Lawmakers target illegal immigrants after hearing from murder victim’s father

ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate passed two bills aimed at illegal immigration this week, one day after the father of murder victim Laken Riley urged lawmakers to take a tougher stand on the issue. The 22-year-old nursing student was killed on the University of Georgia campus in Athens last month. A 26-year-old Venezuelan man allegedly in the country illegally has been charged with the crime. “A man with an evil heart stole her life,” Jason Riley said Wednesday as the family was honored in the Senate chamber. “My vision for...