Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman introduced legislation Thursday mandating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) establish a publicly accessible database of criminal illegal aliens released from federal custody, the Daily Caller learned.
Norman’s bill, dubbed the “Worst of the Worst Act,” would create a centralized database with key information about the criminal illegal aliens, including prior convictions for violent crimes, sexual offenses, weapons offenses, drug trafficking offenses, crimes against children, or gang-related enhancements, according to bill text obtained exclusively by the Caller.
Once the individual is released from ICE custody, their profile would be uploaded to the database, including their name, photo, a general description of their height and weight, the date and city they were released in, and their criminal category. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: GOP Governor Hopeful Tied To Syrian Refugee Resettlement Group)
This database is intended to be searchable by both city and name to allow Americans to better inform themselves about any imminent threats from criminal illegal aliens in their communities.
“Americans have a right to know when violent criminals are being released into their communities,” Norman told the Caller. “For too long, weak judges and reckless immigration policies have put public safety at risk while leaving citizens in the dark.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 23: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) walks down the steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives has adjourned early for August recess to avoid putting Republicans in a position where they must vote on Democratic-sponsored motions concerning the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Many tragedies could have been prevented by Norman’s legislation, including the horrifying death of Laken Riley, who was murdered at the hands of José Antonio Ibarra. After Ibarra entered the country illegally in 2022, he was released back into the country, where he went on to be arrested in September 2023 and charged with “acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation.” Ibarra was also arrested a month later in Georgia for shoplifting.
Just months after the prior charges, Ibarra went on to murder 22-year-old Riley on her college campus at the University of Georgia. Riley’s cause of death was determined to be from “combined effects of blunt force head trauma and asphyxia.”
In Norman’s own state, illegal alien Rosali Fernandez-Cruz was sentenced to just one year in prison after a deadly hit-and-run involving Nathanial Baker, a 21-year-old student at the University of South Carolina. Fernandez-Cruz was notably wanted by ICE at the time for failing to appear in court back in 2018.
Norman hopes his legislation will prevent future tragedies, saying, “Families and local law enforcement deserve transparency and accountability in their communities when it comes to dangerous criminals.”
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