WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice applauds President Donald J. Trump for taking decisive action to sign the Laken Riley Act into law, prioritizing the safety and protection of American citizens.
Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, was out for a run when she was brutally killed by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a well-documented criminal history. Ibarra was found guilty in December and received a life sentence in November. Read Independent Women’s statement on the guilty verdict HERE.
The Laken Riley Act is a monumental bill that will close immigration loopholes and bar individuals who pose a threat to Americans from remaining or entering the United States. The bill highlights the strength of the Trump administration’s focus on ensuring a secure border for Americans with bipartisan support.
Meaghan Mobbs, director of Independent Women’s Center for American Safety and Security, said: “Protecting American lives is once again a priority. Laken Riley’s tragic death is a stark reminder of the deadly consequences of failed border security and law enforcement. This bill honors her memory by closing dangerous loopholes, holding violent offenders accountable, and putting the safety of American families above politics.”
To coincide with the president’s bold, decisive actions to protect Americans, Independent Women Features, the grassroots storytelling and original journalism arm of Independent Women, released a trailer for its immigration-focused documentary series, “Collateral Damage: America’s Broken Immigration System.”
Watch the trailer HERE:
Collateral Damage: America’s Broken Immigration System
Learn more about Independent Women’s border security work below:
- Last year, Mobbs visited the southern border, where she spoke with border patrol agents and locals at the epicenter of the migrant crisis and witnessed the devastating impacts of an insecure border firsthand.
- CASS has developed a comprehensive policy focus to help lawmakers address the border crisis.
- IW Features exposed the dangerous fallout of the unprecedented border crisis in an exclusive documentary, “Brooklyn’s Border Crisis: Male Migrant Shelter Opens Steps From a Children’s School,” as told by Irina Edelstein, the Brooklyn chapter leader of IW’s national grassroots membership arm, Independent Women’s Network. Edelstein, an immigrant herself, joined Dr. Phil Primetime to break her silence on how the illegal migrant influx threatens the safety of communities nationwide.
- Independent Women’s Forum’s c4 sister organization, Independent Women’s Voice, launched the Safe Borders Petition in 2021 for the public to sign and the Safe Borders Commitment for elected officials to show their commitment to “supporting legislation that applies all travel requirements to everyone equally and fairly, including those entering at our southern border.”
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