DCPD-202500193 - Remarks on Signing the Laken Riley Act and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500193 | Content Details

DCPD-202500193 - Remarks on Signing the Laken Riley Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Bill Signings and Vetoes : Laken Riley Act, signing remarks

Subjects: 2024 Presidential election
Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. military forces
Border security
Colombia, acceptance of deportees from U.S.
Colombia, President
COVID–19 pandemic
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, restriction efforts
Federal agencies and employees, return to in-person work
Georgia, Lieutenant Governor
Hamas political-paramilitary organization
House Homeland Security Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Illegal immigration
Immigration reform
Inflation
Laken Riley Act
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate confirmation process
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate majority whip
Social Security program
Transnational criminal organizations
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement
Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals
Vice President
Water management policy, improvement efforts
White House Border Czar
World Health Organization

Names: Barrasso, John A., III; Bessent, Scott K.H.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Britt, Katie Boyd; Collins, Mike, Jr.; Grassley, Charles E.; Green, Mark; Harris, Kamala D.; Homan, Thomas D.; Ibarra, Diego; Ibarra, José; Jones, Burt; Jordan, James D.; Martinez, Walter Javier; Martinez- Hernandez, Victor; Martinez-Rangel, Johan Jose; Mejia, Eswin; Morin, Clementine; Morin, Michael; Morin, Patricia; Morin, Shannon; Noem, Kristi L.; Nungaray, Alexis; Petro Urrego, Gustavo; Peña Ramos, Franklin Jose; Phillips, Allyson; Phillips, John; Phillips, Lauren; Riley, Jason; Robles, Jeremia; Robles, Tammy; Root, Scott; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Weakley, Cathy.

Notes: The President spoke at 2:15 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Jason Riley, father, John Phillips, stepfather, and Lauren Phillips, sister, of Laken H. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was killed on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, GA, on February 22, 2024; José Ibarra, who was convicted for the murder of Ms. Riley, and his brother Diego; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Lt. Gov. Burt Jones of Georgia; Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, who were charged in the June 17, 2024, murder of Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, TX; Victor Martinez-Hernandez, who was charged in the August 6, 2023, murder of Rachel Morin along the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air, MD; Walter Javier Martinez, who was convicted in the July 27, 2022, murder of Kayla M. Hamilton in Aberdeen, MD; Tammy and Jeremiah Nobles, mother and stepfather, and Cathy Weakley, grandmother, of Ms. Hamilton; Eswin Mejia, who was charged in the January 2016 traffic accident that caused the death of Sarah Root in Omaha, NE; former Vice President Kamala D. Harris; and President Gustavo Petro Urrego of Colombia. S. 5, approved January 29, was assigned Public Law No. 119–1.