wife, Jennifer Lower, along with their cat &#8220;Bert,&#8221; were killed in a car crash after their vehicle slammed into a jackknifed big rig driven by illegal immigrant Rajinder Kumar in late November. According to Carter, the couple were returning from their wedding reception in her late daughter-in-law\u2019s hometown in Oregon when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sixteen days after they were married, Billy, Jenny and her cat Bert were killed. They lost the Russian roulette game our government is forcing them to play,&#8221; testified Carter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-immigrant-accused-killing-newlywed-couple-oregon-crash-arrested-ice-jail-release\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING NEWLYWED COUPLE IN OREGON CRASH ARRESTED BY ICE AFTER JAIL RELEASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While being questioned by Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., Carter criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/democratic-party\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats<\/a>\u2019 resistance to immigration enforcement, saying, &#8220;We allowed 10 million people in under Biden. How is there a different suggestion as to how to process them, other than the same way they came into the country en masse, leaving?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;I have to say, as a lifelong Democrat, I am ashamed of what my party is doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To which, Knott responded, &#8220;Well, they don\u2019t care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Knott pressed, &#8220;This is the question for the country to consider, is it worth enforcing our laws to protect just one American family?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/homan-blasts-dem-hypocrisy-deportations-recalls-past-obama-gave-award-enforcing-border\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HOMAN BLASTS DEM HYPOCRISY ON DEPORTATIONS, RECALLS PAST WHEN\u00a0&#8216;OBAMA GAVE ME AN AWARD&#8217; FOR ENFORCING BORDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One party says, \u2018Absolutely, if we have to mass deport the problem that they built, so be it,\u2019&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If it protects one family from having to suffer like you&#8217;ve suffered, I think that is a worthwhile endeavor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carter responded, &#8220;Absolutely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to where the Democratic committee members were sitting, Knott exclaimed, &#8220;They are still defending it. Not one of them will say, if you&#8217;re here illegally, get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Licensed illegal immigrant drivers on American roads have become an increasingly significant concern following a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-immigrant-truckers-accused-mowing-down-americans-ignite-fury-loopholes-unleashing-deadly-roads\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_new\">deadly crashes<\/a> involving immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/out-control-unqualified-illegal-alien-truckers-endangering-kids-us-roads-insider-warns-just-madness\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>OUT OF CONTROL, UNQUALIFIED ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKERS ENDANGERING KIDS ON US ROADS, INSIDER WARNS: \u2018JUST MADNESS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/ice-launches-cdl-fraud-tipline-dhs-highlights-deadly-crashes-involving-illegal-immigrants\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_new\">launched a new tipline<\/a> for Americans to report suspected commercial driver&#8217;s license (CDL) fraud as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on unqualified truckers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In announcing the tipline, Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/markwayne-mullin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_new\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a> told Fox News Digital that &#8220;too many American lives have been lost or permanently changed because illegal aliens who have no business being on our roads have been granted CDLs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ICE and our federal partners, including the Department of Transportation, will be cracking down on CDL fraud so that not one more American life is lost to a reckless illegal alien behind the wheel of a semi-truck,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In testimony before Congress this morning, self-identified &#8220;lifelong Democrat&#8221; Elizabeth Carter admitted that she is &#8220;ashamed&#8221; of her party\u2019s handling of the immigration issue after her son, William Micah Carter, was killed in a car crash involving an illegal immigrant truck driver issued a license by California. Carter\u2019s son and his newlywed wife, Jennifer Lower, &#8230; <a title=\"WATCH: &#8216;Lifelong Democrat&#8217; admits she is \u2018ashamed\u2019 of party after son killed in illegal immigrant crash\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/watch-lifelong-democrat-admits-she-is-ashamed-of-party-after-son-killed-in-illegal-immigrant-crash\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about WATCH: &#8216;Lifelong Democrat&#8217; admits she is \u2018ashamed\u2019 of party after son killed in illegal immigrant crash\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}