Ethan Carreri

My name is Ethan Carreri.

I'm a police officer in Palm Beach County, Florida, and a former New York City police officer.

While serving the New York City Police Department, I personally arrested Jose Ibarra for endangering the welfare of a child.

A few months later, I saw his face again in the news after he viciously murdered Lakin Riley.

I did my job.

I put him in custody.

The system failed.

No detainer, no accountability, no deportation, and an innocent American life was taken.

If you enter our country illegally, there will be consequences under this administration.

The American citizens must always come first.

To Lake and Riley's family, your loss should have never happened.

We owe it to you and every American family to enforce our laws, secure our border, and protect innocent lives.

While trying to defend us,

Thank you so much for having me today.

My name is Laura Wilkerson.

And I want to thank everybody for their help in gathering us here, the American Border Story, and the White House, and all of your helpers.

I thank you for that.

I met a man about 11 years ago who was running for office.

And he sat with us a couple of days.

And he watched as the tears rolled down my face as I told him the story of how our youngest son, Joshua, was brutally beaten, tortured, strangled to death, and his body set on fire.