The tragic death of officer David Lee underscores the failure of border policy

On September 22nd, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer David Lee tragically died after being struck by the car of an illegal immigrant who was drunk, driving without a license and driving well over the speed limit. Officer Lee was a father, husband and hero who dedicated his life to protecting the community. My condolences go out to his family and loved ones.

What makes this tragedy even more painful is the fact that it should never have happened. The illegal immigrant who hit Officer Lee had a criminal record; He was on probation for a 2020 DWI case and a domestic violence conviction for breaking down the door of the home he shared with a woman and then strangling, punching and kicking her. He should have been deported for committing these crimes; Instead, he received a slap in the face and was released on bail.

Far too many innocent people have been murdered or violently attacked by dangerous people living in this country illegally. Back in March, an illegal immigrant stabbed two people to death at a St. Louis-area laundromat. In February, 22-year-old Laken Riley was brutally murdered by a Venezuelan citizen who had been paroled into the country in the fall of 2022. And in June, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was murdered by two Venezuelans caught illegally entering and releasing. These are just a few examples of the dangerous consequences of the Biden-Harris administration’s open border agenda, which it began implementing the day it took office.