Northwoods Reporter

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.) said President Biden has "ignored and willfully violated too many immigration laws to count" during his presidency, and has created the current border crisis impacting Americans.

"In his first 100 days, President Biden took 94 executive actions to destroy President Trump's secure border," Tiffany told the Northwoods Reporter. "He has also ignored and willfully violated too many immigration laws to count."

"To help fix the crisis President Biden created, House Republicans passed the Secure the Border Act to finish the border wall, end the failed policy of catch-and-release, and bolster the Border Patrol with additional hires. Regrettably, Senate Democrats have chosen not to support this legislation and have left our border open to potential terrorists and criminals," Tiffany said. 

An analysis by The Sconi recent poll reported that 56% of Wisconsin voters think President Joe Biden’s border policies are to blame for crimes like an illegal alien’s February 22 murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. 

Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University, was found murdered on February 22, 2024, after going for a jog at the University of Georgia campus. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, was charged in her murder. Riley had been killed by blunt force trauma to the head.

Ibarra had previously been arrested by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on September 8, 2022 for entering the U.S. illegally near El Paso, Texas. He was then released pending adjudication of his claim for “asylum.”

He was then arrested again in August 2023 by the New York Police Department and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child and a motor vehicle license violation.

According to the same poll, released by the League of American Workers (LAW), 39% of Wisconsin voters said Biden policies bear a “great deal” of responsibility for crimes such as Riley’s murder by an illegal alien, while 17% said these policies bear “some” responsibility. 

Among Wisconsin voters who have heard a great deal about Riley’s murder, 61% say the Biden Administration has a great deal of responsibility for the murder. Only 58% of voters, however, have heard about Riley’s murder, with only 17% having heard a great deal about it. 

During his State of the Union address on March 7, Biden referred to Laken Riley as “Lincoln Riley” after U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) shouted “Say her name!” to the president.

Lincoln Riley is the 40-year-old, male, head football coach of the University of Southern California football team. 

The U.S. House passed the “Laken Riley Act” on March 7 with a vote of 251-170. The bill would require the detention and deportment of illegal aliens charged with theft. 

Every Republican and 37 Democrats supported the measure, while 170 Democrats voted against it. Both Democrat Wisconsin members of the U.S. House voted against the act, Reps. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.-4) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.-2), and the six Republican members voted for it. 

The bill is now pending in the U.S. Senate.

The LAW poll also found that 70% of Wisconsin voters think the federal government is weak at securing the U.S. borders, reported the The Sconi. 

The survey was conducted among 600 likely Wisconsin voters on April 6-9, 2024 by North Star Public Opinion Research.

Tiffany has represented Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional district since 2020, when he was elected through a special election, replacing former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy. 

He previously represented District 12 in the Wisconsin State Senate from 2013 to 2020. Tiffany also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 35, from 2011 to 2013. He was also town supervisor for Little Rice and was on the board for the Oneida County Economic Development Board.

A native of Elmwood, Wisconsin, Tiffany attended University of Wisconsin–River Falls and received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics.