House GOP opens probe into Maryland woman’s rape, murder by alleged MS-13 member who crossed border as minor

The Home Judiciary GOP launched an investigation into the grotesque rape and homicide of a 20-year-old Maryland girl by an alleged MS-13 gang member who crossed the border as an unaccompanied minor. 

In a letter to Well being and Human Companies (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra Tuesday, Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Tom McClintock, R-Calif., famous how the HHS Workplace of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is charged with the care and placement of unaccompanied kids referred by U.S. Customs and Border Safety. 

On Jan. 15, because the letter notes, Aberdeen, Maryland, police arrested a 17-year-old “unlawful alien” and recognized MS-13 gang member from El Salvador for the violent assault and homicide of 20-year-old Maryland resident Kayla Hamilton. Press experiences say the suspect entered the U.S. in Rio Grande Metropolis, Texas, as an unaccompanied alien little one and recognized a girl residing in Frederick, Maryland, as his aunt. 

“The Biden administration’s open border insurance policies have created vulnerabilities that legal aliens and gang members exploit to the detriment of Americans,” Jordan and McClintock mentioned. 

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Hamilton was discovered raped and strangled to demise in a cell dwelling she lately moved to along with her boyfriend, in keeping with native information experiences. Her mom, Tammy Nobles, advised FOX 45 Baltimore that her daughter has autism however was “working actually onerous on being unbiased.” 

“He was arrested on the border. They let his aunt come and choose him up and take him again to Fredericksburg Maryland. He should not be right here,” Nobles reportedly mentioned final month. 

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Home Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan launched a probe into the homicide of 20-year-old Maryland girl Kayla Hamilton, allegedly by an MS-13 gang member. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)

“Pursuant to the Guidelines of the Home Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary is allowed to conduct oversight of the Biden Administration’s enforcement of federal immigration legal guidelines,” Jordan and McClintock wrote. They requested that Becerra present all case info, together with however not restricted to the teenager’s case file, household reunification packet, in addition to any supplies offered to HHS ORR by federal companies comparable to Customs and Border Patrol upon the 17-year-old’s referral and any info offered to HHS ORR “pursuant to its request for info from the referring company.” 

In addition they requested “an in depth description of, and associated paperwork concerning, what steps HHS took to ascertain and confirm” the suspect’s age. They need Becerra to elucidate how HHS officers realized of, or had been notified of, the suspect’s standing as a recognized MS-13 gang member, what the supply of that info was and when HHS first realized of that info. 

Well being and Human Companies Secretary Xavier Becerra, middle, leads the company charged with the care and placement of unaccompanied kids referred by U.S. Customs and Border Safety. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

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Jordan, chairman of the Home Judiciary Committee, and McClintock, chairman of the subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Safety and Enforcement, additionally search how HHS established and verified, if in any respect, the familial relationship between the now homicide suspect and the lady he recognized as his aunt. They need Becerra to supply all case supplies referring or regarding the vetting of the teenager’s sponsor – the lady recognized as his aunt. The letter lists the deadline for the supplies as March 13 by 5 p.m. 

Fox Information Digital reached out to HHS for touch upon Tuesday.