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New York’s sanctuary policies put Laken Riley’s killer back on the street. Former NYPD officer Ethan Curreri ARRESTED JOSE IBARRA in Queens in August 2023 for endangering a child. Sanctuary rules blocked the officers from notifying ICE. No detainer. No deportation. Just a free pass. Six months later, Ibarra murdered 22-year-old Laken Riley while she was jogging near the University of Georgia. He was convicted and sentenced to life without parole. This wasn’t an accident. It was policy. NYC officials chose illegal aliens over Americans, and Laken paid the price. Former NYPD officer Ethan Curreri says he personally arrested Jose Antonio Ibarra in Queens in August 2023 after spotting him riding a motorcycle with a two-year-old child who had no helmet or safety restraint. Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who had entered the United States illegally near El Paso in September 2022 and was subsequently released into the country, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. In a New York Post op-ed, Curreri said New York City's sanctuary restrictions prevented officers from directly notifying ICE. Ibarra was released before federal immigration authorities could issue a detainer. Six months later, on February 22, 2024, Ibarra attacked and m*rdered 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley while she was jogging near the University of Georgia campus. In November 2024, he was convicted of malice m*rder, felony m*rder, kidnapping, aggravated assault with intent to r*pe, and other offenses. He was sentenced to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. Curreri has since spoken at White House events alongside families who lost loved ones to crimes committed by illegal aliens. He argues that sanctuary policies prevent local officers from coordinating with federal immigration authorities, even when someone is already in police custody. New York City officials defend those restrictions as necessary to preserve trust between immigrant communities and local police. If local officers cannot directly notify ICE when they arrest someone unlawfully present in the country, how can federal authorities intervene before that person is released? #LakenRiley #SanctuaryCity #NYPD