Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is facing criticism for a weekslong delay in responding to a brutal crime allegedly carried out by an illegal immigrant in Georgia. Inset: Kenneth Moreno Guzman, a Mexican national accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. (John Moore/Getty Images; DHS)
A Fox News Digital search did not find any public comment from Ossoff acknowledging the crime or the importance of ICE’s involvement as of Monday.
When reached for comment Tuesday, Ossoff told Fox News Digital, "Instead of raiding Americans’ homes without judicial warrants, demanding Americans’ papers at checkpoints and detaining 5-year olds, Americans want ICE to return to its purpose: arresting violent criminals like Kenneth Moreno Guzman who are here illegally, and I commend the law enforcement professionals involved in this criminal’s arrest."
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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Rep. Buddy Carter, also running in the primary against Ossoff, told Fox News Digital, "Ossoff was silent on Laken Riley and is now silent on the 11-year-old victim of Kenneth Guzman. He wants illegals to vote for him, which is why he refuses to speak out against them — even though they wouldn’t be allowed into his rallies without an ID. Ossoff’s Democrat Party has become the party of rapists, pedophiles and murderers. Georgians, even those who are victims of violent crimes, are — at best — an afterthought."
A Fox News analysis of Ossoff's X posts last month uncovered no X posts from the senator's accounts including "Laken Riley" in them.
However, the U.S. senator from Georgia did take time to honor her life inside the Georgia state legislature a few days after she was murdered, reportedly expressing his "shock and outrage" over her death.
Last month, on the one-year anniversary of the Laken Riley Act, Ossoff was accused by Republicans of "flip-flopping" on the Laken Riley Act.
Ossoff initially voted, along with all Senate Democrats, against an amendment that would have passed a modified version of the act via a defense appropriations bill in March 2024. However, Ossoff did eventually vote in favor of the stand-alone Laken Riley Act many months later in the next Congress in January 2025.
Republicans running for different offices in Georgia echoed similar sentiments as Ossoff's GOP challengers in statements to Fox News Digital.
"How many more innocent Americans need to be raped or killed at the hands of illegal aliens before Jon Ossoff stands up to his radical leftist base?" Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Clay Fuller, running for Congress to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat in a March special election, told Fox News Digital. "The death penalty should be pursued here."
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is running for governor, told Fox News Digital, "Georgia voters should be aware that no matter how many Americans are raped or murdered in our communities at the hands of illegal aliens, Jon Ossoff will remain silent and continue to push for them to be able to vote."
The Georgia Senate race will be heavily watched as the GOP defends its 53-47 majority in the chamber in this year's midterm elections.
The Republican primary to determine who challenges Ossoff is scheduled for May 19.
Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
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