Mother of MS-13 murder victim testifies Biden-Harris are not putting Americans first

SANDRA? >> Sandra: ERIC SHAWN OUT OF NEW YORK CITY FOR US. THANK YOU. >> SHE WAS A PRETEEN OUT DOING WHAT TEENAGERS DO, GOING TO THE CORNER STORE TO GET A SODA. SHE WAS PREYED ON BY TWO ILLEGAL VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS. >> HE CROSSED THE BORDER THREE TIMES, WAS SENT BACK. THE FOURTH TIME HE WAS A GOT-AWAY. AFTER HE MURDERED MY DAUGHTER, HE STAYED IN THE SAME TOWN WHERE HE MURDERED HER, CONTINUED TO WORK IN RESTAURANTS. >> WE ARE LETTING EVERYTHING THROUGH THE BORDER BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CHECKING THEM. AND YOU ARE VICTIMIZING CITIZENS, YOU ARE VICTIMIZING IMMIGRANTS ALIKE. WE ARE NOT AGAINST IMMIGRATION. WE ARE AGAINST UNVENTED IMMIGRATION. >> THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EVERYONE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. NOT ONLY WAS KAYLA'S LIFE PUT AT RISK AND TAKEN IT, SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS WERE AT RISK. THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT PUTTING AMERICAN CITIZENS 'SAFETY FIRST. >> John: WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF THE PARENTS HE JUST WRAPPED UP GUT-WRENCHING TESTIMONY ON CAPITOL HILL, ON THE OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER'S IMPACT ON HER FAMILY. TAMMY NOBLES LOST HER DAUGHTER, KAYLA MARIE, TO AN MS-13 GANG MEMBER FROM EL SALVADOR WHO TOOK HER LIFE BACK IN JULY OF 2022. TAMMY SAYS THE DHS FAILED HER FAMILY. LET'S BRING IN KAYLA'S MOM, TAMMY NOBLES, RIGHT NOW. IT IS SUCH A HORRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DAUGHTER, YOU TELL THE STORY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO IT. WHY DID YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO JOIN THOSE OTHER PARENTS WHO SUFFERED THE SAME TRAGEDY IN CONGRESS TODAY? >> I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER, THAT ALL THE ONES WHO ARE COMING HERE ILLEGALLY ARE NOT BEING BACKGROUND CHECKED OR VETTED. THEY ARE JUST LETTING ANYONE IN. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS EVER SINCE KAYLA WAS MURDERED. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR OVER TWO YEARS. >> John: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO MURDERED YOUR BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DAUGHTER, IT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. MARCH OF 2022, HE ENTERED THE U.S. ILLEGALLY THROUGH TEXAS AS AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR, WAS BRANDED BY BORDER PATROL AND SENT TO LIVE WITH A SPONSOR IN MARYLAND. HE THEN MOVED TO A MOBILE HOME IN ABERDEEN, MARYLAND, WHERE KAYLA WAS KILLED. HE WAS THEN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE AS POLICE AWAITED DNA RESULTS. HE WAS ENROLLED IN A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE DNA RESULTS CAME BACK. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER AND WAS SENTENCED TO 70 YEARS IN JAIL. WHERE DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO PULL BACK THE LAYERS OF HOW DHS FAILED YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER? >> THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS AND SO MANY FAILURES IN HER CASE FROM START TO FINISH. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES DID NOT LET THE ABERDEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT THEY PUT HIM IN A SECURE CHILDREN'S HOME. THEY DID NOT LET THE POLICE KNOW THAT THEY MOVED HIM FROM THE GROUP HOME TO A FOSTER HOME AND ENROLLED HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH OTHER CHILDREN. >> John: AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE ABOUT THIS SO VERY IMPORTANT BORDER ISSUES? >> I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE CHANGES THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AMERICAN CITIZENS SAFETY FIRST. WE ARE NOT BEING PUT FIRST. OUR SAFETY IS AT RISK, AND I WANT CHANGES AND I WANT ANSWERS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. >> John: THE WAY THE HEARING UNFOLDED TODAY, THERE WAS ONE MOMENT THAT WAS REALLY QUITE SURPRISING. I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT WHY IT HAPPENED. WHERE ONE DEMOCRAT ACCUSED YOU AND YOUR FELLOW PARENTS OF BEING POLITICALLY MANIPULATED AND EXPLOITED. LISTEN TO THIS EXCHANGE HERE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. >> I THINK WHAT IS MOST FRUSTRATING TO ME AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THIS COMMITTEE HEARING, WHERE WE HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE EXPLOITING PEOPLE'S PAIN FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. >> DID REPUBLICANS ON THIS COMMITTEE OR ANY REPUBLICAN STAFF EXPLOIT YOU IN ANY WAY TO COME TO TODAY'S HEARING? >> NO. I'M NOT BEING FORCED TO BE HERE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE HERE AND I WANT CHANGES TO BE MADE. >> I DON'T FEEL EXPLOITED IN ANY WAY. >> YOU HAVE SAID SOME VERY BROAD STATEMENTS. IT IS INSULTING. THESE PEOPLE LOST LOVED ONES, THEY LOST CHILDREN, AND WE WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENCE. WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE NOT BEING USED IN ANY WAY. >> John: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AND LOOK AT YOU TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF CHANGE, GOING THROUGH THIS HORROR AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND THEY CLAIM YOU'RE BEING POLITICALLY EXPLOITED? >> EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE TO CONGRESS, THE DEMOCRAT ALWAYS BRINGS UP THAT IT IS A POLITICAL STUNT, THAT WE ARE JUST BEING BROUGHT HERE TO BE EXPLOITED, AND NOBODY IS FORCING ANY OF US TO BE HERE. THEY ARE NOT FORCING ME TO BE HERE. I WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO BRING AWARENESS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND I WANT CHANGE. I AM DOING THIS FOR KAYLA AND FOR OTHERS LIVING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> John: I WANT TO PUT UP A GRAPHIC OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, KAYLA, AND SEVERAL OTHER YOUNG WOMEN AND BOYS WHO WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED OR OTHERWISE AFFECTED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. WHEN YOU PUT UP THOSE FACES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER NO LONGER WITH US OR HAVE SUFFERED INTOLERABLY, FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THIS IS ALL POLITICS, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT ACCUSATION? >> IT IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE CRIMINALS AREN'T COMING HERE TO ATTACK A CERTAIN POLITICAL STANCE. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOUR DEMOCRAT. HE DON'T CARE CARE WHERE YOU'RE FROM. THEY ARE TARGETING ANYONE THEY CAN. >> John: TAMMY, WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE MOURN YOUR LOSS AND PRAY FOR YO