Trump posthumously honors Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, other ‘angel families’

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — At the White House on Monday, President Trump honored Laken Riley and other “angel families.”

The president signed a proclamation designating Feb. 22 as “Angel Family Day.”

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Riley, who was an Augusta University nursing student, was killed two years ago while jogging on the University of Georgia campus.

A jury convicted José Antonio Ibarra of her murder. At the time, he had entered the U.S. illegally from Venezuela.

Her murder led Congress to pass the "Laken Riley Act" on immigration.

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