Kayla Hamilton, who was murdered by an illegal migrant in 2022, celebrates her birthday. (Tammy Nobles)
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"No one else should ever again have to suffer the way my daughter Kayla did," Tammy Nobles, Kayla’s mother, told Fox News Digital. "The Biden-Harris Administration’s policies prioritized the comfort of illegal aliens, like Kayla’s murderer, over the safety of innocent Americans."
"The Kayla Hamilton Act is necessary to ensure background checks of unaccompanied alien children occur before they are released. If that had happened in the case of Kayla’s murderer, authorities would have known he was an MS-13 gang member."
Currently, laws surrounding UACs who enter the U.S. illegally without a parent or legal guardian to provide care, require illegal minors to be sent to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under HHS rather than being immediately deported.
Marvin Medrano, 41, sentenced to more than 100 years in prison, shows off his tattoos alluding to Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang during an interview with AFP, inside the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador on January 27, 2025. (MARVIN RECINOS/AFP)
The bill is in line with the executive branch and President Donald Trump’s movement to secure the U.S. border and hold dangerous illegal migrants accountable through deportations and criminal penalties.
It is estimated the Trump administration has deported more than 250,000 illegal migrants, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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"This legislation ensures that public safety will never again be an afterthought," Fry added.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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