Republican lawmakers hammered DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the release of the man who later was accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Republican lawmakers on Thursday tore into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the release of the Venezuelan illegal immigrant now charged with the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley -- accusing the agency of having released him into the U.S. unlawfully. Lawmakers grilled the embattled secretary on Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, who is accused of killing Riley on Feb. 22, while she was jogging at the University of Georgia in Athens.
We are not doing that, senator,' Mayorkas said. 'The term ‘importation’ is incorrect.' Mayorkas also said it was false to say that Venezuela won’t take return flights. We have negotiated in the past removal flights to Venezuela. Those are suspended right now,' he said, before adding that Mexico will sometimes take Venezuelan nationals. 'So, why do you say it's not correct when it's been suspended? That's why Americans don't trust you,' Marshall fired back. Fox News' Aubrie Spady and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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