Posted on 10/28/2014 8:14:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
U.S. Immigration Laws Facing New Scrutiny After Killings By JENNIFER MEDINA and JULIA PRESTON OCT. 28, 2014
LOS ANGELES — It would seem to be a worst case that opponents of the Obama administration on immigration had long forecast: An illegal immigrant — one who had been deported twice, yet returned to the country each time — is accused of killing two Northern California sheriff’s officers in a six-hour shooting rampage Friday.
The suspect led the authorities on a manhunt through two counties. After he was booked into the Sacramento County jail, federal immigration authorities used his fingerprints to identify the man, who gave his name as Marcelo Marquez: They said he was Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamonte, a Mexican who lived without papers in this country for more than a decade after he was deported in 1997 and again in 2001 because of drug- and weapon-related arrests.
“This case shows that our laws are not being enforced, and there are tragic consequences to not enforcing them,” said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, a group that advocates tougher immigration controls.
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A lot of Chamber of Commerce types are holding the other end of the blanket while making this bed.
can sanctuary cities be sued on the basis that if they grant sanctuary they are responsible for the behavior of those claiming protection under sanctuary-enacted local law?
How many “UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS” would have to die for immigration laws to merit the same scrutiny.
Don’t know and haven’t heard of a case
I think officials are immune from jail and prison release decisions.
Kill a union member and the world notices.
Illegals kill thousands of us every year and no one cares.
My hope know is that the illegals get any more union members instead of us.
The link takes me to the New York times and not the la times.
The story is still about the man who is here illegally and who went on a cop-killing rampage in Northern California.
And he’s ugly, too.
I wonder if it was in the San Francisco Chron... ?
Laws are already on the books. The Feds refuse to enforce them.
” Illegal fumigants kill about 12 Americans every DAY. “
Yep. I remember being mortified years ago, when the daily number was 7.
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