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GIANNO CALDWELL: Sanctuary cities call it compassion. Patricia Fox calls it the ultimate price

Patricia Fox testified her daughter Carissa Aspnes remains minimally conscious after a hit-and-run in Aurora, Colorado

By Gianno Caldwell Fox News

Published September 1, 2026 11:26am EDT

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This week, Patricia Fox stood before the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee and told lawmakers what sanctuary policies actually cost a family.

"My daughter, Carissa, was hit on March 28, 2025, by an illegal alien," she testified. "She was launched head first into a concrete barrier. The driver and passengers of the vehicle fled. Never checking to see if my daughter was alive." She continued: "Despite her initial prognosis, Carissa survived. Praise God. But survived and recovered are not the same."

Sanctuary city and sanctuary state policies have been championed from coast to coast as the most compassionate, resolute action a city or state can take. But, no one has really asked what they cost the citizens who actually live there. Patricia Fox paid the ultimate price for sanctuary policies in Colorado.

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Carissa Aspnes was 22 years old and celebrating a new start. She had just returned home to Aurora, Colorado, from Chicago to launch a career as an esthetician, and on March 28, 2025, she climbed onto the back of a motorcycle to mark her birthday. Minutes later, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Valeria De Los Angeles Bermudez Marcano, ran a stop sign, crossed........

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