Washington DC, April 17 -- Patty Morin -- the mother of Rachel Morin, an American citizen who was killed by an illegal immigrant in 2023 -- delivered an emotional account of her daughter's death during a White House briefing on Wednesday (US local time).

Rachel was brutally raped and killed in August 2023 along a hiking trail in Bel Air, Maryland, by an illegal immigrant.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt used the occasion to sharply criticise the Democratic Party's immigration policies. She also condemned Maryland's Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen for reportedly flying to El Salvador, 'potentially' on taxpayer money, in connection with the deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

"Maryland's Democrat Senator Chris...