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Murder of Georgia Student Puts New Focus on Immigration Crisis 

Federal officials confirm Sunday that the suspect, a Venezuelan asylum-seeker, was arrested and released by the Border Patrol in 2022.

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Athens-Clarke County police block traffic and investigate at the UGA intramural Fields after the body of a woman was found in the woods around Lake Herrick at Athens, Georgia. Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP
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The murder of a Georgia nursing student is putting new focus on the historic number of illegal migrants in the interior of the United States. The man who allegedly killed the student is a migrant from Venezuela who was arrested by the Border Patrol last year and immediately released into the United States. 

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