Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) put the screws to Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-says-mayorkas-caught-lying-about-laken-rileys-alleged-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> during a Thursday hearing, accusing him of aiding and abetting the crimes of illegal immigrants in the United States by refusing to secure the southern border.
Johnson joined several of his Republican Senate colleagues in grilling Mayorkas less than 24 hours after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-kills-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-without-full-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Democrats voted to kill</a> the Republican-led House&#8217;s articles of impeachment against the DHS Secretary.
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Sen. Ron Johnson accuses Mayorkas of being complicit and aiding and abetting the murder of Americans because of the administration&#39;s border security policies: 
&quot;You were negotiating for political cover. If you were serious about securing the border you could have done it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kr2ltXKtP7">pic.twitter.com/kr2ltXKtP7</a>
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Johnson started by asking Mayorkas if he had &#8220;any regrets&#8221; for the harm caused by the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;open border policies.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you ever, when you go to bed at night, do you have any regrets? Do you have any remorse for your complicity in the crimes — you have — your open border policies aided and abetted the murder of Americans, the rape of Americans,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;People have lost their loved ones because of this catastrophe, this open border policy. Do you have any remorse? Do you have any regrets?&#8221;
Mayorkas responded by saying that first, &#8220;all of our hearts break for the victims of these heinous crimes.&#8221; He went on to say that only the people who actually carried out the criminal acts should be held accountable for them.
&#8220;They wouldn&#8217;t have been in this country had you not allowed them in,&#8221; Johnson shot back, asking then whether Mayorkas had ever spoken to the families affected by the crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
Mayorkas repeated, &#8220;All of our hearts break for the loved ones of those who have been lost at the hands of criminal conduct.&#8221;
&#8220;So your heart is broken. Do you have regrets?&#8221; Johnson asked again. &#8220;Do you admit your culpability here?&#8221;
Johnson went on to cite statistics showing that crimes committed by illegal immigrants had risen dramatically in the time since President Joe Biden took office.
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Johnson pointed out that former President Donald Trump had taken action to secure the border, and Biden has not only refused to do the same but has actively rescinded the actions Trump implemented.
Referencing the failed bipartisan border bill — which did not make it past the House — Johnson added, &#8220;You weren&#8217;t negotiating to secure the border, you were negotiating for political cover for yourself, for President Biden, for the Democrats in Congress and the Senate &#8230; If you were serious about securing the border you could have done it.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Testifies To Senate Hearing On Department’s Budget Request

‘You Were Negotiating For Political Cover’: Ron Johnson Excoriates Mayorkas In Contentious Hearing

'You Were Negotiating For Political Cover': Ron Johnson Excoriates Mayorkas In Contentious Hearing

Alejandro Mayorkas

Border Crisis

Congress

Illegal Immigration

Laken Riley

Politics

Ron Johnson

Homeland Security Secretary was caught in a lie — about Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant who allegedly murdered Georgia college student <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Laken Riley</a> — during Thursday&#8217;s Senate testimony, according to Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO).
Hawley posted video of the exchange — which came less than 24 hours after the Democrat-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-kills-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-without-full-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate killed</a> the Republican House&#8217;s articles of impeachment on Mayorkas — and cited the Homeland Security Secretary&#8217;s previous conflicting statements on the subject.
&#8220;Mayorkas, caught in a lie,&#8221; Hawley captioned the clip. &#8220;He said 8 days ago Laken Riley’s killer was paroled because feds had no reason to hold him. (False) He said 2 days ago he couldn’t remember why. (False) He said today he just wouldn’t talk about it. The truth: they let Laken’s killer in illegally.&#8221;
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Mayorkas, caught in a lie. He said 8 days ago Laken Riley’s killer was paroled because feds had no reason to hold him. (False) He said 2 days ago he couldn’t remember why. (False) He said today he just wouldn’t talk about it. The truth: they let Laken’s killer in illegally <a href="https://t.co/tGbaXhU0U1">pic.twitter.com/tGbaXhU0U1</a>
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Hawley began by noting that when Mayorkas had testified earlier, senators who had asked him about the illegal immigrant accused of killing Riley had not had access to his parole file — but that had since been provided to them.
&#8220;And now we all know that the reason he was paroled into this country was because &#8216;lack of detention capacity&#8217; — which, as you and I both know, is not a valid reason under the statute,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;And now that we know that for sure &#8230; now, suddenly, you don&#8217;t want to talk about it.&#8221;
Hawley pressed Mayorkas again: &#8220;This is extraordinary. It&#8217;s also a pattern with you. So let me just try one more time. Have you read the parole file?&#8221;
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&#8220;Senator, I&#8217;m going to give the same answer, and let me —&#8221; Mayorkas began.
&#8220;Which one?&#8221; Hawley interrupted. &#8220;Are you going to give me the answer you gave Senator Britt? Are you going to give the answer you gave Congressman Bishop, or the answer you gave to Senator Paul, or do you want to try a fourth one?&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, I will not speak to the particulars of the case, given the pending criminal prosecution,&#8221; Mayorkas said.
&#8220;Yeah, well, I&#8217;m sure. Certainly — of course you don&#8217;t want to, because it is an absolutely damning indictment of your policies.&#8221;

