Murdered Rachel Morin’s mother criticizes foreign media coverage

Murdered Rachel Morin’s mother Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel was killed by an illegal immigrant, said the media’s focus on President Donald Trump’s deportations ignores families like hers because highlighting the victims will demand accountability.

“When you see the victims, you have to say, ‘Somebody has to be held accountable.’ And no one wants to be held accountable for this scourge that hit our world and killed our children, our mothers, our fathers,” he said on Fox & Friends on Tuesday.

Morin attended the White House event for National Angel Family Day, where Trump honored families who have lost loved ones to crimes committed by US illegal immigrants.

Morin’s daughter, Rachel Morin, a mother of five, was killed by an illegal immigrant in 2023.

He said Trump’s recognition of the “true victims of illegal immigration” is “deeply concerning.”

“It was probably one of the saddest things, next to my daughter’s death, that I’ve experienced – to see a small part of the tragedy of all the Americans who have been killed in the last few years.”

President Donald Trump holds a proclamation designating February 22 as National Angel Family Day during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2026, Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

During the East Room event, Trump honored families who lost loved ones to crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

Several family members spoke during the ceremony, sharing the stories of the people who died. At the end of the event, Trump signed a proclamation explaining Feb. 22 as “National Angel Family Day.”

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The event also drew criticism online. CNN was called out by the White House on Monday for failing to provide live coverage of the event.

Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Communications Director Kaelan Dorr slammed CNN’s blackout as “sick” and “disgusting,” adding, “The mask is off.”

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt wrote on X that CNN is “disgraceful” and “doesn’t care about victims of illegal crimes.”

A CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “During the White House event, CNN was covering breaking news about the devastating hurricane affecting millions of Americans.”

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Morin said elected officials who reject immigration enforcement are “missing the humanity of it all” in favor of politics.

“They see American citizens as just wounded people. And because they’re so personally and emotionally invested, they don’t move. It’s like they don’t have empathy.”

Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall contributed to this report.

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