Family of little girl killed by illegal immigrant shares emotional story, aims to take action in Congress

Stewart Jones, a South Carolina Republican and godfather of a little girl killed by an illegal immigrant, is being backed by the child's mother in his run for Congress.

Maddie's death is what's driving her godfather, Republican state Rep. Stewart Jones, to run for Congress and take action to fix the border crisis, including deporting the millions of people residing in the U.S. illegally. His run is being backed by Maddie's mother, Chelsey, who credits God for providing peace to her family in the aftermath of the tragedy. Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on X at @BGillespieAL.

"The main reason I am running for the 3rd Congressional District, is because my goddaughter, Maddie Hines, died senselessly and needlessly due to the actions of an illegal alien," Jones, who has served in the state legislature for five years, told Fox News Digital in an interview alongside Chelsey. "This is really a personal issue to me. I'm going to go to Washington and fix this problem and secure our border."