GOP Senator Says Mayorkas Caught Lying About Laken Riley’s Alleged Murderer

GOP Senator Says Mayorkas Caught Lying About Laken Riley's Alleged Murderer

Josh Hawley

An email exchange between the Athens, Georgia, mayor and the Athens-Clarke County sheriff shortly after the murder of Laken Riley showed the officials scrambling to defend the county’s policies on detainer requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The <a href="https://irli.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IRLI-ORR-000757.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email thread</a> obtained through the Georgia Open Records Act and revealed by Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) earlier this week shows Athens Democratic Mayor Kelly Girtz and Sheriff John Williams discussing the county’s policy that does not honor detainer requests from ICE. Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant while she was on a run near the university’s campus in February.
Two days after Riley’s brutal murder, Sheriff Williams reached out to the mayor, seeking clarification on whether the county “embraces being considered a sanctuary,&#8221; adding that he will &#8220;do everything in my power to protect the integrity and professionalism of the Clarke County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and myself.&#8221;
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Obtained through Georgia Open Records Act, the exchange on February 24, 2024, shows Sheriff Williams questioning Mayor Girtz about the county&#39;s sanctuary status, as he is unaware.
Sheriff Williams seems to care more about the PR than anything else. (2/5) <a href="https://t.co/foSahBbefE">pic.twitter.com/foSahBbefE</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1775881102906794219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Girtz defended the Sheriff’s Office policy to refuse to hold illegal immigrants upon request from ICE, saying that immigrants are less likely to commit crime than “the native-born population.”
“While the community is experiencing deep trauma right now, and emotions are understandably raw, I support the detainer policy as one that is both humane and following the well-documented propensity of immigrants in the U.S. to be less criminally inclined than the native-born population.”
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Mayor Girtz&#39;s response is even worse, endorsing non-cooperation policies with ICE and minimizing the seriousness of illegal immigration.
He defends the subversion of federal authority by essentially saying, American citizens are worse anyways, so let the illegals go. (3/5) <a href="https://t.co/vom603OGFY">pic.twitter.com/vom603OGFY</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1775881106824262106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Riley’s suspected murderer, 26-year-old Venezuelan Jose Ibarra, was reportedly let go after being detained at the southern border due to a lack of space at the detention center. He was then arrested in New York in August 2023 after he was caught driving an unregistered car with a 5-year-old inside. According to a police report, a few months later, Ibarra and his brother Diego allegedly stole food and clothing from a Walmart in Athens, Georgia. They were both given a citation for misdemeanor shoplifting and let go.
“My take-away for the moment is that in the immediate wake of a tragedy, to ‘focus on the victim…avoid political messaging…focus on comfort and unity (from the slideshow pp. 13-14),” the mayor added in his email. “I know how difficult this time is for everyone given the tragedy Athens has experienced, as well as the variety of things that land on our phones and computers.”
During a press conference after Riley&#8217;s murder, Girtz was shouted down by angry residents, who called him a &#8220;liar&#8221; and said he had &#8220;blood on [his] hands&#8221; when he argued that the jurisdiction doesn&#8217;t fit the state law&#8217;s definition of a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; for illegal immigrants. The Center for Immigration Studies lists Clarke County on its <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">map</a> of states, cities, and counties that fit the definition of a sanctuary.
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Athens Mayor Girtz (D) just tried to shift away blame over Laken Riley&#39;s death
Angry residents were NOT having any of it: <a href="https://t.co/V6uXFqQAh6">pic.twitter.com/V6uXFqQAh6</a>
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Rep. Collins called out the mayor for focusing more on PR instead of calling for immigration laws to be enforced.
“Instead of prioritizing solutions to prevent tragedies like this in the future, Mayor Girtz treats Laken Riley&#8217;s murder as a PR drill to be managed with ‘comfort and unity’ rather than enforcing the law,” Collins wrote.
The Republican congressman sponsored the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-laken-riley-act-170-dems-vote-against-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Laken Riley Act</a>,” which would require federal officials to arrest illegal immigrants who have been charged with theft in the United States. The House passed the bill by a vote of 251-170 last month, and it now awaits action to be taken on it in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

Emails Reveal Georgia Officials Scrambled To Defend Sanctuary Policies Following Laken Riley’s Murder

Emails Reveal Georgia Officials Scrambled To Defend Sanctuary Policies Following Laken Riley's Murder 

