"ICE Detainers Not Honored, GOP Blamed for Nursing Student's Murder"

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"ICE Detainers Not Honored, GOP Blamed for Nursing Student's Murder"
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ICE confirms that detainers against Jose Ibarra's brother, Diego Ibarra, were not honored by Athens-Clarke County, despite his encounters with U.S. border agents and multiple arrests in Georgia. Jose Ibarra, accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley, unlawfully crossed into the U.S. from Venezuela. Riley's death has sparked a debate on border policy, with Republicans blaming the Biden Administration and Democrats calling for bipartisan cooperation. However, studies show that native-born citizens are more likely to be arrested for violent crimes than people in the country illegally, and experts argue that immigrants do not pose a greater risk.

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