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56% of Wisconsin voters think President Joe Biden’s border policies are to blame for crimes like an illegal alien’s February 22 murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. 

That’s according to a new poll of Wisconsin voters released by the League of American Workers (LAW).

Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University, was found murdered on February 22, 2024, after going for a jog at the University of Georgia campus. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, was charged in her murder. Riley had been killed by blunt force trauma to the head.

Ibarra had previously been arrested by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on September 8, 2022 for entering the U.S. illegally near El Paso, Texas. He was then released pending adjudication of his claim for “asylum.”

He was then arrested again in August 2023 by the New York Police Department and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child and a motor vehicle license violation.

39% of Wisconsin voters said Biden policies bear a “great deal” of responsibility for crimes such as Riley’s murder by an illegal alien, while 17% said these policies bear “some” responsibility. 

Among Wisconsin voters who have heard a great deal about Riley’s murder, 61% say the Biden Administration has a great deal of responsibility for the murder. 

Only 58% of voters, however, have heard about Riley’s murder, with only 17% having heard a great deal about it. 

During his State of the Union address on March 7, Biden referred to Laken Riley as “Lincoln Riley” after U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) shouted “Say her name!” to the president.

Lincoln Riley is the 40-year-old, male, head football coach of the University of Southern California football team. 

The U.S. House passed the “Laken Riley Act” on March 7 with a vote of 251-170. The bill would require the detention and deportment of illegal aliens charged with theft. 

Every Republican and 37 Democrats supported the measure, while 170 Democrats voted against it. Both Democrat Wisconsin members of the U.S. House voted against the act, Reps. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.-4) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.-2), and the six Republican members voted for it. 

The bill is now pending in the U.S. Senate.

The LAW poll also found that 70% of Wisconsin voters think the federal government is weak at securing the U.S. borders, reported the The Sconi. 

The survey was conducted among 600 likely Wisconsin voters on April 6-9, 2024 by North Star Public Opinion Research.

Founded in 2022 by political strategist and commentator Steve Cortes, LAW conducts research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.