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Category: Illegal Immigrants

  • Illegals a law unto themselves in California cop-killing case

    illegal alien familyThe family of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, a 32-year-old illegal alien, helped him evade police and attempted to help smuggle him across the United States-Mexico border after he allegedly murdered 33-year-old Newman, California, police officer Ronil Singh, federal documents allege.

    Here’s a compound article from our very own Poetrooper. The first part is an American Thinker article by Monica Showalter, and she refers to a Breitbart article, and then continues with her own. Without further ado:

    As the killing of a Newman, Calif. police officer demonstrates, illegal immigration is hardly a single crime.

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    By: John Binder

    The family of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, a 32-year-old illegal alien, helped him evade police and attempted to help smuggle him across the United States-Mexico border after he allegedly murdered 33-year-old Newman, California, police officer Ronil Singh, federal documents allege.

    The day after Christmas, Singh pulled Arriaga over on suspicion of drunk driving. That’s when police say the illegal alien shot Singh. Over his police radio, Singh called out “shots fired,” and as police arrived at the scene of the traffic stop, they found the officer with a gunshot wound.

    Singh was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died, leaving behind his wife Anamika and their newborn five-month-old son.

    The Breitbart report, citing police sources, shows that seven family members of this alleged shooter were right there at the ready to help him evade any responsibility for his actions, and there was a human-smuggler there to help, too. It seemed to happen like clockwork. One might have helped him steal the gun from Washington State and apparently lied to the cops about it; another allegedly covered up a bullet hole in Arriaga’s pickup that was left there after the murder; one packed three changes of clothing for the alleged cop-killer so as to escape in comfort; one drove him to a relative’s house in Stockton so as to wait the matter out (apparently, they were thrown out by some relatives who wanted no truck with the law, though I don’t see any evidence they called the cops); one disposed of the murder weapon; one transported the alleged cop-killer elsewhere; one tricked a relative into a loan for the getaway, via the human-smuggler who got the whole group into the U.S. in the first place; one bought him a new cell phone; one brought a new change of clothes; and someone wired five hundred bucks for the escape.

    All this in the course of Arriaga’s two days on the run. Supposedly, he’s a gang member, but the evidence here suggests that his gang is his family. And surprise, surprise: This group that acted with such military precision is all here illegally.

    These are the people the media idolizes with sob stories in their bid to ensure open borders. These are the people House speaker Nancy Pelosi waxes poetic about regarding their “souls.” These are the people leftist judges refuse to sentence on account of the potential for their being deported afterward, creating one set of laws for Americans and another for foreigners. These are the people Democrats would like to have citizenship with voting rights, as well as hand out free health care to in California itself.

    Poe had some rhetorical questions in his e-mail about prison, deportation, and the family’s children. My short answer is, if the parents are deported, easy. Take them with, and goodbye. If the parents are convicted they go to jail, and the kids can either go live with legal relatives on this side of the border, if any, or sent to their country of origin and let the authorities there sort it out.

    And of course it’s Trump’s fault.

    Read the article in its entirety here: American Thinker

    Thanks, Poetrooper. Keep ’em coming.

  • California’s Sanctuary City Stance Caused Officer Ronil Singh’s Death – Victory Girls Blog

    California’s Sanctuary City Stance Caused Officer Ronil Singh’s Death – Victory Girls Blog

    An outstanding article by victorygirlsblog.com

    In the midst of the drama over the government shutdown, California’s Stanislaus County Sheriff department along with multiple other agencies were engaged in a major manhunt for an illegal who shot Corporal Ronil Singh to death during a routine traffic stop on Wednesday. This wouldn’t have happened if California hadn’t decided it was politically correct to become a sanctuary state.

    Corporal Singh was an immigrant himself. One who came to the United States LEGALLY.

    “He came to America with one purpose, and that was to serve this country,” said Newman Police Chief Randy Richardson, calling Singh an “American Patriot.”

    Again, there’s a significant difference between Singh and the shooter. Singh came here legally. The shooter … didn’t.

    Arriaga crossed the border into Arizona illegally several years ago and has worked as a farm laborer in the Stanislaus County area, Christianson said. He has two prior driving-under-the-influence arrests and ties to the Sureño Street Gang.

    So the shooter was here illegally, had been arrested TWO other times and was a known gang member. Why was he still here? Because of the stupid asinine and incredibly dangerous Sanctuary City stance the state of California has taken.

    California has been diving headfirst down this dangerous path for years. Heck, they couldn’t even pass the Kate Steinle law and a jury let her killer go free. The incidences of violence involving illegals is climbing and yet our politicians have decided pandering to the illegals is the way to go.

    San Fran Nan is on vacay in Hawaii and Maxine Waters went to the Bahamas instead of dealing with the government shut down. Designating funds for better border security and the border wall is not on their radar. Do they care about Corporal Singh? Nope. Not one bit.