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Murder

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> are broadening their inquiry related to Jose Antonio Ibarra, the Venezuelan illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-murder-of-georgia-nursing-student-was-illegal-immigrant-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged with murdering</a> Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, seeking information on encounters between federal officials and the alleged killer&#8217;s brothers.
Authorities detained Jose Antonio Ibarra after Riley, a 22-year-old student at Augusta University, was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/uga-woman-body-found.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found dead</a> last month at the University of Georgia in Athens with blunt force trauma. Jose Antonio Ibarra <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/jose-ibarra-accused-killer-laken-riley-arrest-warrant-details/85-1cfb94d3-1a15-4abe-a2f9-56835a7f905e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces</a> charges for murder, assault, and more in connection to the killing and he is <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/laken-riley-murder-jose-ibarra-asks-for-jury-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seeking a jury trial</a>.
Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) made the demand for information on Jose Antonio Ibarra&#8217;s brothers in a new <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-03-18%20JDJ%20TM%20to%20DHS%20re%20Ibarra%20Brothers%20a%20files.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent on Monday to Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, who faces the prospect of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senators-warn-dems-may-dispense-with-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate trial</a> after the GOP-led House impeached him over the handling of the border crisis.
The lawmakers said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acknowledged that Ibarra’s brothers, Diego and Argenis Ibarra, entered the United States illegally through Eagle Pass, Texas, in April of 2023 and, although the siblings were &#8220;expelled&#8221; by Border Patrol agents pursuant to Title 42 authorities, they re-entered the country illegally a couple of weeks later.
&#8220;Despite attempting to bite a Border Patrol agent, Diego Ibarra was subsequently released on Alternatives to Detention (ATD) by ICE,&#8221; Jordan and McClintock wrote. &#8220;Argenis Ibarra was released by ICE with a notice to appear in immigration court.&#8221;
The lawmakers said, &#8220;Since his release, Diego Ibarra’s interactions with U.S. law enforcement officials reportedly include arrests for &#8216;failure to appear for a fingerprintable offense,&#8217; driving under the influence, &#8216;speeding, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, possession of an open container of alcohol, driving without a license,&#8217; shoplifting, as well as a visit from police during which Diego Ibarra was accused of slapping his girlfriend in the face.&#8221;
They added, &#8220;According to authorities, Diego Ibarra, like his brother Jose, &#8216;appears to be affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang.&#8217; He was most recently arrested as police in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, were searching for Riley’s murderer, after he produced a fake green card when asked for identification. Argenis Ibarra was encountered by ICE on February 23, 2024, in Athens, Georgia, while ICE was &#8216;assisting the University of Georgia Police Department with their investigation into the murder of Laken Riley.'&#8221;
That same day, the Department of Justice announced that Diego Ibarra was detained and <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/undocumented-venezuelan-man-charged-possessing-fake-green-card" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with possessing a fake green card.
Jordan and McClintock <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-demands-mayorkas-provide-info-on-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murdering-georgia-student" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously demanded</a> Mayorkas provide details on Jose Antonio Ibarra, noting his prior run-ins with federal and local law enforcement. They asked for case history information on Jose Antonio Ibarra, details on all of his entries into the United States, information about his processing by Customs and Border Protection officials, and whether ICE lodged an immigration detainer against him.
The lawmakers are now seeking the same information on Diego and Argenis Ibarra, as well as ATD details with a deadline of 5 p.m. on April 1.
&#8220;Criminal aliens exploit vulnerabilities in our nation’s immigration system to the detriment of those in the United States,&#8221; Jordan and McClintock wrote. &#8220;The Biden Administration’s border and immigration policies only increase the likelihood that criminal aliens will successfully enter and remain in the U.S.&#8221;

Chairman Jim Jordan

House Republicans Expand Laken Riley Probe Seeking Immigration Details On Alleged Murderer’s Brothers

House Republicans Expand Laken Riley Probe Seeking Immigration Details On Alleged Murderer's Brothers

Jim Jordan

U.S.

U.S. House of Representatives

The White House said on Monday that President Joe Biden did not apologize when he said during an interview on MSNBC that he should not have referred to the suspect in the murder of 22-year-old college student Laken Riley as an “illegal.”
Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton said that there was no apology during Biden’s interview with Jonathan Capehart where he said that he regretted using the term “illegal” to refer to Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who is accused of murdering Riley while she was jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia. Dalton said that people were “playing politics” with Riley&#8217;s murder. 
“I want to be really clear about something: The president absolutely did not apologize. There was no apology anywhere in that conversation,” Dalton said en route to New Hampshire, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13183901/White-House-says-Biden-did-NOT-apologize-calling-Laken-Rileys-suspected-murdered-illegal-24-hours-said-regretted-using-term.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Daily Mail.
Dalton said that Biden was speaking “passionately about knowing what it means to lose a child and extended his deep grief and condolences to Laken Riley&#8217;s family in front of the entire country, in the House chamber. And beyond that, I think it&#8217;s unconscionable that there are some people who are playing politics with this young woman&#8217;s tragic murder.”
The comments come after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-botches-laken-rileys-name-during-sotu-shouting-match-with-mtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was pressured</a> by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during his State of the Union address to talk about Riley. Prior to his arrest for murder, Ibarra was apprehended after illegally crossing into Texas in September 2022 before being released into the country.  
Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-upset-biden-used-term-illegal-when-asking-how-many-americans-have-been-killed-by-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced backlash</a> after his speech from some Democrats after he referred to Ibarra as an “illegal.” Democrats like Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) who said the president should not be using “Republican rhetoric.” 
On Sunday, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-apologizes-for-calling-alleged-laken-riley-murderer-an-illegal-they-built-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Capeheart that he regretted using the term “illegal,” saying he should have said “undocumented.”
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“And look, when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me, one of the things I talked about at the border was his, the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood,” he continued. “And I talked about what I’m not going to do, what I won’t do, I’m not gonna treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect. Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow, but I don’t share his view at all.”
Biden was widely criticized for the comments from conservatives including former President Donald Trump who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-hammers-biden-for-apologizing-for-referring-to-alleged-illegal-alien-murderer-as-an-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the president during a rally in Georgia on Saturday.

President Biden Speaks On Lowering Costs

White House Says Biden Did Not Apologize After Calling Accused Laken Riley Murderer An ‘Illegal’

Joe Biden

White House

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> ignited widespread backlash over the weekend after he apologized for correctly referring to the illegal alien who is suspected of murdering a young woman in Georgia as &#8220;an illegal&#8221; because he did not want to &#8220;disrespect&#8221; illegal immigrants.
The young woman — 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — was brutally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a> allegedly by Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra, who is reportedly an active gang member.
During an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-apologizes-for-calling-alleged-laken-riley-murderer-an-illegal-they-built-the-country">interview</a> on MSNBC, when the interviewer brought up Biden&#8217;s remark from his State of the Union speech, Biden interjected: “Undocumented. An undocumented person.”
“And I shouldn’t have used ‘illegal,’ it’s undocumented,” Biden claimed, even though the correct legal terminology is, in fact, “illegal alien.”
“What I’m not going to do, what I won’t do, I’m not gonna treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect,&#8221; Biden later added. &#8220;Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow, but I don’t share his view at all.”
Biden, who botched Laken Riley&#8217;s name during his speech, faced intense criticism for his apology on MSNBC.
&#8220;Let’s get this straight: Joe Biden just apologized to an illegal alien charged with murder,&#8221; said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR). &#8220;But the media would rather attack @KatieBrittforAL for telling the truth about Biden’s policies. Preposterous. And the American people will see through it.&#8221;
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The Republican Party posted on X: &#8220;Joe Biden regrets using the term &#8216;illegal&#8217; to describe an illegal immigrant, but not his policies that led to the murder of Laken Riley. Outrageous.&#8221;
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said: &#8220;That&#8217;s why he needs money for more clerks at the border&#8230;to document them as he lets them in. And the media nods and goes right along. The Democrats and the mainstream media hate the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;This isn’t difficult &#8211; the term &#8216;alien&#8217; appears multiple times in Title 8 of the U.S. Code,&#8221; said former Trump-era Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. &#8220;It describes a person who is not a citizen or national of the U.S. And when those individuals choose to enter the country illegally they become &#8216;illegal aliens.&#8217; There’s nothing derogatory about these terms.&#8221;
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said: &#8220;Disgusting. Joe Biden just apologized to the illegal alien animal who brutally murdered Laken Riley.&#8221;
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin responded: &#8220;Expressing regret for accurately describing the Venezuelan illegal alien charged with bashing in Laken Riley’s skull as an &#8216;illegal&#8217; is a remarkable moment. The one and only time Biden mentions her name &#8211; he botches it &#8211; and now he hopes to avoid offending her alleged killer.&#8221;
Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said: &#8220;Hey @JoeBiden how about apologizing for the policies that left the border open to illegal immigrants like the one who killed Laken Riley?!?&#8221;
&#8220;What an absolutely pathetic embarrassment for a man…&#8221; said podcast host Dave Rubin.

Biden

Biden Ignites Widespread Backlash For Apologizing Over Calling Laken Riley Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’

Biden Ignites Widespread Backlash For Apologizing Over Calling Laken Riley Murder Suspect 'Illegal'

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> slammed President Joe Biden on Saturday after Biden apologized for calling the illegal alien who allegedly murdered a young woman in Georgia an “illegal” during his recent State of the Union speech.
The young woman — 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — was allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a> by Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra, who is reportedly an active gang member.
Speaking at a political rally in Georgia, Trump said: &#8220;Then just moments ago, I don&#8217;t know if you heard because you&#8217;ve all been waiting online for two days, but just moments ago, this was just before coming up. They just told me prior to what I&#8217;m doing right now that Joe Biden went on television and apologized for calling Laken&#8217;s murderer an &#8216;illegal.&#8217; He didn&#8217;t want to call him &#8216;illegal,&#8217; supposedly.&#8221;
&#8220;He said he should have called him an &#8216;undocumented,&#8217; not an &#8216;illegal,&#8217; and he wanted to apologize,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;He wanted to apologize. And well, they have a new name, too. They have a new name that&#8217;s even worse. They have a new name, you know what the new name is? &#8216;Neighbor.&#8217; They want to call them &#8216;neighbor.&#8217; They want to call them another name. Did you ever hear the other one? &#8216;Newcomer.&#8217; A newcomer to our country. Are we going crazy or what? Is this country going crazy? How about that one? Newcomer, the newcomer. No, he was illegal and I say he was an illegal alien. He was an illegal immigrant. He was an illegal migrant, and he shouldn&#8217;t have been in our country and he never would have been under the Trump policy.&#8221;
Trump said that Biden should apologize for &#8220;apologizing to this killer.&#8221;
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JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE APOLOGIZING FOR APOLOGIZING TO THIS KILLER! <a href="https://t.co/wM1kVdHQ03">pic.twitter.com/wM1kVdHQ03</a>
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During an MSNBC interview over the weekend, Biden said was asked about referring to the suspect as &#8220;an illegal.&#8221;
“Undocumented,” Biden interrupted the interviewer. “An undocumented person.”
“And I shouldn’t have used ‘illegal,’ it’s undocumented,” Biden claimed, even though the correct legal terminology is, in fact, “illegal alien.”
“And look, when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me, one of the things I talked about at the border was his, the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood,” he continued. “And I talked about what I’m not going to do, what I won’t do, I’m not gonna treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect. Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow, but I don’t share his view at all.”
“So you regret using that word?” the interviewer asked.
“Yes,” Biden responded.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-apologizes-for-calling-alleged-laken-riley-murderer-an-illegal-they-built-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden Apologizes For Calling Alleged Laken Riley Murderer An ‘Illegal’: They ‘Built The Country’</a>

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Trump Hammers Biden For 'Apologizing' For Referring To Laken Riley Murder Suspect As 'An Illegal'

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> apologized over the weekend for calling the illegal alien who allegedly murdered a young woman in Georgia an &#8220;illegal&#8221; during his recent State of the Union speech.
The young woman — 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — was brutally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a> allegedly by Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra, who is reportedly an active gang member.
Biden faced significant blowback from Democrats for correctly calling Ibarra an &#8220;illegal,&#8221; which comes as the party tries to court the millions of illegal aliens who have entered the U.S. under Biden.
&#8220;I noticed the look of surprise on your face when you walked into the chamber and you saw Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. It was priceless,&#8221; MSNBC&#8217;s Jonathan Capehart said to Biden during an interview that aired on Satuday. &#8220;You feigned shock at seeing her. But during your response to her heckling of you, you used the word &#8216;illegal&#8217; when talking about the man who allegedly killed Laken Riley.&#8221;
&#8220;Undocumented,&#8221; Biden interrupted. &#8220;An undocumented person.&#8221;
&#8220;And I shouldn&#8217;t have used &#8216;illegal,&#8217; it&#8217;s undocumented,&#8221; Biden claimed, even though the correct legal terminology is, in fact, &#8220;illegal alien.&#8221;
&#8220;And look, when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me, one of the things I talked about at the border was his, the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And I talked about what I&#8217;m not going to do, what I won&#8217;t do, I&#8217;m not gonna treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect. Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow, but I don&#8217;t share his view at all.&#8221;
&#8220;So you regret using that word?&#8221; Capehart pressed.
&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Biden responded.
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WATCH: Joe Biden just went on MSNBC and said that he regrets using the word &quot;illegal&quot; during his State of the Union speech to refer to the killer of Laken Riley. 
“I shouldn&#39;t have used &#39;illegal.&#39; It&#39;s undocumented.&quot;
Absolutely pathetic. <a href="https://t.co/0jfMdc8edC">pic.twitter.com/0jfMdc8edC</a>
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Biden Apologizes For Calling Alleged Laken Riley Murderer An ‘Illegal’: They ‘Built The Country’

Biden Apologizes For Calling Alleged Laken Riley Murderer An 'Illegal': They 'Built The Country'

The mother of Laken Riley — the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered allegedly by an illegal immigrant while she was out for a run last month — slammed President Joe Biden this week for botching her daughter&#8217;s name during his State of the Union speech.
“I’d, be, a winner —, not really,” Biden said at the start of the awkward moment during his Thursday night speech.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shouted at Biden to say Laken Riley&#8217;s name after she was allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report">murdered</a> by a Venezuelan national who is an &#8220;active&#8221; gang member.
“Lincoln Riley!” Biden said. “An innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. That’s right. But how many of the thousands of people being killed by illegals? To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you having lost children myself. I understand.”
Following Biden&#8217;s remarks, Laken’s mother, Allyson Phillips, posted on social media: &#8220;Biden does not even KNOW my child’s name – it’s pathetic! If you are going to say her name (even when forced to do so) at least say the right name!&#8221;
Biden was accused of trying to minimize Laken Riley&#8217;s death by once again mentioning the death of his own son, Beau Biden, something that he often does when he is facing criticism over his policies and actions leading to disastrous outcomes, such as the 13 U.S. service members being killed during his withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan.
Former President Donald Trump addressed Laken Riley&#8217;s death last month when he visited the southern border in Texas with Governor Greg Abbott.
&#8220;The parents are devastated, and they’re incredible people,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;This is a Joe Biden invasion. A Biden invasion. I call him crooked Joe… the most incompetent president we&#8217;ve ever had.&#8221;
&#8220;A beautiful 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia was barbarically attacked,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;She was on a morning run… she was a beautiful young woman. I spoke to her parents yesterday. They are incredible people. They are devastated beyond belief. She was so beautiful in so many ways.&#8221;

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'Pathetic': Laken Riley's Mom Blasts Biden For Not Even Getting Her Name Right

The 26-year-old illegal immigrant charged in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is listed as “an active member” of a Venezuelan gang, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sources who spoke to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/migrant-charged-with-murdering-laken-rileys-easy-path-to-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>.
Jose Ibarra, who illegally crossed into the U.S. in 2022 with his then-girlfriend and 5-year-old son, is part of the Venezuelan El Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, and he has tattoos associated with the group, according to <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/711232421/Facts-in-Support-of-Motion-to-Detain-Diego-Ibarra#from_embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court documents</a> filed in the U.S. Middle District of Georgia.
“Tattoos commonly found on TdA members consist of weapons, stars, clocks, trains, five-pointed crowns, and the dollar sign. Following Ibarra’s arrest on February 23, 2024, photographs were taken of his tattoos. Some of Ibarra’s tattoos suggest that he is a member of TdA,” the court documents stated. “Ibarra has a five-pointed crown tattoo on the left side of his neck, and five-pointed stars on the right side of his neck. Ibarra also has a teardrop tattoo under his right eye – teardrop tattoos are often associated with gangs and gang culture and are not exclusive to TdA, or any single gang.”
After being arrested and detained by Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, in August 2022, Ibarra was released into the country and told to meet with ICE agents on October 24, 2024, more than two years after he illegally entered the U.S., the Post reported. ICE then reportedly moved its scheduled meeting with Ibarra back to December of 2024.
According to the court documents, Ibarra also posted pictures on social media last month showing him holding a gun even though it is illegal for noncitizens to possess a firearm in the U.S.
A year after Ibarra illegally entered the U.S., he was arrested in New York City by the NYPD for driving a moped with his girlfriend’s young son riding on the back without any helmet or protective restraint. The NYPD then released the illegal immigrant before ICE could issue a detainer for his arrest, according to the Post.
Ibarra then moved to Athens, Georgia, and in December 2023, he and his brother Diego were arrested for allegedly stealing food and clothing from a Walmart. They were both given a citation for misdemeanor shoplifting and let go.
Two months later, 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found dead after she had gone on a run near the University of Georgia campus. Ibarra was arrested and charged with concealing the death of another, false imprisonment, felony murder, malice murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery in connection to Riley’s death.
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Riley’s murder sparked a national outcry for President Joe Biden to do more to curb the record number of illegal immigrants that have crossed the border under his watch. On Thursday, the Republican-led U.S. House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-laken-riley-act-170-dems-vote-against-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the “Laken Riley Act,” a bill that would require federal officials to arrest illegal immigrants who have been charged with theft in the United States.

Illegal Immigrant Charged With Laken Riley’s Murder Is ‘Active’ Gang Member: Report

Illegal Immigrant Charged With Laken Riley's Murder Is 'Active' Gang Member: Report

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President Joe Biden was criticized by Democratic lawmakers on Thursday after he used the term “illegals” during his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-are-going-to-remember-that-screaming-daily-wire-hosts-slam-biden-over-angry-sotu-delivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State of the Union</a> address..
Biden referenced “illegals” after Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-botches-laken-rileys-name-during-sotu-shouting-match-with-mtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressured him</a> into referencing Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, according to police. Biden flubbed Riley’s name during his speech, calling her “Lincoln Riley.” 
“Lincoln Riley!” Biden said. “An innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. That’s right. But how many of the thousands of people being killed by illegals? To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you having lost children myself. I understand.”
Biden went on to say that amnesty should be granted to millions of illegal immigrants in the country and said he needed Republicans to pass a Democrat-backed bill in order to have the ability to secure the border. Despite his push for leftist policies, many Democrats were not happy with his reference to “illegals.” 
“As a proud immigrant, I&#8217;m extremely disappointed to hear President Biden use the word ‘illegal,’” Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChuyGarcia/status/1765950131159859281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
“Disappointed that<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS"> @POTUS</a> would use such dehumanizing right wing rhetoric to speak about immigrants tonight. No human being is illegal,” Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeliaRamirezIL/status/1765943756979634574">said</a>. 
“Let me be clear: No human being is illegal,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) posted on X after the speech. 
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, <a href="https://apnews.com/live/state-of-the-union-updates-watch#0000018e-1c25-d7d8-a7ee-bebf66ef0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Associated Press that she was disappointed with Biden’s reference to illegal immigrants. “I wish he hadn’t engaged with Marjorie Taylor Greene and used the word illegal,” she said. 
 “Just like we should not be implementing Republican policy, we should not be repeating Republican rhetoric,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) said. 
The Biden administration has previously <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-state-of-the-union-uses-term-illegal-immigrants-his-dhs-warned-against-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> to rid the government of any use of the term “illegal alien” or “illegal immigrant.” Instead the administration has referred to the flood of illegal immigrants who have crossed into the United States in the last several years as “newcomers” or “undocumented.”
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&#8220;This change is designed to encourage more inclusive language in the agency’s outreach efforts, internal documents and in overall communication with stakeholders, partners, and the general public,&#8221; the Department of Homeland Security said of its decision to stop using the term “illegal alien.”
Biden has come under fire from Republicans over his handling of the border, and House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remind-him-of-the-crisis-he-created-house-gop-unites-to-send-biden-message-during-sotu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wore</a> pins that read “Stop The Biden Border Crisis” at the State of the Union.

