$29.00 days ago a criminal alien freed by the same sure city of new york was charged with the brutal rape and murder of a 92 year old woman. to kill had been previously arrested for assault but under new york's sanctuary policies he was set free if the city had honored ice's detainer request his victim would still be alive today the state of california passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a stinking or for criminal illegal immigrants a very terrible sanctuary with catastrophic results here is just one tragic example in december 2800 california police detained an illegal alien with 5 prior arrests including convictions for robbery and assault but as required by california sanctuary law local authorities released him days later the criminal

alien went on a gruesome spree of deadly violence he viciously shot one man going about his daily work he approached a woman sitting in her car and shot her in the arm and in the chest he walked into a convenience store and wildly fired his weapon he hijacked a truck and smashed into vehicles critically injuring innocent victims one of the victims is a turtle terrible situation died 51 year old american named rocky jones rocky was at a gas station when this vile criminal fired 8 bullets at him from close range murdering him in cold blood. rocky left behind a devoted family including his brothers who loved him more than anything else in the world. one of his grieving brothers is here with us tonight jodi would you

please stand jodi thank you her was was jodi our hearts we are your loss and we will not rest until you have justice senator tom tillis has introduced legislation to allow americans like jodi to sue sanctuary cities and states when a loved one is hurt or killed as a result of these deadly threat was. was i asked congress to pass a justice for victims of sanctuary cities act immediately. the united states of america should be a sanctuary for law abiding americans not criminal aliens was

in the last 3 years ice is arrested over 5000 wicked human traffickers and i have side 9 pieces of legislation to stamp out the menace of human trafficking domestically and all around the globe my administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort to secure the southern border of the united states thank you for i came into office if you showed up illegally on our southern border and were arrested you were simply released and allowed into our country never to be seen again my administration has ended catch and release was

if you come illegally you will now be promptly removed from our country thanks very importantly we entered into historic cooperation agreements with the governments of mexico honduras el salvador and guatemala as a result of our unprecedented efforts illegal crossings are down 75 percent since may dropping 8 straight months in a row was and as the wall rapidly goes up drug. seizures rise and the border crossings are going down and going down very rapidly last year i traveled to the border in texas

and met chief patrol agent raul ortiz over the last 24 months agent ortiz and his team have seized more than 200000 pounds of poisonous narcotics arrested more than 3000 human smugglers and rescued more than 2000 migrants days ago agent or tease was promoted to deputy chief of border patrol and he joins us tonight chief ortiz please stand was a grateful nation thanks you and all of the heroes of border patrol and ice thank you very much. was to build on these historic gains we are working on

legislation to replace our outdated and randomized immigration system with one based on merit welcoming those who follow the rules contribute to our economy support themselves financially and uphold our values was with every action my administration is restructuring the rule of law in reasserting the culture of american freedom. was working with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell thank you mitch was and his colleagues in the senate we have confirmed a red. number of 187 new federal judge thank you. and

we have many in the pipeline. my administration is also defending religious liberty and that includes the constitutional right to pray in public schools. in america we don't punish prayer we don't tear down crosses we don't ban symbols of faith we don't muzzle preachers and pastors in america we celebrate faith we

cherish religion we lift our voices in prayer and we raise our sights to the lorry of god. just as we believe in the 1st amendment we also believe in another constitutional right that is under siege all across our country so long as i am president i will always protect your 2nd amendment right to keep and bear was. in reaffirming our heritage as a free nation we must remember that america has always been a frontier nation now we must embrace the next frontier america's manifest destiny in the stars i am asking congress to fully fund the art of this

program to ensure that the next man and the 1st woman on the moon will be american astronauts using this as a launching pad to ensure that america is the 1st day she and plant its flag on mars. my administration is also strongly defending our national security and combat ing radical islamic terrorism. last week i announced a groundbreaking plan for peace between israel and the palestinians recognizing that all past attempts have failed we must be determined and creative in order to

stabilize the region and give millions of young people the chance to realize a better future 3 years ago the barbarians of isis held over 20000. square miles of territory in iraq and syria today the isis territorial caliphate has been 100 percent destroyed and the founder and leader of isis the bloodthirsty killer known as al baghdadi is dead was we are joined this evening by carl and marcia miller after graduating from college their beautiful daughter carla became a humanitarian aid worker she once wrote some people find god in church some people find god in nature some people find god in love i find god in suffering

i've known for some time what my life's work is using my hands as tools to relieve suffering in 2013 while caring for suffering civilians in syria kayla was kidnapped tortured and enslaved by isis and kept as a prisoner of al baghdadi himself after more than $500.00 horrifying days of captivity al baghdadi murdered young beautiful kayla she was just 26 years old when the night that u.s. special forces operations ended al baghdadi his miserable life. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley received a call in the situation room he was told that the brave men of the elite special forces team that so perfectly carried out the operation had given their mission

a name task force $814.00 it was a reference to a special day aug 14th kayla's birthday karl and martian america's warriors never forgot kayleigh and neither will we that was every day america's men and women in uniform demonstrate the infinite depth of love that dwells in the human heart one of these american heroes was army staff sergeant

christopher hake on his 2nd deployment to iraq in 2008 sergeant hake wrote a letter to his one year old engage i will be with you again he wrote to gauge i will teach you to ride your 1st bike build your 1st sandbox watch you play sports and see you have kids also i love you son take care of your mother i am always with you daddy. on easter sunday of 2008 chris was out on patrol in baghdad when his brett lee fighting vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. that night he made the ultimate sacrifice for our country sergeant hank now rests in eternal glory in arlington and his wife kelly is in the gallery tonight joined by their son who is now

a 13 year old and doing very very well to kelly engage chris will live in our hearts forever is looking down on you now thank you ah was great you very much thank you both very much. to tears responsible for killing sergeant hank was casino seller money who provided the deadly roadside bomb that took chris's life sullivan he was the iranian regime's was ruthless butcher a monster who murder awarded thousands of american service members in iraq. as the

world's top terrorist salah money orchestrated the deaths of countless men women and children he directed the december to salt and went on to assault the u.s. forces in iraq was actively planning new attacks and we had a very hard and that's why last month at my direction the u.s. military executed a flawless precision strike that killed solomon any and terminated his evil reign of terror forever was .