House Democrats have been caught on video apparently downplaying the affect of unlawful immigration within the homicide of Houston 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, with one telling FOX Business that “I don’t know who she is.”
The feedback come after bail has been set for $10 million every for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, the 2 suspects from Venezuela who are every going through a capital homicide cost. Both males entered the U.S. illegally close to El Paso, Texas earlier than being captured by the Border Patrol and launched from custody. Nungaray was then strangled to loss of life early final week in a case prosecutors say bears signs of sexual assault.
When FOX Business Correspondent Hillary Vaughn caught up to Rep. Summer Lee to ask for her ideas on Nungaray’s homicide, she reduce her off, saying “Oh I’m sorry, I don’t talk to strangers – I don’t even know who you are and I don’t know who she is, I’m out of Pittsburgh.”
“I don’t know anything about it,” Lee added earlier than disappearing into an workplace on Capitol Hill.
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Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., informed FOX Business Correspondent Hillary Vaughn that she would not know who Jocelyn Nungaray is. (Fox News)
Rep. Robert Garcia of California, when requested by Vaughn whether it is “time to rethink our parole policy if were releasing people who are murdering our children,” known as Nungaray’s homicide “horrific” and stated “the people that committed the crime should be held completely accountable to that crime.”
“I think, broadly speaking, I think what the country needs is broad asylum, border and immigration reform,” he continued. “I think we all know what the data says. We know that migrants oftentimes, and according to the data, according to police departments, are often less likely to actually commit crime than the natural born citizens.”
Garcia then stated “we should not be releasing anyone that we think could be a threat to the country.”
“We have issues with judges. The courts are backed up,” he additionally stated. “We’re hearing from people that are trying to actually bring folks in and try to interview and see and try to assess the person if they’re safe or not. With the asylum processes, there’s not enough judges, not enough clerks. So that’s got to get reformed.”
Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was discovered strangled to loss of life in a Houston creek this week. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray household)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington echoed feedback similar to her fellow Democrats, telling Vaughn “these are horrible incidents and I think anyone who conducts that kind of terrible act has to be prosecuted. But as we know, the research is that undocumented immigrants commit far fewer crimes than anyone else.”
“But aren’t these crimes preventable if we didn’t parole them into the country?” Vaughn then requested.
Jayapal gave no response as she entered an elevator and its doorways closed.
Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York additionally stated he “can’t comment on the parole policy” involving migrants apprehended on the U.S. border, however added that “if you look at the statistics, the crime rate among immigrants is far lower than the crime rate among native born Americans.
Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, left, and Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel have been charged in the killing of Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Texas, on Monday, June 17. (Harris County Jail)
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“It’s unlucky anyone’s killed, clearly, however immigrants, authorized or unlawful, commit crimes at a price far decrease than native born Americans,” he added. “That’s — these are the details.”