Posted 3/8/2024, 4:46:00 PM
Pelosi Criticizes Biden's Language on Undocumented Immigrant Charged in Student's Death
- Pelosi criticized Biden for calling Laken Riley's alleged killer an "illegal" instead of "undocumented" during his State of the Union address
- Biden was referring to the death of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, who was allegedly killed by Jose Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant
- Ibarra crossed into the US illegally and has been charged with Riley's murder
- Social media users slammed Pelosi for focusing on Biden's language rather than the alleged crime
- Hours before Biden's speech, the House passed the Laken Riley Act to detain migrants who commit certain crimes