The family of Sarah Root, a young woman killed by an illegal alien allegedly street racing while drunk, appeared beside Donald Trump at a Des Moines, Iowa rally today and advocated for his election.

While addressing the issue of illegal immigration, Trump invited the Roots onto the stage.

“Thirty weeks ago today we were watching our daughter walk across the stage to get her bachelors (degree) in criminal investigation not to know that 15 hours later, she would be killed by an illegal alien,” Michelle Wilson-Root told the audience at Joni’s 2nd Annual Roast and Ride, hosted by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.

The Washington Post reported on the circumstances of the case:

She had been out that night and morning celebrating her graduation from Bellevue University, near Omaha, with friends. As she stopped at a light in her white Oldsmobile Bravada SUV, a Chevy pickup driving at a high rate of speed slammed into her, ramming the SUV and sending it about 800 feet along the road, crushing it so badly that the rear and front of the car had become fused.

Police would later determine that the truck’s driver was street racing and drunk, according to the Des Moines Register. 

The driver of the pickup, identified by police as Eswin G. Mejia, was brought to the same hospital and then transferred to the Douglas County Jail. His blood alcohol content was 0.241, the Register reported, three times the legal limit. Later that day, he was charged with motor vehicular homicide.

Judge Jeffrey Marcuzzo set his bond at $50,000, meaning he had to post $5,000 to get out of jail, which a relative managed to do. He was released four days later. He was ordered back for mandatory drug screening on Feb. 8 but never showed. He disappeared and remains a fugitive sought by authorities to this day.

“A week after my daughter is killed, (Mejia) is running free,” Wilson-Root told the audience with Trump standing at her side.

“Everything we do — all the fight we’re doing — is to save the next person from having to go through what we’re going through.

“Sarah’s life cannot be just another life that was lost because of the Obama administration,” Wilson-Root said.

“Like Mr. Trump said, they let us down. They had him, they let him go, they had him again, they let him go.

“And I want to thank (Mr. Trump) so much for all his hard work. Everybody that’s helped us, try to keep the story out there, try to prevent this tragedy from happening to another person because if Hillary gets in, it will continue to happen to everybody,” she said.

Wilson-Root then hugged the candidate.

“What an incredible family,” Trump said after they departed the stage.

“We’re going to stop the crime,” he said.

Trump then touted the endorsement of 16,000 Border Patrol agents.

“They want a strong border. We need a strong border if we’re going to remain a country,” Trump said.