Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) sparked outrage Thursday after callously referring to 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton — a young autistic woman who was brutally raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member — as a “random dead person” during a House Judiciary Committee markup.
? DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR: Rep. Jasmine Crockett just called Kayla Hamilton, a young girl murdered by an illegal alien, a “random dead person.” pic.twitter.com/pSqBF0RAc5
— House Judiciary GOP ?????? (@JudiciaryGOP) September 10, 2025
The committee was considering the Kayla Hamilton Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) that would require background checks on Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) before they are released into U.S. communities. The bill was named in Hamilton’s honor after she was murdered in 2022 by 17-year-old illegal immigrant Walter Javier Martinez, an MS-13 member who entered the country as an unaccompanied minor.
Instead of addressing the merits of the legislation, Crockett accused Republicans of exploiting tragedies. “Stop just throwing a random dead person’s name on something for your own political expediency,” she sneered. She went on to accuse Republicans of ignoring other victims, such as those tied to Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the GOP only highlights deaths that are politically convenient.
Jasmine Crockett just called Kayla Hamilton who was m*rdered by an illegal a “random dead person”
No words.
This is absolutely sickening. https://t.co/rIdkyRrbG3 pic.twitter.com/p5UV7ha2gK
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 10, 2025
Rep. Fry blasted Crockett’s remarks as “disgusting rhetoric” and “shameful behavior.”
“Let me be clear: Kayla Hamilton was not just a random person,” Fry told Fox Digital. “She was a young woman with a family and a future. Sadly, this is what we’ve come to expect from Democrats, who will take any opportunity to downplay the tragedy of Americans killed by criminal illegal aliens. I expect Mrs. Crockett to issue a full, public apology to Kayla’s family and to every American who has suffered because of her party’s reckless, open-borders agenda.”
?WATCH: @RepRussellFry slams Rep. Jasmine Crockett for calling Kayla Hamilton (a young woman murdered by an illegal immigrant) a “random dead person.”
Fry: “This person was a vibrant soul, had a life, was pursuing a degree, she’s not ‘some random dead person.’” pic.twitter.com/zu4znAQeHW
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 10, 2025
Hamilton’s mother, Tammy Nobles, voiced strong support for the legislation, stressing that her daughter’s death could have been prevented. “The Kayla Hamilton Act is necessary to ensure background checks of unaccompanied alien children occur before they are released. If that had happened in the case of Kayla’s murderer, authorities would have known he was an MS-13 gang member.”
Martinez, who had a violent history in El Salvador and bore MS-13 tattoos, was released into the U.S. with no vetting by the Department of Health and Human Services. He was later sentenced to 70 years in prison for Hamilton’s murder and has since confessed to multiple additional killings and rapes.
The Kayla Hamilton Act seeks to close dangerous loopholes by mandating:
• Comprehensive background checks of UACs aged 12 and older through their home countries.
• Screening for gang tattoos and affiliations.
• Housing gang-linked minors in secure facilities.
• Barring illegal immigrants from serving as sponsors of UACs.
• Full sharing of background and sponsor data with the Department of Homeland Security.
The contrast between Crockett’s dismissive rhetoric and the heartbreaking testimony of Kayla’s family highlights a deep divide: Republicans pressing for accountability and border security, and Democrats trivializing the victims of open-borders policies.
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