The GOP House Homeland Security Committee requests information from the Biden administration regarding the Georgia murder suspect.

The House Homeland Security Committee is requesting documents and information from the DHS about a Venezuelan national who was released in the US and later charged with the murder of a Georgia college student.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was requested for information on Jose Antonio Ibarra, who is accused of murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley, by Chairman Mark Green in a letter obtained by Planet Chronicle Digital.

On September 8, 2022, Ibarra was encountered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after entering near El Paso and was released for further processing.

The New York Police Department arrested Ibarra a year later, on Aug 31, 2023, and charged him with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation. Despite this, ICE was unable to detain him as he was released before the agency could issue a detainer.

ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations office in Atlanta came across Ibarra after his arrest by the University of Georgia Police Department and being charged with murder and other crimes. ERO Atlanta then placed a detainer on him.

On Friday, authorities announced that Ibarra had been charged with multiple crimes, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call, and concealing the death of another.

The release of Ibarra into the interior has sparked renewed concerns about the mass release of migrants into the U.S. and the crimes committed by those being released. Republicans have accused the Biden administration of abusing the authority of humanitarian parole by releasing migrants on a mass scale, something the administration has denied.

Green's letter highlights the Committee's concerns about the security of the nation and the potential for criminal aliens to exploit the vulnerabilities created by the Biden administration's open-border policies.

Ibarra's Alien File, all information in ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations' database related to him, and all documents between Mayorkas' office and CBP and ICE related to Ibarra are requested in his letter.

Mayorkas was impeached by House Republicans due to his management of the border crisis, and Green, who led the investigation into Mayorkas, linked the murder to the administration's policies.

Laken Riley would almost certainly be alive today if Secretary Mayorkas had complied with the laws of the United States, upheld his oath to defend the Constitution, and fulfilled his statutory duty to secure our borders and homeland, as he stated.

"Under his policy of unlawful mass parole, this individual was released into the country and essentially allowed to roam free, from Texas to New York to Georgia. Congress and the American people have a right to these documents and to know why this man was released into the interior, and how DHS has responded to his murderous actions," he stated.

The administration has been accused of abusing the parole authority, but Mayorkas and DHS have denied these claims, stating that those granted parole are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. They also pointed out that the use of parole has been broad in the past across multiple administrations. Furthermore, they denied allegations of an "open-border" policy by highlighting the more than 500,000 removals since May and the record seizures of fentanyl at the border.

The administration is working to address a Hemisphere-wide crisis in a "broken system" that requires additional funding and comprehensive immigration reform. It has been pushing for the passage of a bipartisan border bill that would restrict asylum and provide additional staffing to the border, but this bill has failed to pass the Senate. Conservatives argue that the bill would normalize already-high levels of illegal immigration.

Planet Chronicle Digital has reached out to DHS for comment.