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Upon his return to the White House, Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act that requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to detain any unauthorized immigrants apprehended or charged with theft, assaulting a police officer, or any other serious violent crimes that cause death.
At his second term’s first joint Congressional address, the President recounted how he signed the act. In attendance of Allyson Phillips, Laken Riley’s mom, and Lauren Phillips, her sister, Trump pointed at former President Joe Biden‘s “very dangerous open border policy” for the loss.
As the family watched him from the gallery, the Republican leader slammed his Democrat predecessor, saying, “Laken was stolen from us by a savage, illegal alien gang member who was arrested while trespassing across Biden’s southern border and then sent to the United States under the heartless policies of that failed administration.” He emphasized, “It was indeed a failed administration,” before recounting how he signed the Laken Riley Act.
