Markup Meeting on ‘Kayla Hamilton Act’ Sparks Heated Exchange Over Immigration and Victims’ Rights

A House Judiciary Committee markup session for the “Kayla Hamilton Act” on Wednesday escalated into a contentious debate over immigration policy and the politicization of victims’ stories, following remarks from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) that described murder victim Kayla Hamilton as a “random dead person.”

The proposed legislation, introduced by Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC), seeks to reform the process by which unaccompanied alien children (UACs) are released into the United States.

The bill, formally titled the “Kayla Hamilton Act to Protect American Communities from Dangerous UAC Placements,” is named after 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, who was murdered in July 2022 by an illegal alien who

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