A Venezuelan migrant accused of killing an 18-year-old college student in Chicago had been apprehended and released under the Biden administration.
José Medina-Medina was previously caught by US Border Patrol on May 9, 2023 under the Biden administration, but was released into the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Sunday.
Just over one month later, on June 19, 2023, he was arrested for shoplifting but was once again released into society.
Medina-Medina is now in custody for killing Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University, as she was walking with her friends along Lake Michigan at around 1.30am on Thursday.
He allegedly approached the college freshman while wearing a mask and dressed in all black, then shot her in the head as she attempted to flee. Gorman was later pronounced dead at the scene.
‘Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life,’ Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said.
‘She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,’ she continued.
Bis then went on to call on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and other ‘sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.’
Today’s turnstile jumpers are tomorrow’s murderers if not prosecuted by more than a slap on the wrist.