Jaya­pal tells mur­der vic­tims’ par­ents Con­gress has oth­er things to do

Rep. Prami­la Jaya­pal (D‑WA) told the par­ents of chil­dren mur­dered by ille­gal immi­grants that Con­gress has oth­er things to do.“Unfortunately, this hear­ing is the fourth time in this com­mit­tee that we’ve had a hear­ing on sanc­tu­ary cities, the fourth time … There’s many oth­er things that we could be doing oth­er than this,” Jaya­pal said dur­ing a House Judi­cia­ry Sub­com­mit­tee on Immi­gra­tion Integri­ty and Secu­ri­ty hear­ing on Tuesday.During the hear­ing, Jes­si­ca Gor­man, moth­er of Sheri­dan Gor­man, an 18-year-old Loy­ola Uni­ver­si­ty stu­dent who was fatal­ly shot by an ille­gal immi­grant, crit­i­cized Demo­c­ra­t­ic mem­bers of Con­gress, say­ing, “I don’t under­stand why it’s only the Repub­li­can side that cares about our Amer­i­can chil­dr …