201 House Dems vote against bill named after 20-year-old American killed by illegal immigrant teen
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House Democrats voted against the Kayla Hamilton Act, which would require enhanced screening for unaccompanied migrant children including gang tattoo checks.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
The Kayla Hamilton Act is named after a 20-year-old woman with autism who was killed by a 16-year-old from El Salvador, Walter Javier Martinez, in 2022. Martinez pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in April of this year. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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