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From a financial perspective, a small commercial and residential district called Buckhead is maybe the single most important neighborhood in all of Atlanta.
Taxes from Buckhead pay for roughly <a href="https://thebuckheadcoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GrBuckhead-Impact_KBAG_Final_02.01.21a_web.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40%</a> of the city&#8217;s annual revenues, which isn&#8217;t surprising, because it&#8217;s a relatively affluent area in Georgia. But starting in 2020, like so many other cities, Atlanta chose to demonize police officers. So inevitably, Buckhead became extremely dangerous. Shootouts and carjackings became common, even in broad daylight, at the central mall. Instead of protecting their cash cow in Buckhead, officials in Atlanta allowed the mob to run rampant.
In response, the residents of the town attempted to do something radical, at least by the standards of modern politics. They tried to secede from the city and establish their own independent government — one that actually respected police officers, and paid them well. The plan nearly worked, but about a year ago ten Republican state senators in Georgia <a href="https://apnews.com/article/buckhead-city-secession-vote-fa2922b5d611512bfd6e0cc6f38e002c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with Democrats to prevent it. Apparently, there is bipartisan disapproval in Georgia of any proposal that involves enforcing the law. That&#8217;s one of the few things you can get both Democrats and Republicans to agree on. So Buckhead&#8217;s secession was shot down.
At the time, it was easy to dismiss Buckhead&#8217;s effort as a lark — as the vanity project of a few affluent conservatives living in gated communities in northwest Atlanta. And indeed that&#8217;s what most of the media did, as you&#8217;d expect.
Vox <a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/2/16/22937599/buckhead-atlanta-today-explained-noel-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the idea a product of the &#8220;white power structure&#8221; in Atlanta. Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/16/atlanta-black-mecca-inequality-00055390">mocked</a> the secession effort as &#8220;mighty.&#8221; To the extent that the mainstream, Left-wing corporate press talked about Buckhead, it was to emphasize that the residents of Buckhead are radicals — insurrectionists, even — who have nothing in common with most of America. But that wasn&#8217;t true.
As NewsNation pointed out, Buckhead was just one of several municipalities throughout the country that were thinking of seceding. Watch:
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So it&#8217;s not just Buckhead, as it turns out. Counties in Long Island, Idaho, Oregon, Illinois, and San Bernardino, were thinking of doing the same thing. That looks like a pattern — but it&#8217;s one that didn&#8217;t get much attention at the time. Now we&#8217;re learning that this pattern is far more widespread than it may have appeared. 
Researchers at YouGov have <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13165371/Goodbye-America-voters-want-state-secede-union-Texas-California-New-York-Alaska.html">found</a> that roughly quarter of U.S. adults — 23% — currently want their state to secede from the United States. Only 51% of respondents opposed secession, while another 27% were unsure. At the state level, the highest percentage in favor of secession was in Alaska, where 36% of adults want out. The next highest is California, at 29%, followed by 28% of New Yorkers. Oklahomans are at 28%. Nebraskans, Georgians, Floridians, and Washingtonians aren&#8217;t far behind. 
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1323-why-millions-of-americans-want-to-secede-from-the-union-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
In a country that had any interest in self-preservation whatsoever, this poll would be leading every primetime television news broadcast. There would be all kinds of experts trying to figure out what could possibly explain these figures, and what our elected representatives could do about it. These polls are yet more evidence that Americans have nothing fundamentally in common anymore. We aren’t bound by race, creed, or ancestry like people in most other countries are. In lieu of that, we used to have shared principles, a shared basic belief system to unify us. We don’t have that anymore. We can&#8217;t even agree that &#8220;all lives matter,&#8221; which you&#8217;d think would be a pretty basic starting point. We can’t agree that only women have babies. We can’t agree on basically any fundamental fact of reality. 
Meanwhile a major political party demonizes white people as a matter of course. Our politicians seem far more concerned about the sovereignty of foreign states than they care about our own. We are people from different philosophical universes all crammed together, and that&#8217;s reflected at every level of our leadership.
The other reason that secession is so popular is that people rightly feel the federal government does not have our interests at heart. When the government prioritizes citizens of other countries over our own, people become disenfranchised. There&#8217;s certainly no sense of loyalty to the federal government, as it clearly has no loyalty to us. 
Maybe no story in the past few days has made that clearer than the murder of Laken Riley. She was a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University, who was jogging on February 22nd at the campus of the University of Georgia. Watch:
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As you saw, very quickly, the authorities identified that the suspected killer was an illegal immigrant. That&#8217;s an important detail, but most of the major media simply ignored it, or downplayed it. For example, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/woman-dead-university-georgia-augusta-nursing-student-1e41b14c2d1e7c4889bc509abf5b42df" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the accused killer was an, &#8220;Athens resident.&#8221; They also refer to the suspect as a &#8220;26-year-old man.&#8221; But they don&#8217;t report that he&#8217;s an illegal alien until the seventh paragraph of their story. That&#8217;s because they&#8217;re not interested in talking about the fact that the Biden administration deliberately lets killers like this illegal alien into this country. 
