Mother testifies before Congress on immigration reforms

The mother of a slain college student delivered an emotional plea to Congress on Tuesday, calling for immigration policy reforms and an end to sanctuary city laws she says failed to protect her daughter. Jessica Gorman testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement about the death of her 18-year-old daughter, Sheridan Gorman.

Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University Chicago, was fatally shot on March 19 near Tobey Prinz Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. According to prosecutors, she and three friends had gone to the lakefront to see the northern lights when a masked gunman, identified as 25-year-old Jose Medina, emerged from behind a lighthouse and opened fire. Gorman was struck and later died at a hospital. Medina, a Venezuelan citizen authorities say was in the United States without legal status, has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder.

In her testimony, Jessica Gorman stated that Medina, whom she described as an illegal immigrant, should not have been in the country and had a prior criminal record and an outstanding warrant before the shooting. She argued that failed border...