Mother of Murdered Teen Thanks Donald Trump During Senate Hearing: “Whether You Love Him or You Don’t, I Felt Heard”

Laura Wilkerson on Donald Trump, “Whether you love him or you don’t, I felt heard.”

Laura Wilkerson spoke to Senate Judiciary Committee today on illegal immigration and sanctuary cities.

Laura is the mother of Joshua Wilkerson, an 18 year-old Texas teenager who was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2010.

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Illegal immigrant Hermilo Vildo Moralez and Joshua Wilkerson (KHOU)

Today Laura Wilkerson thanked Donald Trump during her opening remarks at hearing.
Breitbart.com reported:

During the hearing, titled “Oversight of the Administration’s Misdirected Immigration Enforcement Policies: Examining the Impact on Public Safety and Honoring the Victims,” Wilkerson broke from her written testimony to deliver a dire warning.

“This was our family’s 9/11 terrorist attack by a foreign invader,” she said at the most pivotal point in her testimony. “It is going to take another life lost by a Senator, a Congressman, the President, even another of today’s heroes, someone from Hollywood before someone in a position moves on this.”

“My son’s name was Joshua Wilkerson,” she began. “On November 16, 2010, he was beaten, strangled, tortured until he died. He was tied up, thrown in a field, and set on fire. His killer, Hermilo Moralez, was brought here illegally by his illegal parents when he was ten years old, so he fit the ‘DREAM’ kid description. He was sentenced to life in prison, which means it will be 30 years before he’s up for parole. He’ll be a 49-year-old man, who I don’t expect to be deported. And I just hope he doesn’t come to live in your city.”…

…Wilkerson then issued a blistering attack on sanctuary city policies that provide safe harbor and anonymity for dangerous, criminal aliens who are living illegally in the United States. She said:

Sanctuary city policies scream to the criminal element of illegals in this country: ‘Come to our town USA, we’ll protect you from our terrible policemen. We’ll protect you from these tough American laws, that you — because you had a hard life — are not able to go through the same motion that an American is. It is going to take another life lost by a Senator, a Congressman, the President, even another of today’s heroes, someone from Hollywood before someone in a position moves on this. I urge you: you are in a position to do something about this for Americans.

I thank you to Mr. Trump for getting a message out about the nation in two minutesthat countless families like my own have been trying to say for five to six years. It feels good to be heard whether you love him, or whether you don’t, I felt heard.”

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