Democrats not impressed by Trump’s gesture to the family of girls killed by illegal migrants

Democrats in a Fox News digital focal group were not impressed by President Donald Trump’s Gesture to the family of Jocelyn Nungaray during a speech before a joint session of Congress, such as Republicans and independent approved the measure.

Trump used the speech to announce that a wildlife sanctuary would be renowned in honor of Nungary, a 12 -year -old girl sexually attacked and killed at the hands of Venezuelan illegal migrants last year.

“One thing that I have learned about Jocelyn is that I loved animals so much. He loved nature. In all the Bay of Galveston, from where Jocelyn lived in Houston, you will find a magnificent National Wildlife Refuge, a Pristine, Pacific and 34,000 acres sanctuary for all the creatures of God on the edge of the Gulf of America,” Trump said.

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President Donald Trump arrives to go to a joint session of Congress in the United States Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC President of the Mike Johnson Chamber (R-LA), the right, and vice president JD Vance applaud behind him. (Win McNamee/Pool through Reuters)

Then he showed an executive order that changed the name of the shelter in honor of Jocelyn, whose mother Alexis was at the audience for the address.

“Alexis, a few moments ago, I formally renamed that refuge in the love memory of your beautiful daughter, Jocelyn,” ” said.

The Republicans and independent who were part of a Fox News Digital Focal Group, who were given dials to show their approval or disapproval of the discourse, showed that they approved the movement, with the Republicans who record the slightly higher support than the independents. The Democrats, however, seemed flipped by the gesture, and their support remained flat.

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Jocelyn Nungary, 12, was found strangled in a Houston stream in June 2024. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray family)

Trump used the speech to promote his progress in the fight against illegal immigration and take a hard position on Venezuelans who are part of the blood street gang. Aragua train. Trump highlighted both Nungary and Georgia nursing student, Laken Riley, who was also killed by illegal immigrants during the Biden administration.

“The three wild accused of the murders of Jocelyn and Laken were members of the Venezuelan prison gang, the hardest gang, they say, in the world known as Aragua’s train. Two weeks ago, I officially designated this gang, together with MS-13 and Mexican drug posters, as foreign terrorist organizations, “Trump said.

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“Now they are officially in the same category as ISIS, and that is not good for them. Innumerable thousands of these terrorists were received in the US.

Emma Colton of Fox News contributed to this report.