On Monday, the father of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley said that the illegal immigrant accused of murdering her “might not have been here,” if the border was secure.
Jason Riley, during an interview with NBC’s “Today,” his first public appearance since his daughter’s death, was asked whether he thinks a stronger immigration policy might have made a difference. His daughter’s death has sparked a nationwide debate about the current border crisis plaguing the Biden administration.
“We have no idea if that would have changed anything, but he’s here illegally,” Jason Riley said. “That he might not have been here had we had secure borders.”
Jose Antonio Ibarra, the 26-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant who was charged with Riley’s Murder, entered the United States through El Paso, Texas, in 2022, and was freed on border parole. He initially lived in New York City, but was arrested for endangering a child prior to his move to Athens, Georgia.
Ibarra is charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call and concealing the death of another in connection to Riley’s murder.
Ibarra lived with his two brothers in an apartment complex near the University of Georgia campus, about a five-minute walk from the believed crime scene, where he allegedly killed Riley.
Both of Ibarra’s brothers, Diego Ibarra, 29, and Argenis Ibarra, 24, had also entered the country illegally.
Riley, a nursing student from Augusta University, was found dead on the UGA campus on Feb. 22, after her roommate reported to authorities that she had not returned home from her morning run.
Earlier this month, Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, slammed President Biden as “pathetic” after he said her daughter’s name incorrectly during the State of the Union speech, referring to the 22 year old as “Lincoln,” rather than “Laken.”
“Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. That’s right. But how many thousands of people are being killed by legals?” the president said in an off-script moment prompted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R-GA), shouting at Biden, “Say her name!” while he was discussing the border crisis.
Her father told the outlet that he feels his daughter is “being used somewhat politically.”
“It makes me angry,” Jason Riley said. “She was much better than that. She should be raised up for the person that she is.”
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