Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal Shares’ Sob Story’ About ICE Supposedly Abusing Pregnant Illegal and It Backfires when the Migrant’s Chilling Background Emerges
Far-left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) ended up red-faced earlier this week after she tried to defend an illegal alien supposedly mistreated by ICE when the horrifying truth regarding her misdeeds was unveiled.
On Wednesday, the Nashville Banner wrote a sob story about a pregnant illegal alien named Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus from Guatemala, who was arrested by ICE in Tennessee in late April and then sent to an ICE facility in Louisiana.
The paper went on to allege Monterroso-Lemus received lackluster prenatal care while in custody and ended up losing her baby.
Look at this biased, so-called ‘reporting’ from the Nashville Banner:
On Mother’s Day this year, Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus found herself alone in Guatemala, a country she hadn’t called home in more than a decade. At 38, the once-vibrant, curly-haired woman seemed withered and shaken.
After she was arrested by ICE in Lenoir City, she ended up at the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, where she experienced the unimaginable. After pleading for medical help for days, she lost her mid-term pregnancy.
“I had him inside here for three days, in this Louisiana facility, my baby dead in my stomach, inside my stomach for three days, dead,” she said.
The publication went on to connect this tragic circumstance to President Trump daring to enforce immigration laws.
Monterroso-Lemus’s experience in detention comes amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and the mounting claims of abuse and discrimination tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests across the country. In Nashville, ICE and the Tennessee Highway Patrol officials recently made 588 traffic stops in predominantly Latino neighborhoods as part of a joint operation that led to the arrests of 196 undocumented residents.
Despite claims that ICE was only targeting criminals, fewer than half had prior criminal records. As the Banner reported, in the overnight operation between May 3 and 4, THP made more than twice as many traffic stops as Metro Nashville police did during both days combined, fueling allegations of racial profiling.
Jayapal promptly seized on the story and amplified it across social media.
“A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care. She begged for help and was denied,” the congresswoman wrote on X. “She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor. “
“This is absolutely disgusting, and we should all be outraged.”
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. https://t.co/AtYPFMfZ6z
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 24, 2025
However, the story was not only false, but the paper neglected to tell the real story of Monterroso-Lemus.
In a tweet to Jayapal, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin first pointed out that Monterroso-Lemus was provided complete and full prenatal care despite the claims otherwise.
More importantly, the Trump Administration had good reason to remove Monterroso-Lemus from America. McLaughlin went on to drop the chilling truth about the ‘poor, abused’ migrant, and it should infuriate any decent human being.
Monterroso-Lemus had a rap sheet composed of multiple felonies, including child abuse. Moreover, she is wanted on an active warrant for homicide.
Absolutely FALSE. She had FULL medical, prenatal care. We have documentation to show it.
Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus, 37, is a citizen of Guatemala who has been arrested multiple times for child abuse and is wanted on an active warrant for homicide. https://t.co/5tXf8LUkJY
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) June 25, 2025
This criminal record is even worse than Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s, yet Jayapal still sought to defend this demon. Will cartel bosses be next?
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