总统与帕蒂·莫林交谈，提及他资助的眼部手术
作者：阿什利·卡纳汉
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月23日 美国东部时间下午2:36
周一，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫短暂中断了一场”天使家庭纪念仪式”，与帕蒂·莫林交谈。帕蒂是雷切尔·莫林的母亲，特朗普询问了她的健康状况以及即将进行的眼部手术情况。
“我给她钱做眼睛手术，花了很多钱给她治眼睛。那个医生骗了我，但没关系，”特朗普开玩笑说。
莫林表示，她的手术因延迟而安排在周三进行。”手术被推迟是因为他们说悲痛导致我心脏病发作，”她说。
她的女儿雷切尔于2023年8月被萨尔瓦多籍男子维克多·马丁内斯-埃尔南德斯残忍强奸并杀害。2025年夏天，他被判处无期徒刑，不得假释。
帕蒂·莫林（左）和她被杀害的女儿雷切尔·莫林（右）的照片（ Dillon Mullan/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images | Fox News / Hannity）
“你会重见光明，20/20的视力。你知道她几乎失明了，有白内障，几乎看不见了，”特朗普说，”他是个昂贵的医生，顶级的，对吧？但你知道吗？你会恢复20/20的视力。”
在白宫东厅的仪式上，特朗普向因非法移民犯罪失去亲人的家庭表示敬意。
“在这个大厅里，我与心碎的美国人站在一起，他们因过去政府放任的非法移民之祸，失去了父母、兄弟姐妹、子女、孙辈和珍爱的亲人，”总统说。
“在特朗普政府领导下，他们的苦难不再被遗忘，”他对与会者说。
莱肯·莱利的母亲艾莉森·菲利普斯在活动中发言，纪念她22岁的护理专业学生女儿。莱肯于2024年2月在佐治亚大学跑步时被委内瑞拉籍男子何塞·伊瓦拉杀害。
其他几位家庭成员也在仪式上发言，分享了他们亲人的个人故事。
悲痛的父亲表示，女儿被非法移民杀害凸显了庇护政策的代价
2026年2月23日，在华盛顿白宫东厅举行的”天使家庭日”宣布活动上，莱肯·莱利的母亲艾莉森·菲利普斯在特朗普总统倾听时发言（Alex Brandon/AP）
史蒂夫·罗恩贝克的21岁儿子格兰特在亚利桑那州被非法移民枪杀，他表示这些死亡”本可避免”，并敦促加强移民执法。
“他们本可以被阻止，我们本可以做得更多，”罗恩贝克说。
2026年2月23日，在白宫东厅举行的”天使家庭日”宣布活动上，格兰特·罗恩贝克的父亲史蒂夫·罗恩贝克在特朗普总统旁边发言（Evan Vucci/AP）
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活动结束时，特朗普签署了一项公告，将2月22日定为”国家天使家庭日”。
“我们与天使家庭站在一起，他们中的许多人仍然得不到正义，”白宫在一份声明中说，”我们再次承诺，实施我国历史上最大规模的大规模驱逐行动，将最恶劣的罪犯驱逐出美国，制止针对勇敢执法人员的暴力行为。”
阿什利·卡纳汉是福克斯新闻数字版的撰稿人。
Trump halts Angel families speech to check on woman in audience
President spoke with Patty Morin about upcoming eye surgery he funded
By Ashley Carnahan
Fox News
Published February 23, 2026 2:36pm EST
President Donald Trump briefly paused an Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony at the White House on Monday to speak with Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, asking about her health and an upcoming surgery for her eyes.
“I gave her money to get her eyes fixed. A lot of money to get her eyes fixed. That doctor ripped me off. But that’s OK,” Trump joked.
Morin said her surgery was scheduled for Wednesday after being delayed. “It was postponed because they said the grief caused me to have a heart attack,” she said.
Her daughter, Rachel, was brutally raped and murdered by Salvadoran national Victor Martinez-Hernandez in August 2023. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the summer of 2025.
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.
RACHEL MORIN’S MOTHER EXPLAINS PAINSTAKING PROCESS OF WRITING STATEMENT TO READ AT KILLER’S SENTENCING
President Donald Trump speaks during an event proclaiming “Angel Family Day” in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2026, in Washington.(Evan Vucci/AP)
“Under the Trump administration, their suffering is forgotten no longer,” he told attendees.
Laken Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, spoke at the event remembering her daughter, the 22-year-old nursing student who was killed by Venezuelan national José Ibarra while jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February 2024.
Several other family members also spoke during the ceremony, sharing personal stories about their loved ones.
GRIEVING FATHER SAYS DAUGHTER’S DEATH BY ILLEGAL ALIEN SHOWS COST OF SANCTUARY POLICIES
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.
Steve Ronnebeck, father of Grant Ronnebeck, speaks next to President Donald Trump during an event proclaiming “Angel Family Day” in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2026(Evan Vucci/AP)
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At the conclusion of the event, Trump signed a proclamation designating Feb. 22 as “National Angel Family Day.”
“We stand with the Angel Families, many of whom continue to be left without justice,” the White House said in a statement. “And we recommit to carrying out the largest mass-deportation effort in our Nation’s history, getting the worst of the worst out of our country, and putting a stop to the violence targeting the brave men and women of law enforcement.”
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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