A sprawling, 25-county congressional district more than 2,000 miles from the Mexican border was thrust into the national immigration spotlight this month after a 6-year-old girl was killed in a crash allegedly caused by a three-time deported illegal immigrant with a history of driving while intoxicated.The economy usually dominates politics in North Carolina’s 1st congressional district, which consistently ranks among the nation’s poorest districts by poverty rate.But, that changed after six-year-old Calli Toler was pronounced dead after a wreck allegedly caused when Mexican national Jaime Santiago Corona ran a stop sign west of Vanceboro last week – just a mile from the district line.The illegal immigration crisis has been "hitting home … in North Carolina, when you saw fentanyl dealers being caught, you saw terrorists being caught," Laurie Buckhout of Edenton, a retired Iraq War battalion commander and the Republican candidate seeking a rematch against incumbent Democratic Rep.
Don Davis of Snow Hill, in what is now a slightly Republican-leaning; formerly Democrat-leaning swing district.THREE-TIME DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH KILLING NORTH CAROLINA GIRL, 6, AFTER RUNNING STOP SIGNRep.Donald Davis, D-N.C., left; Col.
Laurie Buckhout [Ret.], right.(Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)"It has continued because, under the Biden administration with Don Davis' oversight, you allowed so many illegals in the country [and] just a little bit ago, an illegal alien blew through a stop sign and killed a little girl," Buckhout said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.Davis, who is also a retired military officer, said in a statement that he supported the Laken Riley Act, adding federal immigration laws must be enforced to ensure "safe communities" for Carolinians.
He said Corona was driving on a revoked license when he crashed into the Tolers on Warren Jones Road near US-17.ABIGAIL SPANBERGER’S VIRGINIA A ‘HOTBED’ FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME, DHS...