Teen In Coma After Accident With Drunken Driver - drunken driver BTB an illegal immigrant.

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[Happy2BMe]

Teen In Coma After Accident With Drunken Driver

POSTED: 3:50 pm EDT August 16,

2005

UPDATED: 6:03 pm EDT August 16,

2005

RICHMOND COUNTY, N.C. -- Police said the car a teen was riding in was broadsided by a drunken driver. Police believe the drunken driver is an illegal immigrant.

Amy Milligan 15, was flown to Carolinas Medical Center and placed in the pediatric ICU department in a coma.

Her mother, Fran Milligan, was driving the car that was hit.

"How many years will it be that we'll be affected? What will the rest of her life be like? It will be nothing like what she imagined," she said.

Police said 21-year-old Marin Gomez was driving drunk when the accident happened in Richmond County. They also think he's in the country illegally and immigration agents are investigating.

"Right now, everything is running all together for me," said Fran Milligan.

Amy was trapped in the car for 40 minutes. She's suffered multiple injuries including two collapsed lungs, and broken ribs, and has been through two strokes.

"We're not going to have the same Amy," said Fran Milligan.

Amy's aunt, Lorri Oxenbine, can't believe one man's actions have changed so many lives.

"Anger that he's ruined Amy's life, her future, ruined my sister's life and her future, completely changed it. And that he's also ruined his own," she said.

Police said Gomez ran from the scene, but was later caught.

Authorities have charged him with felony hit-and-run, two counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon, driving while impaired, no license, having a fake tag, and careless and reckless driving.

Congresswoman Sue Myrick is holding a town hall meeting Tuesday night as part of her effort to toughen laws against illegal immigrants.

Myrick is proposing new legislation called the Scott Gardner Act. Gardner was a Mount Holly schoolteacher killed when an illegal immigrant hit the car carrying him and his family.

The immigrant had five prior DWI convictions.

Myrick said he should have been deported.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. inside Myrick's office on West Main Street in Gastonia.

[Happy2BMe]

Police said Gomez ran from the scene, but was later caught.

[BipolarBob]

It doesn't change a thing if he was an illegal or not, but I would take that into consideration when sentencing.

[Happy2BMe]

Another innocent American whose murder (if she dies) at the hands of an illegal alien I lay squarely at the feet of the OBL employers who insist on hiring them . .

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Amy Milligan - 15

Police said the car a teen was riding in was broadsided by a drunken driver.

Police believe the drunken driver is an illegal immigrant.

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It doesn't change a thing if he was an illegal or not, but I would take that into consideration when sentencing.

What it changes is if he hadn't been here in the first place, there would have been no accident.

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But he's filling a job that nobody else will take.

[DoughtyOne]

The illegal immigrant has nothing to lose by insidents such as this. If the heat gets to high, they can cross over the border back into Mexico.

It's also possible for them to obtain second, third, fourth, five... IDs so that they can circumvent justice and go on like nothing happened.

We really screwed the pooch when we allowed this situation to progress to where it has.

[Happy2BMe]

How do the odds of 300,000 to 1 sound to you?

Lawmaker: Immigration staffing 'inexcusable' - Insists man's death was "entirely preventable."

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N.C. congresswoman: Why does state have one deportation officer? (Resident killed by illegal alien.)

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Scott Gardner didn't have to die

Lawmaker: Immigration staffing 'inexcusable' - Insists man's death was "entirely preventable."

[DTogo]

Today a car accident, tomorrow:

[afnamvet]

Forget meeting with Sheehan. I would like the President to meet with the mother of this victim and explain why this happened.

[Happy2BMe]

Pings and thanks . .

[Black Tooth]

Amy was trapped in the car for 40 minutes. She's suffered multiple injuries including two collapsed lungs, and broken ribs, and has been through two strokes.

It doesn't change a thing if he was an illegal or not

If he had been prevented from entering our country in the first place, the teenage girl would probably be eating dinner with her folks tonight.

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Forget meeting with Sheehan. I would like the President to meet with the mother of this victim and explain why this happened.

And when he's done doing that, he can come out to where I live and do the same for the widow of a friend who was killed in the same way.

[skeeter]

The human cost of a few extra cents on the bottom line. I suppose the MBAs that run corporate America consider it the cost of doing business.

[antiunion person]

(The immigrant had five prior DWI convictions.)

Why wasn't this SOB deported after the first DWI?? Was the system being politically correct by not sentencing him to jail or deporting him before?? Why five priors?? I don't think the state should deport him. I think, if the little girl dies, a bullet to the head will be a fair sentence.
The politicians are wanting to give these "illegal aliens" legal driving licenses thinking the IA's will be safer and get insurance. Yeah RIGHT!!!! This country needs to lock down the borders, find the illegals, ship them out and finally get our problems resolved.

[BipolarBob]

Fine. My point is after-the-fact it doesn't change anything. Amy is still terribly hurt. To prevent future occurences our lawmakers and lifetime politicians (both parties) would have to grow a spine and close the borders.

[Black Tooth]

Forget meeting with Sheehan. I would like the President to meet with the mother of this victim and explain why this happened.

You know what? That is an outstanding idea.

[hole_n_one]

Re: #4 and #11.

Well?

[rdcorso]

This piece of shit had five DWI convictions and he was still in this country free to drive drunk again.This is outrageous.The poor family he hit will have to get by on their own since this loser didn't have insurance.It's bad enough having this done to you by an American citizen but to have it done by someone who doesn't even belong here,is disgusting.They should have the right to sue the government for gross negligence.I despise all of our politicians because of this issue.

[hole_n_one]

Forget meeting with Sheehan. I would like the President to meet with the mother of this victim and explain why this happened.

That's either a very stupid comment or a very brilliant one.

Let me sober up and get back to you.

[BipolarBob]

Read #15. It doesn't change a little girls tragedy. Starting from this moment on, his status doesn't matter as to her condition. If you want to prevent this from happening to you or your loved ones - we need to hold the politicians responsible for closing all borders.