Laken Riley’s Murder Displays the Consequential Divide Between Parties Over Illegal Immigration
Published on February 27, 2024
The murder of a university nursing student in Athens, Georgia, exhibits the striking, consequential difference between Democrat and Republican lawmakers over illegal immigration. The suspect in the Feb. 22 murder of Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley is a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela named Jose Antonio Ibarra, who entered the country 18 months ago. The 22-year-old Ms. Riley disappeared after her morning jog around the University of Georgia (UGA), which led to a search during which her body was discovered along her route at 1 p.m. on Feb. 22. UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark said it was a “crime of opportunity” in which the suspect saw Ms. Riley, “and bad things happened,” he said....