‘Her Death is Not an Actual Issue?’: Hawley Gets Democrat Witness to Admit Party’s Pro-Illegal Immigrant Playbook

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
In today’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)confrontedAdam Isacson, a witness invited by Senate Democrats, over his testimonyencouragingsenators to vote against legislation that would detain criminal illegal migrants.
“[Laken Riley’s] death is not an actual issue? . . . I just want to make sure the record’s clear on this: The spokesman for the minority party is advising the Senate that theLaken Riley Actis a bad idea, ”Senator Hawley stated, addressing Isacson and all present in the hearing.
“The spokesman for the minority party is saying that Laken Riley’s death and migrant crime is not an actual issue. . . . [Laken Riley] is dead because of migrant crime,”Senator Hawley pointed out.
Watch Senator Hawley’s full remarkshere, or click on the video above.
Senator Hawley continued his line of questioning bydebunkingIsacson’s reference to the Trump-era Remain in Mexico program as a “policy of death.”“I wish the Remain in Mexico program had still been in effect when the killer of Travis Wolfe crossed the border. He might still be alive today,”Senator Hawley concluded.
During today’s hearing, Senator Hawleydefendedhis new legislation,“Travis’s Law,”honoring the legacy of Missouri’s 12-year-old Travis Wolfe, who was killed in a head-on collision by a criminal illegal alien. The legislation—which has beenintroducedas an amendment to theLaken Riley Act—would prevent illegal aliens, who commit crimes against children, from roaming free.
Earlier this week—bypassing Isacson’s wishes—the Senate overwhelmingly advanced passage of theLaken Riley Act, which Senator Hawley has co-sponsored. The bill would ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains illegal aliens who commit burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

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