White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said Tuesday that the families of those who were hurt and killed by illegal immigrants will be present in President Donald Trump's upcoming Congress speech.
Leavitt told Fox & Friends that Trump will invite parents of people brutally killed by illegal immigrants under the administration of former President Joe Biden, highlighting the importance of securing the US-Mexico border when illegal border intersections reach record levels. Trump and first lady Melania Trump also invited “everyday heroes” and deceased law enforcement officers to protect their community.
“The first lady attends tonight and the list compiled by President Trump is phenomenal. With the daily American heroes present, Stephanie Diller said she lost her husband in duties at the hands of illegal immigrants. “Of course there's Mark Vogel. Of course, the efforts of strength for President Trump's peace have returned from Russian prisoners of war. [The family of] Corey Comperatore lost his life in Butler, Pennsylvania to protect his family. There will also be auto workers, steel workers, and there will be extraordinary Americans with great stories. President Trump will tell their story tonight. ”
The spokesman further said that the mothers of 12-year-old Josely Nungarei and 22-year-old Raykan Riley would both be present as murdered by illegal immigrants. (Related: Laken Riley's stepfather reads journal entries his stepdaughter addressed to her “future husband”)
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“That's part of why President Trump is so hard at deporting these countries, and part of why Congress and Democrats need to ride this effort, as the majority of Americans support it,” Leavitt said.
In June, two illegal immigrants from Venezuela sexually assaulted, strangled, and dumped the body in a stream, 12-year-old Nungarei, in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Alexis, praised the program to catch and release the death of her daughter during a Congressional hearing on September 10th, and became extremely critical of the Biden administration.
One of the most famous criminal cases surrounding illegal immigration was accompanied by the death of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, who died in February 2024 from blunt instrument trauma at the hands of the Venezuela National Jose Antonio Yborah. It is a country where parole was released because there was no detention space at the time.
Ibarra was arrested in New York City for allegedly acting injuring a child under the age of 17 and later traveled to Athens, Georgia in September 2023 on a “humanitarian flight.” signature Laken Riley will take the law in January. This allows authorities to demand that immigrants be detained for theft-related crimes and sue the Department of Homeland Security for harming residents for illegal immigration.
The ju umpire found Ibarra guilty in all 10 counts of murdering Riley outside the University of Georgia campus and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Border officials encountered more than 2.4 million illegal immigrants in 2023, and exceeded 2.1 million in 2024, the final year of the Biden administration. According to To Customs and Border Protection (CBP). So far, in 2025, there have been over 350,000 encounters.
Stephanie Diller, one of Trump's guests, In March 2024, she lost her husband Jonathan, a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, after 34-year-old Guy Rivera shot an officer at the police officer under his bulletproof vest. Rivera was arrested 21 times prior to the fatal incident and reportedly served a five-year sentence for drug-related crimes.
While Trump attended the wake of the murdered officer, Biden went to a campaign event set up in New York City with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton the same day to raise $25 million.
Another special guest, Mark Vogel, returned to the United States after being detained in Russia for more than three years. His mother, Malfin, criticised the Biden administration for delayed release of his son, and filed a lawsuit against the Biden Department last June. According to To CBS News.
The family of firefighter Corey Comperatore, who died while protecting gunmen from bullets at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally, will also be present, Leavitt said. The bullet was fired by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate then-Republican presidential candidate Trump from a nearby rooftop.
The president also invited 19-year-old Payton McNabb. The volleyball player suffered from traumatic brain damage after playing against a transgender-identifying man and attended a speech as a special guest.
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