GALVESTON, Texas — President Donald Trump announced an executive order renaming a Galveston wildlife refuge after a Houston girl who was allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants.

Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was found dead in June 2024 after she was reported missing. The case got national attention and led to the Justice for Jocelyn Act.

Alexis Nungaray, her mother, was a guest of First Lady Melania Trump for the president’s address to a joint session of Congress. President Trump spoke about the girl and her mother in the speech.

Trump revealed he had signed an executive order renaming a wildlife refuge in Galveston. The order renamed the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.

The refuge protects 37,000 acres of coastal wetlands.

Alexis Nungaray joins President Trump at the Joint Session—a mother seeking justice for her 12-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, who was brutally murdered by illegal aliens.

President Trump is fighting to secure the border and stop these tragedies from happening again. pic.twitter.com/6Fu7w9j53A

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 5, 2025