Earlier this year, 18-year-old college student Sheridan Gorman was murdered in cold blood by an illegal immigrant near the university she attended in Chicago.
The incident represents a tragic and entirely preventable loss of life caused by dangerous open-border policies. The killer entered the country illegally under the Biden administration but was released back onto the streets due to Chicago’s sanctuary city policies, where he later claimed the life of an innocent young American woman.
At President Trump’s rally in New York, Sheridan Gorman’s father, Tom Gorman, delivered a powerful rebuke of Democratic policies that led to his daughter’s murder.
“I’m not a politician. I’m not a public speaker. I’m a father whose daughter was MURDERED by an illegal,” Tom Gorman stated. “I’m a husband who had to hold my wife on Mother’s Day when she asked the question no mother should ever have to ask: ‘am I still the mother of two?’”
“Yes, Jess, you’re still the mother of two because Sheridan will always be our daughter. No mother should ever have to ask that question, and no father should ever have to answer it. This is what FAILED POLICIES have done to our family.”
“NO FAMILY should have to become experts in immigration failures, release policies, warrants, sanctuary laws, enforcement breakdowns because their daughter was KILLED by someone who should NOT have been here, and should NOT be free,” Gorman added.
Sheridan’s mother, Jessica Gorman, also delivered poignant remarks at the rally. “No mother should ever have to wonder if her child called out for her in her final moments.” “No mother should ever have to imagine her baby lying alone and bleeding on the cold pavement.” “No family should ever have to bury a child because public officials failed to put innocent American lives first.”
The Gorman family urged lawmakers to support leaders and policies that protect children, stating: “Please, please support leaders and policies that protect your child and mine. Because a city, a state, or a country that does not protect its children has lost its way. And together, we must be brave enough to demand that it find its way back.”