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The father of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley who was murdered by an illegal immigrant last month said he feels like \u201cshe\u2019s being used\u201d by politicians among the fight to secure the border.<\/p>\n
NBC reporter\u00a0Priscilla Thompson asked<\/a>\u00a0Jason Riley if \u201ca difference in immigration policy would have made a difference\u201d for his daughter.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have no idea if that would\u2019ve changed anything,\u201d Riley said. \u201cBut, he\u2019s here illegally \u2014 he might not have been here had we had secure borders.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0House of Representatives\u00a0passed the Laken Riley Act earlier this month, a bill that would require federal immigration authorities to detain illegal immigrants charged with local theft or burglary.<\/p>\n \u201cThe senseless murder of Laken Riley by Jose Ibarra, who had no business being in this country, was another wake-up call as Americans experience an illegal alien crime wave because of Joe Biden\u2019s open border and local sanctuary city policies,\u201d Rep. Mike Collins, (R-GA), who introduced the bill said.<\/p>\n Jose Antonio Ibarra, the\u00a0illegal immigrant\u00a0from Venezuela charged with the brutal murder, was arrested in New York prior to the murder, but was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n In addition, the bill will also allow individual states to take action against the federal government \u201cif an immigration related action harms the state or its citizens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n