\u00ab\u00a0Should have never happened.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nAt the rally in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump took a moment to recognize the Mollie Tibbetts tragedy and added that immigration laws are a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d
President Trump expressed that Tibbetts’ death \u201cshould have never happened.\u201d
. @POTUS on Mollie Tibbetts: \u201cShould have never happened.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/Oz0U9BPAa9 pic.twitter.com\/k3WX4OFezL
\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 22,2018
\u201cYou heard about today, with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from Mexico,\u201d President Trump said. \u201cAnd you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman.\u201d
The loss of Mollie Tibbetts is a devastating reminder that we must urgently fix our broken immigration laws. pic.twitter.com\/0Kaz0FQw36
\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 22,2018
President Trump added that the immigration laws are \u201cso bad\u201d and \u201csuch a disgrace… we’re getting them changed.\u201d
Along with his remarks on immigration laws, President Trump praised the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol at the rally.
. @POTUS: \u201cYou know who wants the wall more than any of us? ICE and Border Patrol because they know that’s going to be a big, big factor in stopping the drugs from coming in.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/NTD2wz2RZe
\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 22,2018
. @POTUS: \u201cEvery single day ICE is tracking down gang members, drug dealers, predators, and killers and we’re either throwing them in jail or throwing them the hell out of our country.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/YYtj8VkdKt
\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 22,2018
Former acting ICE Director Thomas Homan acknowledged President Trump’s praise and asked people to \u201cname another president that does something like this.\u201d
Homan agreed that ICE officials \u201care heroes.\u201d
Thomas Homan: \u201cThis president has proven that he has the backs of these American heroes.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/OEfDdsCIxp
\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 22,2018
\u201cI mean, stand shoulder to shoulder with the law enforcement officers that put on the line for this country every day,\u201d Homan said.
Homan added that President Trump \u201ctalks the talk like most presidents, but he walks the walk like a lot don’t.\u201d
Many on Twitter responded to the Tibbetts tragedy and how it correlates with the border wall and illegal immigration:
Mollie Tibbitts. I’m so mad, I want to go build that wall myself. I’ll bet plenty of people would join me. Do we have to wait for stupid congress. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com\/U7aqJjcK9x
\u2014 Phoenix (@PhoenixRead) August 22,2018
Build that wall @realDonaldTrump #MollieTibbets
\u2014 Kenzie Aspseter (@KENZudoit) August 22,2018
Build that wall @realDonaldTrump https:\/\/t.co\/WkDQYpfpr5
\u2014 Amy Unzicker (@AUnzicker) August 21,2018
How sad. The Democrats are so hell bent on destroying Trump that the mainstream media fails to headline the ILLEGAL immigrant that murdered Mollie Tibbetts. She is now permanently separated from her family. Was this guy a dreamer too? Build the wall!
\u2014 Brett (@acci2007) August 22,2018
A year ago I met President Trump & I wouldn\u2019t have said to build the wall.
But now I\u2019m saying build that wall!! #JusticeForMollie pic.twitter.com\/o5JwoSKZzz
\u2014 Raelynn Hunziker<\/p>\n