Trump blames Biden for Laken Riley murder during Texas border visit

Published February 29, 2024 5:10pm ET



EAGLE PASS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump called the record-setting surge of immigrants crossing the border the “Joe Biden invasion” in a dueling border visit with the president Thursday in Texas.

Trump, in remarks delivered near the border, directly blamed Biden for the recent alleged kidnapping and murder of Laken Riley, a University of Georgia nursing student, by a Venezuelan national released into the country in 2022 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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