Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel was allegedly raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant, accused President Biden of failing to address the immigration issue and showing no concern for victims.
Patty Morin, the mother of a Maryland woman who police say was raped and murdered by an undocumented migrant, has blasted President Biden's indifference to the nation's border crisis.
"It's like they're pretending these immigration problems don't exist and people aren't being harmed and killed by their policies," Patty Morin said in an emotional interview with Fox News Digital. "The victims are those that are being killed but also their loved ones that they've left behind. It's devastating to the community."
Mother of Murdered Woman Slams Biden's Indifference to Immigration Crisis
Her daughter, Rachel Morin, 37, was raped and beaten before she was strangled to death on a Maryland hiking trail in August 2023 – leaving her five children without a mother.
After a nationwide manhunt, police arrested El Salvadoran national and suspected gang member Victor Martinez Hernandez, 23, last week in a Tulsa, Oklahoma bar and extradited him to Maryland.
Mother of Murdered Woman Slams Biden's Indifference to Immigration Crisis
Patty Morin criticized President Biden for not taking the country's immigration crisis seriously, arguing that his lack of concern has contributed to the tragic loss of her daughter and others.
"President Biden hasn't really showed any concern for anything the American people have voiced on this issue," she told Fox News Digital. "It's like he's sitting in an ivory tower, and we're just down here. He's not connected with the everyday person."
Mother of Murdered Woman Slams Biden's Indifference to Immigration Crisis
Rachel's boyfriend reported her missing in May after she went for a hike in Harford County and never returned. Her car was found in the area and her battered corpse was soon discovered in the vicinity.
Investigators linked Martinez Hernandez to the crime through DNA evidence collected from clothing he left behind. He had also been accused of assaulting a 9-year-old girl and her mother during a Los Angeles home invasion in March 2023 – several months before Rachel's murder.
Mother of Murdered Woman Slams Biden's Indifference to Immigration Crisis
Patty Morin said she agonizes over her daughter's final moments, believing that she was terrified and helpless. "I'm sure she knew she wasn't going to live," she said, breaking down in tears. "I'm sure she was thinking of her children and thinking about all the things she's going to lose, and this is going to be the end of her life. She must have felt so helpless."
In contrast to what she perceives as Biden's indifference, Patty Morin said that former President Trump reached out to her and expressed genuine concern over Rachel's death. She described the former president's tone as empathetic and heartfelt.
Mother of Murdered Woman Slams Biden's Indifference to Immigration Crisis
"As a mother, you innately want to protect your children," she said. "It's just in us to nurture and protect them. To feel helpless and to feel unsafe ourselves and watch as our government looks the other way and doesn't protect our children, for me that's very sad and very unsettling."
Martinez Hernandez's court-appointed attorney, Amy Valdivia, didn't immediately return a request for comment. The White House Press Office also didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
