Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib broke down as she addressed her previous trips to Israel during a Monday press conference with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar about the Israeli government barring them from entry.

“As a young girl visiting Palestine to visit my grandparents and extended family I watched as my mother had to go through dehumanizing check points, even though she was a United States citizen and proud American,” Tlaib said through tears. “I was there when my sitty was in a terrible car accident and my cousins and I cried so she could have access to the best hospitals, which were in Jerusalem.”