Summer Lee: “I appreciate your response.”

For too long, coal companies have been allowed to walk away from the damage they leave behind, harming the health of our communities and leaving taxpayers with the bill.

Daphy’s death was preventable and is the result of a violent system that cages people, surveils them, abandons them, dehumanizes them in life, and smears them in death to escape accountability.

Daphy Michel was a human being. She happened to be born on the other side of a border, but she was no less worthy of care, safety, and dignity. That should not have been a death sentence. Daphy's death was preventable and is the result of…

She deserved care, shelter, language access, and medical support