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4 days ago
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Americans at risk 'anywhere' after 6 illegal immigrants are charged in mother's murder: congressman
A South Carolina congressman is warning of threats that face Americans "anywhere" after four years of an open border following the random murder of a Lancaster mom of two last month. The comments come after Lancaster authorities charged six illegal immigrants, between the ages of 13 and 21, in connection with Larisha Thompson's May 2 murder. She was shot to death while driving to meet friends in Rock Hill. "Two children will not have a mother to come home to," Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman told Fox News Digital in a phone interview. "It can happen anywhere, at any time. That's the sad part. We've seen it all over the country." He added that while Laken Riley, the Augusta University student killed by illegal Venezuelan migrant Jose Ibarra in February 2024, has become "the face" of crimes committed by those living illegally in the United States, there are similar victims in states across the country, including Thompson and others, such as Lizbeth Medina, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin and Kayla Hamilton. "The positive thing is: the border's secure now, but you've got to realize: four years of leaving the doors open to over 160 countries to put criminals and anybody else that wanted to come into the country," Norman said. "You wouldn't open your house up like that. Yet the Democrats are still not condemning what Joe Biden intentionally did. But it's a new day, and hopefully, [it is] going to be straightened out in time." Lancaster County Sheriff's Office deputies located Thompson, 40, deceased with a gunshot wound behind the wheel of her vehicle on Riverside Road in Lancaster, which is located about an hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina. On May 12, authorities announced the arrests of three adults – Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos, 21, Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari, 18, and Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado, 17 – and three juveniles, ages 13, 14 and 15, in connection with Thompson's death and a separate burglary that occurred on April 30. "We're a nation of law and order, and we've got to get back to that." "The unknown is what we fear," Norman said when asked about people with criminal intentions who may have crossed illegally into the United States during the Biden administration. "When you hear [FBI Director] Kash Patel talk about threats… the fact is that they're doing their best, but… we don't know who's here. And we're getting a lot of them out, but there's still the unknown of who's left here. And that's the problem. How many more deaths do we have to have that are just so senseless?" Norman said he hopes prosecutors pursue the death penalty against the adult suspects accused of murdering Thompson. "South Carolina is a great state," Norman said, but added that people have "got to be aware" and "diligent." Lancaster Sheriff Barry Faile said Thompson's "shooting defies any sense of decency in a civilized society," during a May press conference. "Ms. Thompson was going about her business on a Friday night, not bothering anyone. All of a sudden, these six men and boys – out to get something for nothing from someone they did not know and had no business bothering – pulled alongside her car, and Torres-Chirinos opened fire, killing Ms. Thompson," Faile said at the time. "There's no place in our society for acts like this or the people who commit them, and my hope is these six are never again among us." The Department of Homeland Security has placed detainers on all six individuals charged, Faile said during a press conference, adding that the community is a "much safer place today because these six individuals are off the streets." Faile alleged that the suspects pulled up alongside Thompson and fatally shot her in what authorities described as a "random robbery attempt." Authorities believe the other five suspects were in the vehicle with Torres-Chirinos, who was driving and allegedly fired the fatal shot at Thompson. They are accused of attempting to enter her vehicle and then fleeing the scene upon realizing that it was locked. On April 30, deputies were dispatched to the Van Wyck Mart at 644 Rock Hill Highway before 8 a.m. to investigate a burglary. The store owner told deputies that surveillance video footage showed several young men trying to get into the store around 10:30 p.m. on April 29. When they could not get inside, they allegedly broke open a door on the northwest corner of the building, which opened up to a bathroom that had access to the inside of the store. The suspects are also accused of firing a handgun at a security camera and the bathroom door. Detectives collected ballistics evidence at the scene. The store the suspects allegedly broke into and the location of Thompson's murder are a seven-minute drive apart. Detectives determined that ballistic evidence recovered from the scene of the murder came from the same 9 mm handgun used at the burglary days before. Through digital surveillance, investigators also identified Torres-Chirinos at the scene of both crimes. They questioned him at the sheriff's office on May 8, and by the end of that day, they had identified, located and detained the five additional suspects. The three adult suspects are charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary. Authorities believe Torres-Chirinos fired the handgun in both incidents, and he is charged with two counts of firearms possession during the commission of a crime and one count of firearms possession by an unlawful alien. A judge denied bond for all three men. The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary. All six suspects are subject to removal from the United States under federal immigration law based on their immigration status, the sheriff's office said. Thompson's family is "grieving and trying to get their heads around how something like this could happen," Faile added.
Fox News
10-06-2025
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Joe Manchin demands Democrats admit 'disgusting' border policy mistake as anti-ICE riots engulf Los Angeles
Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin urged Democrats to admit they made a mistake in their open border policies, calling the political position "disgusting" as anti-ICE riots rock the streets of Los Angeles. Manchin argued the previous administration "should have never opened" the southern border during "The Brian Kilmeade Show," pleading with his former party to "fix" the mistake. "It's a shame, and it's disgusting," Manchin told Kilmeade on Tuesday. "The bottom line is, Americans want a secure border, and Democrats just ought to say, 'We made a mistake. I'm so sorry we made a mistake. We're going to support securing our borders, and we would like for the president and all of our Republican friends to work together as Democrats, as Americans, and find a legal immigration policy that people want to come for the right reason and be able to add to this great country of ours and economies.'" "But this is awful. We should have never opened the borders up, and it should have never been asylum at the border," he added. "They know that they were wrong and made a big mistake. The problem with the political posturing today, [is] people can't say, 'I made a mistake. I messed up. "I'm sorry, and I'll fix it.' Let's fix it, and that's what they need to do." President Donald Trump announced the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines in recent days to help quell the violence despite objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom. He said in a proclamation that mobilizing the National Guard troops was necessary to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, who he said were being hindered from arresting illegal immigrants. Manchin noted that while the Trump administration should have reached out to Newsom first before the deployments, action needed to be taken even if the governor was not "receptive" to federal resources. "His staff should have told him, 'We're going to reach out to the governor and the governor's office, see if he's receptive, he understands how dire this is, and we're willing to act, and we will act if he doesn't act.' That would have been, I think a little bit… smoother way to do it," he said. "[The] public would have seen he tried everything possible. They didn't want to enforce the law the way it should be enforced, and the president had to do it. But they could have made that gesture." Meanwhile, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., spoke out against the "anarchy and true chaos" in Los Angeles, declaring that Democrats forfeit "moral high ground" if they do not decry the violence. "I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration — but this is not that. This is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement," Fetterman declared in a post on X. Manchin agreed with Fetterman, urging Americans from all partisan angles to work together to stop the violence. "Bottom line is, we've got to put a stop to it," Manchin said. "The federal government, the president's the leader. He's our president. He is the leader of the free world. He has to show how we can work together, make an effort to try to work together, and then move forward and take the force and use the force that's needed. It's a shame the Democrats cannot come to grips."