    What about the rest of the 53 member delegation from California? Crickets all over the place.

    California law enforcement is hurting today. They lost one of their own and it shouldn’t have happened. Ronil Singh’s family is understandably devastated.

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    Brother of breaks down as he thanks all law enforcement agencies that helped catch Arriaga.

    Reggie Singh managed to hold himself together just enough to thank all those who worked tirelessly to find his brother’s killer. A powerful moment of both anguish and grace.

    I applaud Sheriff Christianson for casting the blame squarely where it belongs. On the shooter and the sanctuary city mess.

    He was absolutely correct. 

    “While we absolutely need to stay focused on Officer Ribuk Singh’s service and sacrifice, we can’t ignore the fact that this could’ve been preventable,” Christianson said, noting how Arriaga had several run-ins with police — which couldn’t be reported to ICE on account of California’s sanctuary law.

    “Under SB54 in California, based on two arrests for DUI and some other active warrants that this criminal has out there, law enforcement would’ve been prevented — prohibited — from sharing any information with ICE about this criminal gang member,” the sheriff explained.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not how you protect a community.” [Emphasis Added]

    We have laws in place for a reason! The sanctuary city mess protects only those who are here illegally. It leaves American citizens and those who are in this country legally twisting in the wind.

    Furthermore, this sanctuary stance puts ALL of our First Responders at risk. Amazingly, CNN reported the Sheriff and Police Chief Youngblood’s remarks.

    “When you tie our hands and don’t allow us to work with our federal partners and communicate with our federal partners about people who commit crimes and who are in this country illegally, we’re going to have incidents like this, not just on police officers, but on the public that we serve and protect,” he said.

    What does Governor Jerry ‘Moonbeam’ Brown have to say about all of this? Not a damned thing. Instead he gives 15 illegal immigrants clemency.

    What about Gavin Newsom? Did he have anything to say? Crickets.

    A good officer is dead because of this entire sanctuary city crap. He would be alive today if, after the FIRST DUI arrest, the shooter had been deported.

    Adopting the Sanctuary cities stance puts us ALL at risk. It needs to stop NOW. Otherwise more US citizens like Kate Steinle and Officer Ronil Singh will die.

    Feature Photo Credit: via New York Times: “Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, was arrested in connection with the shooting of Officer Ronil Singh. Credit: Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department“

    Its also worth reporting the following:

    Seven people across the state have been arrested for helping the suspect in the murder of Cpl. Ronil Singh avoid police.

    Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, was arrested Friday without incident after authorities learned he was inside a Kern County residence, CBS Sacramento reports.

    Others at the residence were taken into custody for aiding and abetting. The suspects were identified as Bernabe Madrigal Castaneda, 59; Erasmo Villegas, 36; and Maria Luisa Moreno, 57.

    His brothers Adrian and Conrado Virgen, girlfriend Ana Leyde Cervantes and coworker Erik Quiroz were also arrested for helping him dodge police.

    Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson blamed California’s sanctuary law for preventing local authorities from reporting Perez Arriaga to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for his previous arrests. Christianson said if he had been deported, Singh would still be alive.

     

    Source: California’s Sanctuary City Stance Caused Officer Ronil Singh’s Death – Victory Girls Blog

  • Christmas Eve Feel Good Stories

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    Cookies and milk? I don’t THINK so!

    Illegal released because, California.
    California man, previously deported in 2014, goes on 24-hour ‘reign of terror’ before dying in police chase
    By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News

    garciaCalifornia shooting spree suspect was deported in 2014. This undated photo provided by the Tulare County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office shows Gustavo Garcia. Central California authorities say Garcia, who went on a robbery, shooting and carjacking rampage, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, in a high-speed crash during which he intentionally tried to smash into other cars. (Tulare County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

    A 36-year-old man who had been deported at least once and who owned a lengthy rap sheet died Monday after a day-long “reign of terror” in which he shot and killed someone, carjacked another person and led California police on a dangerous high-speed pursuit.

    Gustavo Garcia, of Visalia, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on State Route 65 in Porterville when he was ejected from a stolen truck. Four others were injured, including one person who was in critical. Garcia, who was deported in 2014, had engaged in a gun battle with police and purposely tried to smash into other cars during the chase, officials said.

    “We have one man that essentially [has] been on a personal reign of terror,” Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said at a news conference.

    Garcia has a lengthy criminal record that dates back to 2002, including charges for illegal firearm possession and meth, according to the Fresno Bee. Before his 2014 deportation, Garcia had three Immigration and Customs Enforcement violations. Boudreaux wouldn’t confirm Garcia’s immigration status at the time of his death or what country Garcia originated from.

