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Laken Riley and the need for a secure border

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Laken Riley was a graduate of the University of Georgia and a nursing student at nearby Augusta University. Last week, the 22-year-old went for a jog. She never returned, her dead body found in a wooded area near a lake. 

Riley’s murder has rightly caused outrage across the country. The accused, Jose Antonio Ibarra, is here illegally. He had been arrested in September 2022 for illegally crossing into the United States, only for Border Patrol to release him. 

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