Laken Riley, 22, a nursing student at Augusta University in Athens, Georgia, was out for her daily run Thursday morning when she passed an undocumented immigrant. Police say he was bludgeoned to death by an illegal immigrant near Lake Herrick on the University of Georgia campus. “Crime of opportunity.”
Critics of the Biden administration’s apparent failure to deal with the massive influx of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border say murder suspect Jose Antonio Ibarra from Venezuela should never have been in the United States in the first place. claims that there was not.
“The story of Laken Riley is heartbreaking,” said Sen. Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, who co-sponsored the border security bill and has been floated as a running mate. “This should serve as a wake-up call to the Biden administration that it cannot continue to put American lives at risk with its open borders policy.”
Former President Trump even vowed to launch “the largest deportation operation in history” if re-elected in November.
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Laken Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University, was found dead near a lake on the University of Georgia campus on February 22, 2024. (Alison Phillips/Facebook)
“President Biden has the authority to resolve the border crisis, including the authority to deport documented illegal immigrants,” Scott said. “While President Biden refuses to act, I will resume construction on the border wall, tighten asylum standards, ban the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using apps that assist illegal immigrants, and protect Border Patrol agents from using apps that assist illegal immigrants.” I have supported legislation that would provide the tools needed to
He said in addition to criminals crossing the border without proper vetting, fentanyl is flowing across the border and known terrorists are being arrested after entering the country from Mexico.
Authorities say Ybarra entered the United States illegally in 2022 but was on so-called border parole. Immigration officials allowed him to enter the country. He headed to New York City, where he was charged in August with child endangerment and driving without a license.
On Thursday, UGA police said they killed Riley with “blunt force trauma” to the head and left her body in the woods near the trail Riley was running on.
UGA Police Chief Jeffrey L. Clark said in a press conference Friday night that police charged Ybarra with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, interfering with a 911 call and concealing the death of another person. He said he was charged with the crime.
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Jose Ybarra was arrested Friday by UGA police in connection with Laken Riley’s death. (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
His brother Diego, also an illegal immigrant, had three charges pending in Georgia, but was charged with green card fraud on Friday when police interviewed him while searching for his brother.
In fiscal year 2023, ICE enforcement officers arrested 73,822 aliens with criminal records, according to the government. The group has more than 290,000 criminal charges and convictions, an average of four charges per suspect.
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Diego Ibarra (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
Mr. Scott and other Republican lawmakers have proposed a series of bills to crack down on illegal immigration and the “catch-and-release” policy that allowed Mr. Ybarra to remain in the U.S. for long periods of time without providing evidence. We are promoting reform. Application for asylum.
The Secure Border Act and Border Security Act of 2023 would each increase the number of Customs and Border Protection agents and direct $15 billion in Democratic funding for new Internal Revenue Service agents to border security.
In New York City, where Mr. Ibarra was released in September, police are experiencing what they describe as an “immigration crime wave,” naming Venezuelans in particular as part of large-scale robberies that have spiked over the past year, and violent prison gangs. Named “Tren De”.Officials warn that Aragua is trying to establish a base in the US
Sen. Tim Scott and former President Trump look on as Republican presidential candidate speaks at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on January 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Riley is a former UGA student who was named to the Dean’s List at Augusta University.
Her friend and former roommate Bianca Tiller, 21, told Fox News Digital last week that Riley rarely missed morning workouts and had wanted to be a nurse since they met.
“What I really want to say is that she was such a wonderful person. I can’t imagine anyone would do something that horrible to her,” she said.
