An interactive data chart of the US shows details of crimes from illegal aliens, including the death of Laken Riley in Athens.
In February 2024, the tragic murder of Augusta University student Laken Riley led to heartbreak in Georgia and across the nation.
Riley was found dead while out for a run on the University of Georgia campus near the Augusta University’s College of Nursing, where she studied. The suspect? José Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela.
In a data visualization chart of how the “sharp increase of illegal immigration since January 2021 has led to an increase in crime across the country,” it explains that Ibarra was arrested and charged with murder.
However, his crimes did not begin there. Prior to that, Ibarra entered the United States illegally back in September 2022, and he was released into the country before going to New York City, the data visualization chart shared.
Almost a year later in August 2023, he was charged with reckless endangerment of a child when he was caught driving an unregistered and uninsured car with the child inside. He was even set free before Immigration and Customs Enforcement could issue a detainer against him.
Later in October 2023, he and his brother Diego Ibarra were arrested for shoplifting from an Athens Walmart, and they only were issued a citation then were released. The brother was also arrested a month prior for driving under the influence of alcohol without a license.
Despite all the crimes Ibarra committed, he had not yet been jailed, detained, or put into prison. Instead he roamed free until he murdered Riley.
In response to the death of Riley, the Georgia House of Representatives discussed a bill that would penalize jail officials who fail to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the presence of an inmate who is in the country illegally. The bill had been introduced before the death of Riley.
Kemp signed the bill at the start of May.
“The Biden administration has failed in its duties to secure our southern border and as a result we do not know who has entered our country or where they are going,” Kemp said. “But in Georgia we will do everything in our power to ensure criminals are not allowed to walk free and terrorize communities.”
