Guests at President’s Speech to Congress Will Highlight Immigration Matters, Democrat to Respond Called an Advocate of “Open Borders”

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President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress this evening.  CNN reports on some guests

“representing Trump’s border security policies, including Alexis Nungaray, the mother of a 12-year-old, Jocelyn, who was murdered when she went on a walk to a Houston convenience store. Two undocumented immigrants from Venezuela have been charged with her murder. . . . [T]the mother and sister of [the late] Laken Riley, will also be in attendance. . . . An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted [for Riley’s murder] and sentenced to life without parole. Trump’s first major legislative victory, the Laken Riley Act, requires detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes.

And Roberto Ortiz, an agent with Customs and Border Protection, `has been shot at repeatedly by cartel members while performing his duties near the Rio Grande River in Texas,’ according to the White House.”

Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) will respond to President Donald J. Trump’s Joint Address to Congress. The White House blog claims that “Senator Slotkin stands opposed to President Trump’s agenda to lower costs, bring back manufacturing, and secure our borders” and “has repeatedly voted for open borders.”

KJ