Laken Riley’s killer took taxpayer-funded flight

Topline: Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of killing Augusta University student Laken Riley, was only in Georgia because taxpayers funded his free plane ride out of New York, according to multiple reports from his trial in November.

Key facts: New York City opened “reticketing centers” last year to give immigrants free one-way plane or bus tickets as the city tries to resolve its migrant crisis.

As of July, the program had spent $13.8 million on 47,000 tickets to send migrants to Texas...