As the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/24/us-news/laken-rileys-suspected-killer-jose-ibarra-illegally-entered-us-in-2022-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing sources at DHS who spoke to NewsNation, the suspected killer of this college student, &#8220;crossed into El Paso, Texas, from Venezuela in September 2022 &#8230;. He had been released due to a lack of detention space.&#8221; This is the excuse that the feds use now when they don&#8217;t want to enforce immigration law. They want us to believe that the jails are full of illegal aliens they&#8217;re detaining, which is of course complete nonsense. And that wasn&#8217;t the only opportunity to deport this accused killer. 
Again, quoting from the Post: &#8220;Months before Ibarra allegedly killed Riley, he was apparently arrested in New York for endangering a child. &#8230; Police sources in New York confirmed a man by the same name and age as the Georgia suspect was arrested in the Big Apple last year after allegedly endangering the welfare of a 5-year-old.&#8221;
In other words, the murder of Laken Riley was maybe the single most preventable crime that has ever occurred in the history of the state of Georgia. All the feds had to do was enforce the law at any point in the past two years and throw this degenerate killer out of the country. But they didn&#8217;t do that. Why not?
The mayor of Athens — Kelly Girtz — has offered something of an explanation. Instead of apologizing to the family of Laken Riley, or explaining why authorities didn&#8217;t enforce immigration law, the mayor proceeded to deliver a lecture about Donald Trump, and the importance of treating migrant killers with the dignity they supposedly deserve. This is one of the most repulsive press conferences you&#8217;ll ever see. Here&#8217;s part of it:
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Here is the Mayor of Athens, GA telling us we must respect the dignity of migrants, and tries to deflect to Trump and Charlottesville 
Laken Riley was just beaten to death under his sanctuary city policies <a href="https://t.co/qkD4iqTvIm">pic.twitter.com/qkD4iqTvIm</a>
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This is the exact kind of thinking that has festered for many years in this country. It&#8217;s why women like Laken Riley are dead today. At every opportunity — even when they&#8217;re confronted with murdered college students — politicians like Kelly Girtz insist that the problem isn&#8217;t with policy. They claim that the real problem is rhetoric. People like Donald Trump are too mean to Mexicans, apparently. You&#8217;re supposedly too xenophobic and uncultured to understand what&#8217;s happening. But as the bodies pile up, that position is becoming completely untenable.
Jason Rantz <a href="https://x.com/jasonrantz/status/1765579487859912879?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last night that an illegal immigrant who was arrested for killing a Washington State trooper (by getting intoxicated and then hitting the trooper on the side of the road) was previously arrested in a domestic violence case several years ago. Rantz reports that authorities suspected this person was in the country illegally, but they couldn&#8217;t act. 
Here&#8217;s what Rantz <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/3953842/rantz-sanctuary-law-protected-illegal-immigrant-suspected-in-trooper-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>: 
<blockquote>Two days after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed Democrats’ sanctuary state legislation into law, Raul Benitez Santana, who is accused of killing a Washington State Patrol trooper on a state highway last Saturday, accepted a plea agreement for a domestic violence incident years earlier. He was in this country illegally at the time. Court documents indicate officials may have, or should have, suspected his status as an illegal immigrant.</blockquote>
But because Washington State was a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; for illegal aliens, the authorities couldn&#8217;t do anything with this information. They had to allow this domestic abuser to stay in this country, where ultimately he would be accused of murdering a state trooper.
And by the way — even after this illegal alien killed that state trooper, the local media still ran cover for him, just as they ran cover for the suspected murderer of Laken Riley. For example, here&#8217;s how the local station KOMO <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/wsp-trooper-killed-in-serious-i-5-accident-all-sb-lanes-blocked-in-marysville-crash-multi-car-collision-interstate-5-southbound-saturday-washington-state-patrol-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported the story</a> of the state trooper&#8217;s death: &#8220;Trooper killed in three-vehicle I-5 crash identified, Lynnwood man in custody.&#8221;
Not &#8220;illegal alien.&#8221; Not &#8220;domestic abuser.&#8221; Instead, he&#8217;s a &#8220;Lynwood man,&#8221; just like Laken Riley&#8217;s killer was an &#8220;Athens resident.&#8221;
The corporate press will do everything they can to run cover for killers — at least, as long as those killers are foreigners in this country illegally, and as long as they&#8217;re killing white people. Their calculation is that people will shut up and take all of this, in the name of &#8220;tolerance.&#8221;
Whatever their motivation is — whether they just want to ensure their political survival, whether they want to bring about demographic replacement, or both — it isn&#8217;t really important. As a practical matter, the effects of these policies are finally proving to be far too destructive for most Americans to tolerate. As illegal aliens continue to indiscriminately murder American citizens — from college students to state troopers — more and more people are looking to Buckhead as a model.
That doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;ll secede, necessarily. But it does mean that, for the first time since the Civil War, millions of Americans are thinking about it.

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