Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday ripped DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, suggesting he should have deported her.
Greene during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing decried Mayorkas’ handling of the southern border as “treason” and argued his failure to tighten crossings resulted in dangerous people crossing into the United States illegally. She and other Republicans have blamed the Biden administration for the death of Riley, who was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant in February.
“This is corruption at the deepest level. As a matter of fact, I would call it treason. It's treason because these people have declared war on our citizens by raping our women, our children, and murdering people, like Laken Riley. You're familiar with her, right?” Greene said to Mayorkas. “You should have deported her so that she could be alive today. Her parents would have appreciated that.”
“And also Kayla Hamilton, who was brutally raped and murdered by a cartel member,” Greene continued. “Her mother came and spoke to us. She didn't deport him either. You let him in the country.”
The man who killed Hamilton, a 20-year-old woman with autism who lived in Maryland, was a member of the notorious MS-13 gang and was in the United States illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
