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Minelys Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez (Habersham County Sheriff’s Office).

MACON, Ga. – Carmen Rodriguez, mother of the murdered person Georgia mom Minelys Rodriguez, a TikTok star and single mother, joined former President Trump onstage Sunday to urge his supporters to vote for him as Democrats downplay the immigrant crime that killed his daughter.

“She was murdered last Tuesday; I lost my daughter, but I didn’t lose my faith,” she told rallygoers as she stood next to her family and the former president at the Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia. “And I know Donald Trump is the best choice for the United States. And he’s not (just) the best choice; he’s the only person we need to save our country.”

The younger Rodriguez was last seen on October 22 at a Walmart in Cornelia, Georgia.

PRE: Remains of missing Habersham woman believed to have been found; man arrested

government inspectors I found his remains After arresting a 24-year-old man on kidnapping charges last Tuesday.

Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches’ charges are expected to be upgraded to 1. include murder. Law enforcement sources and the Trump campaign say he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News on Monday that the agency had requested detention for Rivera-Sanches and that he entered the United States illegally at an unknown time and place.

“I have a very lively 25-year-old daughter, and someone stopped her life,” Rodriguez said during the rally. “And we need to end this and move on with Donald Trump.”

border security It has become a major campaign issue in 2024, and mothers of other victims like Minelys Rodriguez have been called to Capitol Hill multiple times in recent weeks, imploring lawmakers to do something.

Major city police departments blamed illegals and uninvestigated asylum seekers for spikes in crimes victimizing women, from purse and phone snatching to rape and murder.

Tonight, Patty Morin, the mother of Maryland runner Rachel Morin, will join Trump on stage at a rally in Pennsylvania.

“We must save American lives by strengthening our borders,” he said Monday through his attorney, Randolph Rice. “I know that by supporting President Trump, we can prevent other families from experiencing the heartbreak that the mine experienced.”

Minelys Rodriguez was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia on Oct. 22, and her last known contact was a text message she sent to her fiancée that evening, which Rodriguez said sounded suspicious to local media.

He never returned home and his family reported him missing the next day.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, state Department of Natural Resources crews and local police found Rodriguez’s body Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Rodriguez was a U.S. citizen originally from Puerto Rico. Her TikTok account featured a mix of shopping videos and personal stories, including childhood run-ins with the law.

Records show Rivera-Sanches is being held without bail at the Habersham County Detention Center.

The results of Rodriguez’s autopsy were awaited.

Anyone with knowledge on the subject Contact GBI.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report.