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Trump has made Kate Steinle’s case about immigration. It’s not.
Wa Po ^ | Dec 1, 2017 | David Bier

Posted on 12/01/2017 8:14:08 PM PST by upchuck

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the immigrant who entered the United States illegally and was charged with murdering California resident Kate Steinle in 2015, was found not guilty Thursday by a San Francisco jury. President Trump, who has used Steinle’s death to promote harsh immigration policies, quickly responded by calling for a border wall, adding that the “Steinle killer came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent.”

These claims are just not true. In reality, the case highlights how much border security has improved and how little a threat undocumented immigrants pose. From 1991 to 1996, Garcia Zarate did cross the border illegally a couple of times. But as Border Patrol doubled and then tripled the number of agents, it caught him every time — twice in 1998, in 2003 and again in 2009, the only attempt in the Obama era.

Even when Garcia Zarate did make it over the border in the early 1990s, he never committed violent crimes, but rather activities such as “inhaling vapors,” selling “imitation drugs” and possessing marijuana and heroin. After each border apprehension since 1998, he served years-long prison terms for attempting to reenter illegally after his deportations. He certainly broke laws, but never with violence.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: actoflove; aliens; amnestypimps; fakenews; illegals; immigration; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; sanctuarycity; sanfrancisco; steinle; washingtoncompost; zarate
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To: upchuck

Oh, but it is.


21 posted on 12/01/2017 8:32:37 PM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Taxman

Cato is describing immigration of a 100 years ago. Nowadays it is a bit different.


22 posted on 12/01/2017 8:37:35 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: upchuck

Kate would still be alive if this murderer had been permanently removed back to Mexico before that horrible day.
Liberals are 100% responsible for this crime.


23 posted on 12/01/2017 8:44:07 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: upchuck; Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...

I doubt if President Trump made this about IMMIGRATION...

Its not about IMMIGRATION...

the murderer is not an IMMIGRANT...

the murderer is an illegal alien...

He didn’t IMMIGRATE not one time nor 6...


24 posted on 12/01/2017 8:46:21 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: upchuck

That’s nice you don’t think that Kate was about “immigration” but, no one else shares your view...


25 posted on 12/01/2017 8:47:13 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: upchuck

Only one question matters, which might lead to a second question.

Had the illegal alien NOT been in San Fransicko on that day, would he have been able to shoot and kill Miss Steinley? Or do you (this idiotic WaPo writer,) think that she still would have been shot and killed by someone else at that same date and time?

Of course those are the two questions they refuse to answer seriously.

Mark


26 posted on 12/01/2017 8:50:47 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: upchuck

Why does CATO have clowns like this on their staff?


27 posted on 12/01/2017 8:58:25 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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>> In reality, the case highlights how much border security has improved and how little a threat undocumented immigrants pose

So David Bier makes the case for improved border security...

No doubt WAPO is doing the “cheap labor” bidding for Amazon.


28 posted on 12/01/2017 9:01:37 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: upchuck

How do these people (like the author) live with themselves?

29 posted on 12/01/2017 9:02:43 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The twit looks weak and confused. Eventually he will realize what a waste his existance is...and end it.


30 posted on 12/01/2017 9:05:31 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: upchuck
Title: “Trump has made Kate Steinle’s case about immigration. It’s not.”

1st sentence: “...Zarate, the immigrant who entered the United States illegally and was charged with murdering...”

The left’s own words state it IS about illegal immigration!

31 posted on 12/01/2017 9:07:09 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: hal ogen
...he will realize what a waste his existance is...and end it.

....or maybe an illegal will

32 posted on 12/01/2017 9:10:28 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

He even LOOKS clueless, which he most assuredly is.


33 posted on 12/01/2017 9:11:44 PM PST by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY!)
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To: upchuck
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Correction: Washington Compost.
34 posted on 12/01/2017 9:13:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Clutch Martin

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>> “Kate Steinle would not necessarily agree with wapo.” <<

They didn’t give her a chance!
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35 posted on 12/01/2017 9:16:02 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: JennysCool

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He had several felony convictions for violence.
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36 posted on 12/01/2017 9:17:27 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Nothing to do with immigration.

It’s about wetbacks, it’s about an invasion force of foreign nationals, it’s about violent criminals that are not prosecuted.


37 posted on 12/01/2017 9:17:48 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

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Multiple birth defects!

No wonder he works for the Compost.
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38 posted on 12/01/2017 9:19:06 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Tennessee Nana
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The murderer is an enemy Invader.
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39 posted on 12/01/2017 9:23:31 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Definitely a soy-boy...


40 posted on 12/01/2017 9:24:18 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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