A leader of the National Border Patrol Council called on President Joe Biden to apologize to all of America on Monday, while speaking about the death of Laken Riley.
While appearing on Fox News’ America Reports, Art Del Cueto, the vice president of the National Border Patrol Council union, spoke about Biden calling Jose Ibarra, the 26-year-old Venezuelan national arrested in Riley’s death an “illegal” and recent remarks by the president that he regrets using the term.
“If he wants to apologize, who he needs to apologize is to the entire American public for the disastrous border policies that he has put in place,” Del Cueto said. “There’s many lives that have been lost because of his policies, not just the Riley family, but you also got to take into consideration the amount of fentanyl that has been allowed into this country under this administration.”
“That’s who the apology needs to go to, the entire American people,” Del Cueto added.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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