Laken Riley’s father spoke Wednesday before the Georgia state Senate to remember his daughter about a month after the Augusta University nursing student was murdered while jogging on the University of Georgia campus.
Riley, 22, was found dead in a wooded area on UGA’s campus on Feb. 22 after she did not return home from her morning run. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national who was living illegally in the United States, has been charged in her murder, which police described as a “crime of opportunity.”
“I stand before you, a heartbroken man,” Riley’s father, Jason Riley, said before the state Senate on Wednesday afternoon. “Part of my purpose has been taken. God gave me a beautiful daughter to father, protect, provide for and nurture. A man with an evil heart stole her life. He was in this country and in this state illegally. My vision for every senator in this chamber is that you protect citizens from this illegal invasion.”
Jason Riley pleaded with state lawmakers to “recognize” that “over a million illegal aliens are in this state and making families nervous.”
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“Please recognize Athens-Clarke as a sanctuary city, and this policy and the lack of action, led to the murder of my daughter,” he said. “There are a few of you in this chamber that are standing up and working on that solution to protect us. For that, my family is thankful.”
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