On Tuesday, a mother appeared before Congress to recount the harrowing ordeal of her son’s death at the hands of illegal immigrants, an event she described as both a personal and national tragedy. Marie Vega, a legal immigrant from Mexico, shared the heartbreaking story of how her son, Javier ‘Harvey’ Vega Jr., a former Marine and Border, was gunned down on their property in La Feria, Texas, in July 2014. The incident, which took place under the Obama administration, left her husband permanently injured and their family traumatized, with Vega expressing deep anguish over the consequences of lax border control and the lack of immigration enforcement. Vega, who called the tragedy a ‘nightmare,’ emphasized that had immigration laws been properly enforced, her son would still be alive today. She also criticized the Obama administration for failing to protect her family and demanded stronger measures to ensure border security and the proper vetting of immigrants.