The mom of a lady allegedly murdered by an unlawful immigrant from El Salvador gave emotional testimony to lawmakers Wednesday in regards to the second she came upon about her daughter’s dying whereas testifying that U.S. borders are “not safe.”
Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel was killed final 12 months in Maryland, testified at a House Homeland Security Committee listening to on the border disaster.
Police discovered Rachel’s physique stuffed in a culvert and, after a months-long investigation, recognized her suspected killer as an unlawful immigrant from El Salvador who can be accused of homicide in his house nation and raping a mom and her 9-year-old daughter in Los Angeles.
“It was such a complete shock to our whole family. It took ten months for them to find this suspected illegal immigrant,” she advised lawmakers.
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Patty Morin, whose daughter was murdered, testifies throughout a House Committee on Homeland Security listening to on the U.S. Capitol Sept. 18, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
“An illegal immigrant that was a gotaway from El Salvador had waited for her on the trail. I was told that they grabbed her, dragged her through the woods, raped her, strangled her, murdered her. We were told that her body was blanketed in bruises. And I can tell you from looking at her when I went to the funeral home that it was probably the most graphic thing that I've ever seen,” she mentioned.
The listening to, “A Country Without Borders: How Biden-Harris’ Open-Borders Policies Have Undermined Our Safety and Security,” noticed lawmakers commerce barbs over who was chargeable for the disaster on the border, which noticed a historic quantity of migrants hit the border and a quantity of criminals launched into the U.S. as half of that wave.
Ahead of the listening to, Republicans launched a report slamming the Biden administration’s insurance policies and blaming it for the disaster and the implications that adopted.
Rachel Morin was dragged off a climbing path Aug. 5, 2023, and brutally murdered. (Family handout)
“As we continue to witness Biden and Harris’ resistance to doing anything meaningful about this disaster, we have to ask — why? Why did they let this crisis take place and why have they let it continue,” Chairman Mark Green advised the committee.
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While Republicans blame the Biden administration for the disaster, the administration and Democrats say it's the fault of Congress for failing to cross broader immigration reforms to repair a “broken” system and supply extra funding. They have pointed, specifically, to a bipartisan Senate invoice to present extra funding and limits on asylum entries. Republicans refused to again that invoice, saying it will codify excessive numbers on the border.
With that stalling, President Biden signed an order limiting entries into the U.S. in June. The administration says that has led to a pointy drop in encounters on the border since then.
“While you probably won't hear it from those on the other side, border encounters are at their lowest level in years since the president's proclamation on June 4, and encounters along the border and ports of entry have decreased by 55%, with Border Patrol recording the lowest number of border encounters since September 2020,” rating member Bennie Thompson mentioned.
He additionally scolded Republicans for not backing the Senate invoice.
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“At the direction of former President Trump, Republicans blocked the Senate bipartisan border deal, and they are refusing to move necessary border security funding. Republicans don't want border security solutions. They want a political issue,” he mentioned.
But Morin had a warning for Americans watching the listening to.
“They say that the borders are safe. We live 1,800 miles away from the southern border. They're not safe. They're not safe. If you have a sanctuary city in your state, you're not safe,” Morin warned.
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Fox News' Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
