First appearance on Fox: Conservative activist groups are bracketing Thursday’s State of the Union with ads condemning the Biden administration over the recent killing of Laken Riley, 22, at the hands of illegal immigrants in Georgia. .
Building America’s Future buys $700,000 in television ads, including two ads slamming the Biden administration on immigration, to air in key markets in battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin started.
“Laken Riley could go for a run,” reads the first ad, titled “Run.” “We weren’t murdered by illegal immigrants in broad daylight, but Joe Biden has promised not to deport illegal immigrants.”
The ad then shows footage of Biden saying on stage during a debate that illegal immigrants, whose only crime is illegal entry, should not be the “focus” of deportation.
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Laken Riley and President Biden.
“Biden has vowed not to detain immigrants who cross the border illegally,” the ad continued, before airing another video in which Biden says immigrants should not be detained while awaiting a hearing.
“Therefore, when Jose Ibarra entered the United States illegally, he was not deported,” the ad says, referring to Riley. murder suspect He was in the country illegally from Venezuela after being released at the border in 2022.
Before being indicted on the felony murder charge, Ybarra had previously been arrested in New York on child endangerment charges, and in October 2023, he and his brother were charged with misdemeanor shoplifting in Georgia.
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President Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023. (Jim Watson/AFP)
“He didn’t go to jail,” the ad says. “Biden also supported sanctuary cities.”
The ad depicts Biden answering “no” when asked if illegal immigrants arrested by police should be turned over to ICE.
“So when Jose Ibarra was arrested in New York City on charges of child endangerment, he was released a second time,” the ad states. I was beaten to death. How many more murderers has Biden released? ”
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Building America’s future also means Run your second ad The group, called Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants, focuses on the federal government’s 340B program, which the group says is susceptible to abuse to secure taxpayer-subsidized health care for illegal immigrants. claims.
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President Biden arrives and salutes an event in the Indian Treaty Room at the White House on Monday, November 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Our borders are broken and millions of people are illegally streaming into our country, but it’s not just our borders. Your tax dollars are being used to fund illegal immigration,” the ad reads. “The more we look into it, the more we find that police are being assaulted, illegal aliens have free credit cards, free health care. They use it to launder money and provide free health care to illegal immigrants.”
“The more we look, the more we find. We need the Republican Party to stand up for us.”
The ad featured Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. facing pressure He refused on paper to sign a bill that would strengthen the 340B program, which critics say would subsidize medical costs for illegal immigrants.
Biden is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address Thursday night as poll after poll shows illegal immigration is the top issue for voters across the country.
For the first time since Monmouth University began polling on the issue in 2015, a majority of Americans say they support a border wall.
The poll found that 61% of Americans say immigrants seeking political asylum at the border should remain in Mexico until their claims are processed, and 61% of voters say illegal immigration is a “very serious problem.” There is.
Additionally, a recent Fox News poll showed that 71% of voters think Biden has largely failed to “improve border security.”
