A heartbroken mother whose daughter was allegedly raped and murdered by a teenage MS-13 gang member from El Salvador is suing the federal government for playing “Russian roulette with her life” when the suspect was stopped at the border. A lawsuit was filed, blaming the staff for failing to do so. .
Tammy Nobles, mother of 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, claims in a $100 million lawsuit that both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services allow unidentified immigrants into the country without verifying their identity. He claims that he has failed his daughter's expectations by doing so. .
The nobles and another grieving mother testified Thursday before a House committee investigating the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to enforce federal immigration laws.
“For me, this is not a political issue; it's a safety issue for everyone living in the United States.” she said House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
“This child could have been anyone's daughter. I don't want any other parent to go through this nightmare.”
I'm alive.I am her advocate now and will fight with all her might to tell her story.
And it brings awareness of issues at the border. ”
Two days later, she and her lawyer reiterated her claims in an interview. news nation When they publicized the lawsuit.
“No one at the border performed their duties or looked into his background,” Nobles was quoted as saying.
She argued that if federal authorities had properly examined the suspect, they would have discovered he was a gang member and would have been disqualified from entering the United States.
In that case, Nobles argued, her daughter would still be alive.
“I want everyone to know what's going on at the border,” she said. “I had no idea what was going on until her daughter was brutally murdered and raped, but now I understand.
“And we found this story that no one at the border did his job and no one looked into his background to be absolutely amazing.
“All they had to do was make one phone call to El Salvador and find out he was a listed member of the MS-13 gang,” Nobles added. Ta.
Police said her daughter was raped and strangled to death in a trailer in Frederick, Maryland, on July 27, 2022.
She lived with the suspect, who allegedly sublet the trailer from another illegal immigrant.
Authorities were finally able to arrest him in January 2023 after comparing his DNA to crime scene evidence.
He has been charged with first-degree murder, rape and robbery and is currently being held without bail pending a trial scheduled for June 28.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later confirmed that the 17-year-old suspect from El Salvador was listed as a member of Mara Salvatrucha, known as MS-13.
July 27, 2022, inside a trailer in Frederick, Maryland. Twitter @tammy_kay18
But Nobles and her lawyer, Brian Claypool, are now arguing that the teenager should never have been allowed into the country in the first place.
“We're filing this lawsuit because we're tired of being held hostage in our own country,” Claypool told NewsNation. “We are tired of DHS playing Russian roulette with our lives. [and] With Kayla's life.
“That’s why we filed this lawsuit,” he said.
“We are claiming that two federal agencies catastrophically failed Kayla…and are failing everyone,” Claypool said, adding, “This could happen to anyone, anywhere. It's about getting it.
“DHS just needs to be held accountable,” he continued.
“All they had to do was follow their own protocols. All they had to do was lift the shifter on a 16-year-old who was trying to enter the border.” [and] They would have seen gang-related tattoos. And guess what? That would have made him ineligible to enter this country.
“He should have been sent back to El Salvador at that moment.”
The suspect is a 17-year-old from El Salvador and was listed as a member.
of Mara Salvaturcha, known as MS-13.
Claypool went on to claim, “All they had to do was pick up the person, call them, and guess what.” This young man was also on the list for El Salvador. Because he was arrested in July 2020 for his involvement in the illegal MS-13 gang.
“He would have been disqualified again, [from] Never enter the country. ”
Claypool also said the Department of Health and Human Services “ [the suspect] He was kept in a detention facility for a few days and then a phone call was made to confirm that this young man had a so-called confirmed sponsor, a relative, a known confirmed relative.
“Even if DHS allows him to enter, he still cannot enter the United States unless he goes to a known relative,” he explained. “Well, I blew them away too.
“And they will pay the price, because by the way, he went on the run after going to this 'alleged' confirmed sponsor. And things get even worse. [the suspect] end[ed] He lived as roommates with the adorable Kayla in this mobile home that was rented by another illegal immigrant.
“So that’s it,” Claypool said.
“The federal government has blood in its veins. They owe us an obligation to protect Kayla and the people of this country, and we intend to make a difference through this lawsuit.”
The newspaper has contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services for comment.
Meanwhile, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee criticized the Biden administration's open borders policy and launched an investigation into Kayla's rape and murder.
In the May report, The committee concluded: “The Biden administration’s open borders policy has created vulnerabilities that foreign criminals and gang members can exploit to harm Americans.
“The sad fact is that [Department of Homeland Security] secretary [Alejandro] Mr. Mayorkas and the Biden administration are implementing basic screening and vetting measures, such as checking with law enforcement officials in the foreign national's home country, to ensure that those entering the United States are not dangerous criminals or known gang members. have not been implemented.
“At the same time, they continue to tell the American people that illegal aliens they encounter along the Southwest border are being properly screened.
“The callous disregard for the safety of American citizens in the name of expedited alien processing resulted in the tragic and avoidable murder of Kayla Hamilton.”
