An emotional Democrat admitted that she's 'ashamed' of her party after her son, his new wife and their cat were killed in a car crash involving an illegal migrant. 

Elizabeth Carter delivered a tearful statement as she testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Tuesday in Washington, DC. 

Carter surrounded herself with pictures of her son, Billy Carter, and her daughter-in-law, Jenny Lower, and told the story of how the couple, who were married for just 16 days, died last November. 

Billy, Jenny and their cat, Bert, were returning home from a wedding reception in her late daughter-in-law's Oregon hometown when their vehicle slammed into a jackknifed big rig, or out-of-control tractor-trailer, driven by Rajinder Kumar. 

Kumar, 32, is from India and was illegally in the US, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an April press release. He was issued a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) in California. 

During her vulnerable testimony, Carter slammed Democrats' opposition to immigration enforcement, stating: 'We allowed ten million people in under [Joe] 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?

'I have to say, as a lifelong Democrat, I am ashamed of what my party is doing,' the heartbroken parent added. 

'Well, they don't care,' Representative Brad Knott (Republican-North Carolina) replied before pressing the issue further. 

'This is the question for the community to consider: is it worth enforcing our laws to protect just one American family? 

'One party says, "Absolutely, if we have to mass deport the problem they built, so be it". 

'If it protects one family from having to suffer like you've suffered, I think that is a worthwhile endeavor,' Knott continued. 

'Absolutely,' Carter responded.  

Carter also told lawmakers that her loved ones 'lost the Russian roulette game our government is forcing them to play.' 

Knott then pointed directly to where Democrat committee members sit, and said: 'They are still defending it. Not one of them will say, if you're here illegally, get out.' 

Kumar was taken into custody on April 11 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers after 'Oregon sanctuary politicians refused to cooperate' with the agency and released him back onto the streets on April 2, DHS said. 

'This illegal alien was issued a CDL by Gavin Newsom’s California. He then went on to recklessly drive a truck on America’s highways and KILL two honeymooners. Instead of cooperating with ICE law enforcement, Oregon sanctuary politicians RELEASED him from jail back into American communities,' Lauren Bis, a spokesman for ICE, said. 

Kumar entered America illegally near Lukeville, Arizona, on November 28, 2022, while former President Biden was in office. 

'Gavin Newsom’s California gave him a commercial driver’s license, and the Biden administration gave him a work authorization,' the agency said. 

Prosecutors charged him with first-degree manslaughter over the fatal crash. Kumar is being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, where he faces removal proceedings. 

At the time of the crash, Dennis Carter, Elizabeth's husband, told The Oregonian about his son and daughter-in-law's relationship. 

'There’s never been a happier marriage on the planet. They never had to spend one minute apart,' Dennis recalled. 

Bill was born in Phoenix, Arizona, before moving with his family to Springfield, Oregon, his loved ones told the outlet. 

One of his brothers suggested that he join him in a scavenger hunt organized by young adults at their church, and that is where he met Jennifer. 

The couple started dating in May last year, and by August, Bill got on one knee and asked Jennifer to be his wife. 

They married on November 8 at a temple in Portland. 

'Billy and Jenny were just lit up. They were smiling ear to ear,' Tom Lower, Jennifer's father, recalled.

A funeral was held for the couple on December 8.