    Garcia’s rampage started at around 1 p.m. Sunday when he shot a farm worker who was in the middle of unpacking fruit in Exeter. The farm worker was expected to recover.

    Moments later, Garcia robbed a convenience store with surveillance footage showing Garcia firing shots at the ceiling and demanding more than $2,000 in cash, according to the Fresno Bee. Police believe the shooting of the farm worker was meant to be a distraction for the robbery.

    At 7:30 p.m., Garcia shot a Motel 6 guest in the arm and chest in Tulare, police said. Her wounds weren’t considered to be life-threatening.

    “She had made eye contact with the subject and he had followed her to her parking spot, where he got out of the car and for an unbeknownst reason began firing at her vehicle,” Tulare interim Police Chief Matt Machado said.

    At around 1:30 a.m. Monday, Garcia shot up a Shell gas station near Pixley and then killed Rocky Paul Jones, 51, about an hour later outside an Arco AMPM in Visalia, police Chief Jason Salazar said.

    “It appears his rampage and his acts of violence were random and they were not chosen targets, which makes it even more dangerous,” Boudreaux said. “This person was targeting anyone who got in the way.”

    He then fired shots from the backyard of his ex-girlfriend’s Visalia home as she and her children were inside. Police said the girlfriend and her children escaped unscathed.

    Garcia fired shots into a home in the Sultana area and then crashed his car after a two-minute police chase during which he shot and hit pursuing sheriff’s cars and deputies fired back.

    The kick in the gut? Garcia was arrested for a misdemeanor by the sheriff’s office and ICE put a detainer request on him. Garcia had a lengthy rap sheet, including being deported TWICE. But because of California’s new sanctuary city law, SB54, the sheriff’s office was unable to comply with the detainer request and had to release Garcia. Catch and release at its finest.

    Read the rest of this completely avoidable one-man crime spree at: Fox News

    “Critically wounded?” Hope it’s nothing trivial.
    Robbery suspect shot, critically wounded at New Orleans East auto-parts store: NOPD
    By Laura McKnight

    A robbery suspect was critically wounded when he was shot Friday night at a New Orleans East auto-parts store, New Orleans police confirmed.

    Police responded just after 6 p.m. to a call of shots fired in the 9300 block of Chef Menteur Highway and arrived to find a robbery victim had shot a suspected robber, the NOPD said late Friday. The NOPD did not indicate whether the robbery victim is affiliated with the store.

    Police on Saturday identified the suspect as 22-year-old Toney Brown. An update on Brown’s condition was not immediately available.

    An ambulance picked up the wounded man and took him to a local hospital, according to New Orleans EMS spokesman Lt. Jonathan Fourcade.

    Friday night, NOPD officers were investigating inside of the AutoZone Auto Parts in the 9300 block of Chef Menteur. One of the store’s glass front doors and a window were shattered from apparent bullet holes. Three lime-green evidence comes had been placed in front of the doorway. At least one more cone sat on the floor inside the store.

    The rest of the article may be viewed here: NOLA.com

  • Trump sprang three traps on Pelosi and Schumer yesterday

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    Anyone watching the news yesterday must have seen the video of Trump, San Fran Nan, and Chuckie in the Oval Office having a little chat. This was a set-up by Trump, as SFN and Chuckie clearly did not expect the press to be present during the meeting, and said as much several times. Judging by body language, Chuckie clearly wished himself elsewhere as Trump cornered them on boarder security and building the wall.

    Our friend Poetrooper drew our attention to the work of one of his fellow American Thinker writers about the occasion, and suggested TAH readers would be interested. I certainly was, so now we both think you will be, too.

    Trump sprang three traps on Pelosi and Schumer yesterday
    By Thomas Lifson

    President Trump clearly shocked House speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer yesterday with his televising of the Oval Office sit-down over his demand for $5 billion in funding for border security, including funding of critical mileage for his border wall. Knowing well that Pelosi had already vowed publicly that “transparency and openness” would characterize the Democrat-run House starting next month, her plaintive request to speak in private scored points for Trump and revealed her hypocrisy before any substance at all was considered.
    The remarkable body language during the meeting tells the story of Trump’s dominance.

    That was merely the first of three traps Trump had prepared for the Democrats’ congressional leadership.

    Trump’s second trap is his bold declaration of ownership of any “government shutdown.” Democrats have convinced themselves that what is called a “shutdown,” but really means furloughing non-essential federal workers, is a tragedy, a scar on the nation’s psyche. The fact that federal workers are now a major and solid constituency for Democrats skews their perception of the public’s concern. Aside from canceling sleigh rides in national parks and other such photo drama, the fact is that life goes on well for nearly all Americans during the furlough. They learn that there are a lot of non-essential government workers.

