'JUSTICE FOR LAKEN RILEY': Trump vows to secure border after illegal immigrant found guilty of murdering Georgia nursing student

President-elect Donald Trump commended a conviction that was handed down Wednesday in the Laken Riley case, in which illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra was found guilty of murdering the young Georgia nursing student earlier this year. Trump vowed to secure the US southern border to prevent other Americans from experiencing the same "pain and heartbreak" as Riley's family. He said the verdict was "justice" for the illegal alien who entered the US under the Biden administration's open-border policies, and committed "horrific crimes."

"JUSTICE FOR LAKEN RILEY!" Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The illegal who killed our beloved Laken Riley was found GUILTY on all counts for his horrific crimes. Although the pain and heartbreak will last forever, hopefully this can help bring some peace and closure to her wonderful family who fought for Justice, and to ensure that other families don't have to go through what they have. We love you, Laken, and our hearts will always be with you."

The president-elect added: "It is time to secure our Border, and remove these criminals and thugs from our Country, so nothing like this can happen again!"

Jose Ibarra, 26, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he was found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. He was convicted on charges including one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence, and being a "peeping Tom."

The 45th president, Donald Trump, who will soon be the 47th president, mentioned Riley's tragic death several times during his 2024 presidential campaign. He promised to impose massive security measures at the US-Mexico border to prevent illegal immigration and to carry out the largest mass deportation operations in US history.