Dem senators dodge crucial question on illegal alien accused of killing Chicago college student

By Fox News · Fox News

While Republican senators, like Texas' Ted Cruz and Florida's Rick Scott, were quick to condemn the policies that kept the illegal immigrant killer of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman from being deported, Democratic senators dodged questions on whether Gorman's killer should have previously been deported prior to this month's murder. Gorman, who was a student at Loyola University of Chicago at the time of her death, was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, Jose Medina, 25. Medina was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, but was subsequently released into the U.S. under the Biden administration, according to Trump's Department of Homeland Security. A short time later, Medina was arrested for shoplifting in Chicago, but was again released on June 19, 2023, DHS said. A judge put a warrant out on Medina after he failed to appear in court for his shoplifting charge, which was still active at the time of Gorman's killing, according to the Chicago Sun Times. "Shoplifting in and of itself is not a violent crime. It's not an indicator of a person that's leaning toward violent crime," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., when asked about Medina's case and whether he should've been deported prior to Gorman's murder. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING CHICAGO COLLEGE STUDENT TO FACE COURT AFTER TUBERCULOSIS DELAY "You're asking me to speculate on a bunch of things and I can't answer that," said Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., when asked if Gorman's killer, and other illegal immigrant murderers who had significant criminal records at the time of their arrests, should have been deported before people got hurt. "I don't know the cases. I trust our justice system to do the right thing and hold people accountable." Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., responded that the Trump administration's broad deportation crackdowns have prevented federal law enforcement from targeting genuinely dangerous people, an argument pushed by other top Democrats in Congress. "I t…