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attack was "not a terrorist event"has been reassigned, Fox Newshas learned.Multiple sources tell Fox Newsthat FBI Assistant Special Agentin Charge Alethea Duncan hasbeen temporarily reassigned followingher initial press conferencein which she stated: "This isnot a terrorist event."It was terrorism. After theoriginal presser, the FBI put out astatement using the word "terrorism."Attorney General MerrickGarland and President Bidenalso used the word "terrorism" intheir statements.No other details were offeredabout Duncan’s position change,but she is still with the FBI.HOUSE PASSES LAKEN RILEYACT IN BIPARTISAN VOTE, BILLHEADS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'SDESKWASHINGTON, DC - In what isa small measure of closure forthe family of Laken Riley, JocelynNungary, and other victimsof illegal aliens, the House onWednesday passed the Laken RileyAct, and it will head to PresidentTrump’s desk to be signedinto law, Fox News reports.The House passed the bill, withall Republicans voting in favorand 48 Democrats supporting it.Earlier in the week, the Senate–also controlled by Republicans–passed the bill 64-35;however, it added measures todeport illegal aliens who assaulta police officer or who causedeath or “serious bodily injury”of another person.Most Democrats were againstthe bill, claiming that by shippingthose accused but notconvicted of a crime out of thecountry it would amount to a“slippery slope.” However, supportersof the bill said that peoplehere illegally have alreadybroken the law.It should be noted that in 2024,the bill garnered less Democratsupport than it did this month.Last year, then-Senate MajorityLeader Chuck Schumer refusedto even put the bill up for avote. Now, with a “new sheriffin town” in the form of a Republicanmajority, the bill easilyskated through the House andSenate.“Nothing ever happens in thistown up here until the Americanpeople demand it,” Rep. MikeCollins (R-GA), the bill’s leadsponsor, told Fox News Digitalabout the shift in support fromDemocrats.“And they have been screamingat the top of their lungs forsomething to happen to fix theborder problem.”Meanwhile, Rep. Randy Feenstra(R-IA) led Sarah’s Law, anamendment adopted within thebill. He told Fox News Digital,“Nearly a decade ago, 21-yearoldSarah Root’s life was tragicallycut short when she waskilled by an illegal immigrantwho was driving while drunk.Sarah’s Law not only deliveredjustice for the Root family butalso ensures that any illegalimmigrant who harms or kills anAmerican citizen is swiftly detainedand prosecuted.”Laken Riley was a nursingstudent who was killed in broaddaylight by an illegal alien whilejogging on the University ofGeorgia’s campus. The illegal,Jose Ibarra, was sentenced tolife in prison for Laken Riley’smurder. He had been previouslyarrested but was never detainedby ICE.Jocelyn Nungaray was a12-year-old who was raped andkilled by two illegal aliens fromVenezuela in Houston. The twoillegals, Franklin Pena and JohanMartinez-Rangel, are facing thedeath penalty in connection withJocelyn’s death.Laken and Jocelyn are but twovictims of the previous administration’sopen border policies,which allowed over an estimatedtwelve million illegal alieninvaders into the country.CLICK HERE FOR YOURFREE SUBSCRIPTION64 The BLUES - FEBRUARY ‘25

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