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# ICYMI: ‘Angel families’ urge Republicans to pass ‘big beautiful bill’ and secure border to prevent tragedies: ‘There must be change’

The White House
May 21, 2025

Angel Families — whose lives have been shattered by illegal immigrant criminals with no right to be in the country — are calling on Congress to pass President Donald J. Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill, the New York Post reports.

“’Angel families’ whose loved ones have been killed by illegal immigrants and gang members are urging congressional Republicans to pass President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ to seal the border and fast-track deportations, The Post can exclusively reveal.

‘We write to you not as politicians or pundits, but as parents — mothers and fathers who have buried our children because the United States government failed to secure its border,’ they said in an open letter to Congress. ‘There can be no justice for our children, but there can be accountability. There can be action. And there must be change,’ they added.

‘We urge every member of Congress to support the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ and vote to secure the border, protect our communities, and prevent the next American family from living our nightmare.’

More than 60 angel relatives co-signed the letter, including the mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, whose 12-year-old daughter was allegedly murdered by two illegal migrants, and the family of Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student who was killed by a Tren de Aragua gang member from Venezuela. […]

In their letter, the ‘angel families’ said that for too long they ‘have been ignored, dismissed, or labeled as political props.’

‘Every single one of us is living with a permanent hole in our lives because an illegal immigrant, who never should have been in this country, was allowed to stay and take an innocent life,’ they said.

‘These were preventable tragedies. And yet, year after year, Washington offers excuses instead of solutions. That must end now.’”

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