The Democratic sheriff of the Georgia county where 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley was murdered, allegedly by an illegal alien, last week previously campaigned on not cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
Venezuelan Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was arrested on Friday for the murder of Riley, whose skull was reportedly crushed during the violent attack on February 22. Her body was later discovered in the woods.
Ibarra illegally crossed into the United States through El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 before being released due to lack of detention space, according to Department of Homeland Security sources who spoke with NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley.
Athens-Clarke County Sheriff John Williams said while he was campaigning for the position in 2020 that he would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, thus putting his community at…
