He spoke in Omaha, where woman died from attack.
Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King said at a rally in Nebraska on Friday that thousands of Americans have been killed by people who are in the United States illegally.
King said a former immigration official once told him the number of deaths is likely “in multiples of the victims of Sept. 11.” He added: “Now that hits home, doesn’t it? … Three thousand times something.”
The rally in Omaha was meant to support victims of crimes, including Louise Sollowin, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Sollowin, 93, was raped and beaten in her Omaha home in July. She later died.
Police have charged Sergio Martinez-Perez, a 19-year-old Mexican native who is in the country illegally.
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