A picture of Patty Morin (left) and her daughter Rachel Morin (right) who was killed by a Salvadoran national in August 2023. (Dillon Mullan/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images | Fox News / Hannity)
"You're going to have 20/20 vision. You know she's almost blind. Cataracts. She's almost blind," Trump said. "He's an expensive doctor. Top of the line, right? But you know what? You're going to have 20/20 vision."
During the ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Trump honored families who have lost loved ones to crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
"Throughout this hall, I am joined by heartbroken Americans who have lost parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, and treasured loved ones to the scourge of illegal immigration, let in by the past administration," the president said.
Allyson Phillips, the mother of Laken Riley, speaks as President Donald Trump listens during an event proclaiming "Angel Family Day" in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Steve Ronnebeck, whose 21-year-old son Grant was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant in Arizona, said the deaths were "preventable" and urged stronger enforcement of immigration laws.
"They could have been stopped. We could have done so much more," Ronnebeck said.
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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