IMMIGRATION: Men in release effort have criminal records

All three men who immigrant-rights groups are campaigning to have released from the Adelanto immigrant-detention center have felony criminal records, authorities said. In a Nov. 25 protest outside the center and during a subsequent lobbying campaign to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, activists from several groups have been asking for the release of Carlos Hidalgo, Artyom Karapetyan and Jose Santos Maltez, so the men can be with their families. Karapetyan is a legal permanent resident of the United States, and Hidalgo and Maltez are undocumented immigrants, said Johnathan Perez, a statewide coordinator for the Immigrant Youth Coalition, one of the organizations involved in the rally. The men were convicted of offenses that include burglary, grand theft, possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence. Anti-illegal-immigration activists such as Don Rosenberg are countering with their own campaign to ICE calling for the men’s deportation. “They’re serious criminals,” said Rosenberg, whose son was struck and killed in San Francisco by an unlicensed driver who later was deported for immigration violations. “They’ve committed serious crimes and don’t belong in this country. They’re a danger to society.” Rosenberg, of Westlake Village, said he was irked by protesters’ focus on the rights of immigrants convicted of serious crimes. Another convicted criminal at Adelanto whose case he has been following closely is that of Juan Tzun, who pleaded guilty in March to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving without a license after a 2012 collision that killed Riverside County sheriff’s dispatcher Dominic Durden, he said. Tzun, who also has two driving-under-the-influence convictions, is in the country illegally and also was convicted of grand theft and probation violations.

Is this a mistake- I killed sombody & it was mistake to be caught drinking and driving twice. Another one -It was a mistake two driving-under-the-influence convictions, is in the country illegally and also was convicted of grand theft and probation violations...But they want them to be released because they have a family

If they deport their sorry rear ends there should be a “shoot on sight” listing for them if they ever come back.

2 posted on 12/03/2013 6:59:30 AM PST by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)

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