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A mourning mom whose daughter was raped and killed by an MS-13 gang member in 2022 has filed suit against feds alleging they failed to stop him at the border.
The lawsuit names both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as defendants, and demands $100million in damages.
It was filed by Tammy Nobles and her attorney this week, roughly a year and a half removed from the incident in question.
Allegedly occurring in July of 2020, it saw Nobles' daughter, 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, strangled with a phone cord by the then 16-year-old suspect.
The lawsuit alleges both agencies failed the woman by letting in the unnamed El Salvadoran, after not verifying his status with a phone call, and allowing him to be placed in a holding facility.
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The lawsuit was filed by Tammy Nobles (pictured) and her attorney this week, roughly a year and a half removed from the incident in question
Allegedly occurring in July of 2020, it saw Nobles' daughter, 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, strangled with a phone cord by the then 16-year-old suspect
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They also failed to find the damning gangland tattoos said to have been on the perp's person, before ultimately neglecting to confirm a verified sponsor for him,
As a result, the suspect ran away and ended up as Hamilton’s roommate in a trailer home in Maryland, after allegedly subleasing from another illegal.
Appearing before NewsNation in an emotional interview, she and her lawyer laid bare some of the contents in the newly filed lawsuit.
'Nobody at the border did their job and checked his background', she told the station Sunday, claiming if the federal government had properly screened the suspect, they would have realized he was a known member of the gang, disqualifying him from coming the US.
Most importantly, without the oversight, she said her daughter would still be alive - with her attorney claiming that both the DHS and DHHS have blood on their hands.
'I want everyone to know what is going on at the border,' she continued, weeks after a record 300,000 migrants entered the country in a single month in December.
'I had no clue what was going on before my daughter was brutally murdered and raped - but I do now.
'And I've found that the story is just so mind-boggling, how nobody at the border did their job and checked his background.
Noble's daughter (right) was autistic and wanted to live independently - and had recently moved in with her boyfriend (left) before her death
When asked what the hardest part of the past 18 months has been, Nobles tearfully said: 'The hardest part is that it could have been prevented. I could still have my daughter, if they just would have done their job'
'All they had to do was make one phone-call to El Salvador to know that he was an MS-13 gang member on the list,' she went on.
'It's just crazy how he got from Texas all the way to Maryland, to be in the same trailer as my daughter.'
Interviewer Natasha Zouves proceeded to ask the audibly emotional mother how she was doing, and how she and the rest of her family had been surviving the ordeal.
Appearing via videolink, she answered: 'The only thing that I can come up with is that God is helping me along this path.
'Nights are really bad - you're just left with your thoughts.'
She continued, before eventually tearing up: 'I try not to think about what Kayla went through that day, what she was thinking those last minutes of her life.'
Claiming that such thoughts would 'break' her before their all-important federal trial - slated for June 18 - she explained how there, she hopes to hear all of the painful details surrounding her late daughter's ultimate ordeal.
She conceded that it will be really difficult to see photos and hear testimony from cops who investigated the crime, but said it is something she still needs to do.
'I want to know what happened to her.'
