Republican lawmakers on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to provide Congress with detailed information about how the Venezuelan suspected of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley entered the United States illegally.
Impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provides lawmakers with Jose Antonio Ibarra’s immigration records, including the 26-year-old murder suspect’s “alien file” and his immigration status and history. asked to do so.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and the Bureau of Immigration Integrity and Security also announced that all of Mr. asked whether he was aware of any “derogatory information.” Executive Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-Ga.);
“Criminal aliens are exploiting weaknesses in our immigration system to the detriment of U.S. residents.” Jordan and McClintock wrote: Letter to Mayorkas.
“The Biden administration’s border and immigration policies will only increase the chances that criminal aliens will safely enter and remain in the United States.”
Lawmakers asked Mayorkas to provide the department with information it has on Ybarra by March 12 to assist the Judiciary Committee with its “continued oversight of federal immigration policies and procedures.”
In a separate letter sent to Mr. Mayorkas by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Greene (R-Tenn.), the DHS secretary said that his office and Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement He was asked to hand over all documents and communications between him and the country. Ibrala.
Mr. Green also asked for immigration records of Venezuelan nationals and notes from police officers related to Mr. Ibarra.
“This tragedy further highlights the Committee’s serious concerns about the security of our nation and the potential for foreign criminals to take advantage of the obvious vulnerabilities created by the Biden Administration’s open borders policy.” Green wrote.
Ibrara entered the United States illegally on September 8, 2022, in El Paso, Texas, seeking asylum with his wife and son, and was later released “for further processing,” according to ICE.
He was charged with a felony in New York last August for allegedly putting his 5-year-old step-son on a scooter without a safety helmet or a required child seat, but avoided deportation, police said.
Ybarra was arrested again last week in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and charged with Riley’s kidnapping and murder.
The suspect is accused of killing 22-year-old August College student Riley, who was jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, where she previously attended.
“The brutal murderer who took Mr. Laken’s life was one of the millions of illegal aliens the Biden administration has simply released and unleashed on our country,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said last week. ”
