Posted on 11/03/2022 2:08:01 PM PDT by Spktyr
Suspect in Paul Pelosi Beating Is in the U.S. Illegally, DHS Confirms
David DePape, 42, is being held in San Francisco County jail on attempted murder and multiple other felony charges
The man suspected of attacking Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in their San Francisco home last week is in the United States illegally, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an immigration detainer on Canadian national David DePape with San Francisco County Jail, Nov. 1, following his Oct. 28 arrest," the DHS spokesperson said in a statement to NBC Bay Area.
DePape, 42, is being held in San Francisco County jail on attempted murder and multiple other felony charges after he allegedly broke into the Pelosi home in Pacific Heights and brutally assaulted Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Court documents show he was looking for Nancy Pelosi and wanted to break her kneecaps.
DePape's last known residence was in Richmond.
The DHS official went on to say records show that DePape entered the U.S. on March 8, 2008, at San Ysidro Point of Entry as a temporary visitor, classified under the Immigration and Nationality Act as a B2.
The spokesperson added that admissible Canadian travelers who present themselves as a visitor for business or pleasure generally do not require a visa and are generally admitted for 6 months in the U.S.
The San Francisco police chief gave details Friday on the early morning attack against the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during which the suspect, 42-year-old David Depape, attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer in front of responding officers.
ICE places immigration detainers on individuals who have been arrested on criminal charges and who ICE has probable cause to believe are removable under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the spokesperson continued. The detainer requests the other law enforcement agency to notify ICE before a removable individual is released from custody so that ICE can take custody of that person in a safe and secure setting.
DePape has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to be back in court Friday.
Anyone want to speculate if suddenly a segment of the older Dems in government will be all for border enforcement again?
But what about the droves of homeless people in SF and LA? Most with mental problems and many with drug addictions. We are focusing on the illegal alien from Canada who dared to attack an American elite (Paul Pelosi)?
The video report is *considerably* different than the printed article and has more info, interview, etc. - worth watching it.
Well, yeah - it doesn’t matter until one of the elite is a victim, after all. /sarc
Yeah, somehow he’s a hyper-patriotic murderous mega-MAGA domestic terrorist and a BLM-loving rentboy sodomite nudist illegal alien from Canada at the same time. Oh, the wonders of doublethink.
Has he been voting in the American elections??
Sounds like he was their patsy that got duped
FAT CHANCE.
This mess is going to disappear soon. It's not getting the effect they hoped for.
So he over stayed by 14 years.
He lives in a sanctuary city and state so nothing to see here. Move along folks......
As the Dems always say, “doing the jobs that Americans refuse to do.”
He'll be deported so he can be tucked away by Trudeau, never to speak the truth about what REALLY happened.
LET HIM GO!!
No Illegal Alien shall be held to answer for any criminal act perpetrated against a Public Employee or their Family, EVER!!!
I have travelled and worked all over the world including 3 expatriate work assignments for about 9 years all together of overseas living, plus dozens and dozens of lengthy business and personal trips for visiting / working temporarily in some 40 or so countries.
There is No Country in the World, not even the poorest African country, where you can just be there illegally for an extended period of time.
It just does not happen.
We pay for thousands of times more government than those poor countries. The USA citizens, taxpayers and economy should not be subjected to permanent resident illegal aliens.
It is fitting that Criminal Gangster Mafiosa Speaker-of-the-House Marxist Brandon Junta Politician’s Insider-Trading multi-millionaire dirt-bag alcoholic husband is in a conflagration with an illegal alien, inside her SF Mansion guarded by and while being surveilled automatically by equipment operated by Her Violent Political Secret-Intelligence Militarized Capitol Police.
What a bunch of disgusting villains - the perp and the target. You just cannot make this up.
Maybe they can put him on a bus and send him to Martha’s Vineyard or DC.
I had heard that he was a member of the Green Party at one time and voted Green.
All of the sudden the Pelosi policies hit home. Interesting how we now need to prosecute. These liberLs make me sick.
Wait...isn’t the guy a “San Francisco man?” Or does that only apply if he harms an ordinary citizen, and is not of European origin?
Congratulations.
Yours is the correct answer.
You have just won....
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