Posted on 08/16/2005 9:17:51 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
2005
2005
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.
One minute a healthy teenage girl. All that changed in a flash. She'll never be the same now, if she lives.
What a terrible story. I am very tired of seeing these stories of the innocent being slaughtered by illegal aliens.
These stories seem to happen daily now.
"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."
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The GOP response can be found HERE
We have an agreement with Mexico and other central American countries. to not impose the death penalty. They also scream bloody murder over a life sentence. Such penalties are only for US citizens.
Family values don't stop at the Rio Grande.
Enforcement of our immigration laws, on the other hand, do.
In California, they'd reward him with a drivers license and make him a legal resident.
These are the incidents that are not being cataloged somewhere. Many Americans are killed or injured each years by illegal aliens. All related costs should be billed to Fox. The accidents involving uninsured wetbeacks must be in the millions.
How much longer are we going to put up with this?
And he was only 21. This guy must have been always loaded while driving to have that many convictions at his age. And must not have received much punishment either.
October is when we put our foot down for good.
Absolutely revolting. I know that politicians are prostitutes for votes and money, but you'd think on this one issue, they'd feel just a LITTLE bit of the same outrage those of us on this board feel.
Congressmen are still Americans aren't they? I can't see how any American outside of corporate stooges for Ag and Construction companies could be for this.
Speechless
This isn't going to bring the little girl out of a coma.
How much longer are we going to put up with this?
Don't know. But I can tell you, I am very angry seeing people end up like this at the hand of illegals. Same thing happened to my neighbors kid. But he died 3 days later.
"Congressmen are still Americans aren't they?"
Twain called them America's only native criminal class.
And it's not going to get any better until we go back to election of senators by state legislators, and term limit congressmen to two years, at a salary of $50,000, no pension.
Bingo!
Deported? Should be locked up for 20 years and then deported
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We have no such agreement. Mexico refuses to extradite those Mexican citizens that have committed capital crimes in the US and face the death penalty. Texas has several Mexican nationals on death row right now.
Add to the list : no lobbyists and repeal CFR.
Twain was correct in his characterization.
Suggested reading...non-americans on death row in Texas
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/nationalities.htm
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