Illinois House Republicans spoke out against Democratic crime policies on Tuesday in reaction to the shooting death last week of a Loyola University Chicago student by a masked gunman near the campus.
A Venezuelan national is charged with first-degree murder in Thursday’s shooting death of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman.
During a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol, Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer of Murrayville joined other GOP lawmakers in claiming that public safety has suffered because people who commit multiple crimes are often quickly released from custody, and many of those are undocumented immigrants.
