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Posted on 07/20/2005 10:44:09 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
N.C. congresswoman: Why does state have one deportation officer? Myrick, R-N.C., wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and other officials about the death of Scott Gardner of Mount Holly, who was killed Saturday when his car was hit by a truck driven by an illegal immigrant later charged with driving while impaired. The wreck marks the fourth time in three years that Ramiro Gallegos, 25, of Supply in Brunswick County, has faced DWI charges.
"It should not take a horrible incident like this to draw attention to this persistent problem plaguing the enforcement of our immigration laws," Myrick wrote. Gallegos remained in Brunswick County jail Wednesday charged with second-degree murder as well as DWI. Immigration officials said they put a detainer on him, meaning they will deport him to Mexico if he's convicted. In her letter, Myrick called Gardner's death "entirely preventable." Having one immigration officer for North Carolina is "inexcusable," she said. Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said her agency will work with Myrick and other authorities to look into the situation. She said the agency had no record of Gallegos since immigration authorities arrested him in 1998. No details of that arrest were immediately available. "When we find out that somebody is breaking the immigration law, we don't turn our heads," Brown said. Though North Carolina has an estimated 300,000 illegal immigrants, the state has one federal deportation officer who's among fewer than 10 people in the state who work for Detention and Removal Operations, a unit of ICE. ICE also has about 50 investigators in North Carolina whose duties are divided between immigration violations and customs cases such as drug smuggling. Meanwhile, state Highway Patrol troopers have arrested the owner of a truck that Gallegos was driving.
Lazero Presa-Martinez, 24, of Wilmington was charged late Tuesday with allowing his vehicle to be used by an impaired and unlicensed driver, both misdemeanors. Martinez, a legal immigrant, was booked at Brunswick County Jail and released after posting bond. Scott Gardner's wife, Tina, remained in critical condition at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. She had not regained consciousness. Their two children suffered minor injuries. Funeral services for Scott Gardner are planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Mount Holly with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the church. ---
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Four days after a North Carolina man was killed in accident involving an illegal immigrant, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick has asked federal immigration officials to explain why the state has just one deportation officer.
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Though North Carolina has an estimated 300,000 illegal immigrants, the state has one federal deportation officer who's among fewer than 10 people in the state who work for Detention and Removal Operations, a unit of ICE.
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The wreck marks the fourth time in three years that Ramiro Gallegos (an illegal alien), 25, of Supply in Brunswick County, has faced DWI charges."It should not take a horrible incident like this to draw attention to this persistent problem plaguing the enforcement of our immigration laws," Myrick wrote.
What happened in court the first three times he faced DWI charges? This strikes me as just as much a failure of the criminal justice system as a failure by the INS.
bayourod and cultural jihad will be along shortly to call you a racist for daring to post this article
ping
Just tell them to sit in the corner and write 50 times on the chalk board: "Telling the truth about illegal immigrants does not make a person a racist."
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There is a reason for that - a very good one (at least on the part of the government).
How about rewarding bounty hunters for the capture of these illegals? Bounty Hunters could handle the situation quickly. word would spread among the illegals. Those areas willing to do this would save more from money normally spent on their social service costs.
(And also cause a few problems along the way.)
Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said... "When we find out that somebody is breaking the immigration law, we don't turn our heads,"
ANYONE ELSE SEE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TWO STATEMENTS?
They can't keep track of sex offenders or illegals, but they can track the legal purchase of sudafed and Martha Stewart has an ankle bracelet.
" ANYONE ELSE SEE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TWO STATEMENTS?"
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President Bush faces a major rebellion within his own party if he follows through on a promise to push legislation that would offer millions of illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship. Almost no issue divides Republicans as deeply.
Why? The system seems to work just fine when they do their job with legal residents.
The only problems would be for the invaders who were sent home and the employers who wouldn't have the cheap labor and profits from revenue they generate.
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No, they set a hearing date sometime in the next year or two and release them. They never see them again.
The problem seems to be either a turf battle or a faulty system. If there is no visa question, or even if there is, if there is nothing to debate about overstaying a visa, there is no need for a hearing. The hearing judges are so backed up they can't handle the cases and most of the time the scheduled cases just end in a warrant because the perp didn't show.
90% of those cases need no hearing so the INS could easily just become a transporting agency taking those folks back across the border. The locals catch the illegals, they can't prove they are legal or they admit they aren't, then take them to a collection point, put them in vans or buses, and ship them out. Easy, clean, doable.
300,000 to 1
4 x DWI/3yrs
INS arrested 1998
Murder Americans
Hello, Hello, Hello.
Bushjr ---can you hear us now?
Though North Carolina has an estimated 300,000 illegal immigrants, the state has one federal deportation officer who's among fewer than 10 people in the state who work for Detention and Removal Operations, a unit of ICE.
It would be interesting to hear Ms Brown's explanation as to how & why there are 300,000 illegals in North Carolina if as she says "When we find out that somebody is breaking the immigration law, we don't turn our heads,".
"We don't turn our heads", yeah right, you turn your backs.
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