Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned of the deadly consequences of the border crisis and criticized President Biden for not “sealing the border with Mexico right now” following the brutal murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.
“If Joe Biden had any compassion for this family or the families of Laken Riley or Rachel Morin and others who have been murdered… he would secure the border on Thursday, Memorial Day.” [Nungaray’s] funeral,” Patrick told “America's Newsroom” on Wednesday.
“This girl was tortured, strangled and thrown into the river like a rag doll,” he continued. “Now I want America to wake up. This can happen to your wife, your daughter, your sister, your grandmother. It can happen to you. There are animals roaming this country today because of Joe Biden, and these three women I just “We would all be alive today – today – if it weren't for Joe Biden. He has blood on his hands.”
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Video image of Johan José Rangel Martínez, 21, and Franklin José Peña Ramos, 26, and image of Jocelyn Nungaray. (Houston Police Department; Fox Houston Courtesy of the Nungaray family)
Prosecutors said Tuesday that two illegal immigrants from Venezuela allegedly lured the Houston girl under a bridge where they sexually assaulted her before tying her up and killing her.
Johan José Rangel Martínez, 21, and Franklin José Peña Ramos, 26, have each been charged with capital murder.
“As we stand there, looking at the casket and praying for this family, [Biden] We will let more animals like the two that allegedly killed her into this country,” Patrick said.
The Texas Republican urged former President Trump to confront Biden at Thursday night's CNN presidential debate over the outcome of his border policies.
“I would ask President Biden, 'Can you tell me who Rachel Morin is? Can you tell me who Jocelyn is? Can you tell me who Laken Riley is?' And Joe Biden has a choice: He could say, 'Yes, there are three people who should be alive today except for my border policies,' or 'I don't know who they are,'” she said.
Jocelyn's mother, Alexis Nungaray, tearfully told “Hannity” on Tuesday that “we have to stop burying our children.”
“This is not right. We need to have more reinforcements when it comes to letting people in. This is not right,” he said.
Peña Ramos crossed illegally El Paso, Texas, In May, Department of Homeland Security sources confirmed to Fox News that he was captured by Border Patrol agents and released into the United States with a notice to appear in court.
Rangel Martínez also crossed illegally into El Paso in March and was captured by Border Patrol. He was released in the US without his origin being known.
Peña Ramos was wearing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) uniform. ankle bracelet at the time of the crime, a detail highlighted by Jocelyn's grandfather, Kelvin Alvarenga, during the “Hannity” interview.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News in a statement Friday that he “illegally entered the United States without inspection, parole, or admission by a U.S. immigration officer on an unknown date and at an unknown location.”
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg described the city of Houston as a “huge international hub” that attracts people from all over the country.
“Unfortunately, we see a lot of violence committed by illegal immigrants, and we see that many are victims of other illegals and regular people here. It's a huge problem. This was bound to happen,” Ogg told Fox News on Tuesday. “It's one of those things that, as an elected prosecutor, you're just waiting [the] another shoe to drop. “I am fed up and disgusted that this little girl was the innocent victim of these two monsters.”
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Fox News' Louis Casiano, Bill Melugin, Griff Jenkins, Yael Halon and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
