Is Laken Riley's Life Worth Less Than George Floyd's?

: Betsy Mccaughey on Mar 13, 2024

The mainstream media shamelessly repeat that fiction. CNN said on Friday that migrants using the CBP One mobile app "are thoroughly vetted." Laughable.

The lack of vetting, whether at the southern border or in President Joe Biden's new CBP airport parole program, produces tragic consequences.

In January, Tammy Nobles testified before a House panel about the murder of her 20-year-old daughter Kayla Hamilton, who was allegedly raped and strangled to death with an electric cord by an illegal migrant robbing her of $6.

Nobles explained that all DHS "had to do was make one phone call to El Salvador to know he was an MS-13 gang member on the list."

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn't attend the House hearing, insisted afterward that American deaths at the hands of illegal migrants "should not be politicized."

No one said that about Floyd's death. Is Hamilton's life also worth less than Floyd's?

The Washington Post, USA Today and other publications cite several studies, from the Cato Institute, Stanford University and elsewhere, purporting to show immigrants have committed crimes at a lower rate than people born in the U.S. These studies assess data from several years, even decades, ago. Some don't distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. Most important, these studies ignore the new reality. Venezuela and El Salvador are emptying their prisons and sending their gang members to the United States, according to FBI sources. Americans need to be protected from these killers.

The issue facing Biden and his party is not whether to call Ibarra "illegal," "undocumented" or a "newcomer." The brutal truth is he's a Tren de Aragua gang member. And he should have been stopped at the border before he killed Riley.

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Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. Follow her on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey. To find out more about Betsy McCaughey and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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