Grieving mom whose daughter was raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member files $100MILLION lawsuit against the feds for lax policies: ‘Nobody at the border did their job and checked his background’

A grieving mother whose daughter was raped and murdered by an MS-13 gang member in 2022 has filed suit against the FBI for failing to stop him at the border.

The lawsuit names both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as defendants and seeks $100 million in damages.

It was filed this week by Tammy Nobles and her attorney, about a year and a half removed from the incident in question.

This reportedly took place in July 2020, with Nobles’ daughter, 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, being strangled with a phone cord by the then 16-year-old suspect.

The lawsuit alleges that both agencies failed the woman by admitting the unnamed El Salvadoran after failing to verify his status with a phone call and placing him in a detention center.

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They also failed to find the damning gangland tattoos allegedly on the perpetrator’s person, before ultimately failing to confirm a verified sponsor for him.

As a result, the suspect ran away and ended up living in a trailer in Maryland as Hamilton’s roommate after allegedly subletting to another illegal alien.

When she and her attorney appeared before NewsNation in an emotional interview, they exposed some of the contents of the newly filed lawsuit.

“No one at the border was doing their job and checking his background,” she told the station on Sunday, claiming that if federal authorities had properly screened the suspect, they would have realized he was a known member of the gang, which disqualified him from coming to the US. .

Most importantly, unattended, she said her daughter would still be alive — with her attorney claiming both DHS and DHHS had blood on their hands.

“I want everyone to know what’s happening at the border,” she continued, weeks after a record 300,000 migrants entered the country in one month in December.

‘I had no idea what was going on before my daughter was brutally murdered and raped – but now I do.

“And I’ve discovered that the story is so mind-boggling, how no one at the border did their job and checked his background.

“All they had to do was make one phone call to El Salvador to know he was a listed MS-13 gang member,” she continued.

“It’s just crazy how he came from Texas all the way to Maryland to be in the same trailer as my daughter.”

Interviewer Natasha Zouves then asked the audibly emotional mother how she was doing, and how she and the rest of her family had survived the ordeal.

Appearing via video link, she replied: “All I can think of is God helping me on this path.

“The nights are really bad, you’re just thinking about your thoughts.”

She continued, before finally breaking down into tears, “I try not to think about what Kayla went through that day, what she was thinking those last minutes of her life.”

She claimed such thoughts would “break her” before their all-important federal trial – scheduled for June 18 – and explained how she hopes to hear all the painful details about her late daughter’s ultimate ordeal there.

She admitted that it will be very difficult to see photos and hear testimonies from officers who investigated the crime, but said she still needs to do so.

“I want to know what happened to her.” Crying, she added, “I want to, you know, know a lot more than I do right now.”

Brian Claypool, the family’s attorney, explained why they believe the federal government is to blame.

‘We filed this lawsuit because we are tired of being held hostage in our own country. We are tired of DHS playing Russian roulette with our lives, (and) with Kayla’s life,” the lawyer explained.

“That’s why we filed this case. We allege that two federal agencies (DHS and DHHS) have failed Kalya catastrophically…and are letting everyone down.

Echoing Noble’s previous comments, he added: ‘This can happen anywhere and to anyone.

“DHS simply needs to be held accountable,” he continued. ‘All they had to do was follow their own protocol.

“Lift the T-shirt of the 16-year-old young man who tried to cross the border,” he said, “(and) they would have seen a gang-related tattoo.”

‘Guess what. That would have excluded him from entering this country. He should have been sent back to El Salvador at that time.

But things are reportedly getting worse, Claypool continued.

“Like Tammy said, second of all, all they had to do was pick up the phone, make a call and guess what this young man was on the list in El Salvador. Because he was arrested in July 2020 for involvement in an illegal MS-13 gang.

“He would have been disqualified again if he ever entered the country.”

The attorney went on to explain how the crime is even more serious because of the failure of the DHHS.

“DHHS, Health and Human Services, was responsible for putting them in a shelter for a few days, and then calling and confirming that this young man had a so-called verified sponsor – a family member, a known verified family member,” he explained.

“Even though DHS has allowed him in, he still cannot enter the US unless he goes to a known family member. Well, they messed up too. And they’re going to pay the price, because he’s walking away anyway, after going to this “alleged” verified sponsor.

“And then it gets even worse,” he said again, “when (the suspect) ended up roommates with sweet Kayla in this trailer rented out by another illegal immigrant.”

He became increasingly animated and concluded, “So we’re done. The federal government has blood on its hands. They owed us a duty to protect Kayla and others in this country, and we are going to effect change through this lawsuit.”

Hamilton, meanwhile, was raped and strangled on July 27, 2022.

Officers had been called to a mobile home in the Rancho Estates for a suspected cardiac arrest victim, but found Hamilton’s body instead.

Police arrested the suspect on January 15, 2023 after comparing his DNA to evidence from the crime scene. The 16-year-old El Salvador resident was charged with first-degree murder, as well as rape and robbery.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that the suspect was listed as Mara Salvatrucha, known as MS-13.

Aberdeen Police said Hamilton had just moved to the city to live with her 22-year-old boyfriend before her gruesome murder, which also happened just three days after her birthday.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans launched an investigation into her rape and murder and criticized the Biden administration’s “open borders” policy.

U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan and Tom McClintok demanded the Department of Health and Human Services respond to Hamilton’s death.

Following the attack, Jordan directly condemned Biden in a tweet criticizing his perceived inaction amid reports of the fallout from the border crisis.

Summarizing the news, Jordan wrote: “Unaccompanied minors doing brutal work across the country. MS 13 gang member kills Maryland woman. Fentanyl is being smuggled across the border.

“But for some reason, Joe Biden continues to ignore the border crisis.”

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 have still had my daughter, if only they had done their job.”

She will argue her case before a federal judge in June.