Well-known DREAMer activist hit, killed by red-light runner

AZ 3 Family ^ | 3 Aug 2017 | Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

[ponygirl]

PHOENIX (AP) - A well-known community organizer who used social media and technology in his behind-the-scenes efforts for immigrant rights was killed Tuesday when a 51-year-old woman ran a red light and crashed into his motorcycle.

Police say the woman, who hasn't been identified, was cited for running a red light and driving without a license following the fatal crash.

Celso Salinas-Mireles was brought to the country from Mexico as a young child and was protected from deportation through former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Police identified him as Celso Mireles-Martinez, but a close friend said he went by Salinas-Mireles, having adopted his wife's name when they got married.

"He was like the brain behind a lot our technology, our social media work and the immigrant rights movement," longtime friend Dulce Juarez said....

[ponygirl]

Emphasis mine.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Was the driver an illegal?

[PGR88]

Police say the woman, who hasn't been identified, was cited for running a red light and driving without a license following the fatal crash.

Wouldn't it be ironic if she was an illegal?

[McGavin999]

Driving without a license she was likely an illegal

[RightGeek]

Driving without a license? Chances are good.

[dfwgator]

Irony can be really ironic, sometimes.

[Red Badger]

I am currently recovering from a motorcycle accident, but not fatal.................

[ponygirl]

[JohnyBoy]

Killed by an illegal. Awesome.

[Snickering Hound]

[Rusty0604]

The driver was most likely an illegal. Oh, the irony.

[wita]

The real irony is that their are so damned many of them that they are destined to run into one another.

[Lumper20]

Throw every DREAMER out, every Muslim out, and every illegal out.

[dfwgator]

We lost a co-worker last year to an illegal driver. I’m still upset about it.

[dfwgator]

I should add, it was along with two of his young children.

[Disambiguator]

[dgbrown]

Another reason to step up the pace of deportation. He died because he was here. Just think of the lives that will be saved if we can send them out of our country.

I bet we could save 100 million lives.

[lewislynn]

Irony? I think karma.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Throw every DREAMER out, every Muslim out, and every illegal out.”

Then, “I’ll have a Coke”

[Red Badger]

That makes me angry..............