    After multiple shutdowns, including the last one that bore the label “Schumer Shutdown” and was quickly conceded by the Democrats, the public is no longer afraid of non-essential services (roughly 25% of the government) being temporarily suspended.

    The entire article can and should be read at American Thinker

  • Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households

    Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households

    A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.

    Good news for the far left.  The parasitic nature of Liberalism at work.

    Source: Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households

  • Central American Caravan Poses Serious Public Health Threat; TB, Dengue, Chikungunya

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    As if any another reason was required: this invasion brings bio-hazards with it.

    The caravan of Central Americans marching towards the United States poses a serious public health threat and could bring dangerous diseases into the country, a prominent physician in a key border state warns. “It’s insane to bring in migrants from any country without proper health screening,” said Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. At her Tucson, Arizona practice, Dr. Orient, a graduate of the prestigious Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, specializes in internal medicine. In an interview with Judicial Watch she said that extremely drug resistant strands of tuberculosis are among the infectious diseases the Central American migrants are likely to bring in. Others include mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya that are widespread in the region.

    Just this week a mainstream newspaper reported on the health crisis created by the influx of Venezuelans fleeing to neighboring countries. The migrants are spreading malaria, yellow fever, diphtheria, dengue, tuberculosis and AIDS throughout South America. Many of the diseases had been considered eradicated in the neighboring Latin American countries, according to government officials cited in the article, which states that “contagion from Venezuela’s economic meltdown is starting to spread to neighboring countries—not financially, but literally, in the form of potentially deadly diseases carried among millions of refugees.” As an example, the story reveals that “measles reappeared with a vengeance” in a Brazilian city near the Venezuelan border that had declared the highly contagious airborne disease “vanquished” nearly two decades ago. “Measles is already spreading beyond the Brazilian Amazon to other Brazilian states, as well as Colombia, Peru and as far south as Argentina, according to recent Pan American Health Organization reports,” the article states. “Other diseases racing through communities in Venezuela are now crossing borders and raising concerns among health authorities as far away as the U.S.”

    The entire article may be viewed at Judicial Watch

  • Rules of engagement for troops deploying to the Mexican border

    migrantsMigrants hitch rides in the back of trucks as the thousands-strong caravan of Central Americans hoping to reach the U.S. border moves onward from Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Thousands of migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, after attempts to obtain bus transport to Mexico City failed. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

    President Trump walked back his remarks about rocks equal rifles. What the troops will actually be able to do is tightly governed by ROE.

    Standing Rules on the Use of Force

    Each domestic deployment of troops to any of the 50 states or U.S. territories are governed overall by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3121.01B, “Standing Rules of Engagement, Standing Rules for the Use of Force by U.S. Forces.” Two annexes, L and N, are specific to Defense Department missions in support of civilian authorities.

    However, each mission is unique, and the rules can be adjusted at a commander’s request.

    “It’s imperative that it’s crystal clear” what the specific rules of engagement, or what Pentagon officials refer to as rules for the use of force in domestic deployments, are to this mission, a defense official said on the condition of anonymity. “I’m confident we are in a good place on that, based on the specific tasks we’ve been given.”

    Who can be armed?

    This week. U.S. Northern Command chief Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy said only forces required by their specialty to carry weapons will be allowed to be armed.

    The Posse Comitatus Act

    All active duty forces dispatched to the border are governed by the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids troops from carrying out law enforcement duties inside United States territory unless Congress grants an exemption.

    Under the act, federal military forces are prohibited from engaging in direct law enforcement, which includes making arrests, conducting searches, seizures, apprehension, evidence collection, interrogations, security patrols, seizures, stop and frisks, surveillance, crowd and traffic control, enforcement of a quarantine or isolation, or other similar police functions.

    Congress has amended the act to define the authorized level of support the military may provide for drug interdiction and to support border patrol.

    According to the Congressional Research Service, under the extended support, the military may provide “assistance in maintenance or upgrade of equipment; transportation of personnel; establishment and operation of operations or training bases; training of law enforcement personnel; detecting and monitoring traffic within 25 miles of the border; road and fence construction; light installation along smuggling corridors; the establishment of command and control centers and computer networks; the provision of linguist and intelligence analysis services; and aerial and ground reconnaissance.”

    Lots of layers in President Trump’s use of the military to augment U.S. Customs and Border Patrol personnel. Along with freeing up agents from performing routine duties, it sends a powerful message to those intending to enter the United States illegally, and highlights the Dems unwillingness to protect the country from the flow of drugs, potential terrorists, criminals, and disease. The fact that Obama is loudly decrying the deployment as just a political stunt tells me President Trump is on the right track, as usual.

    The entire article may be viewed at The Military Times

  • Trump Live- Update “I didn’t say shoot.”

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    Trump announces plan to deny asylum-seekers who don’t show up at ports of entry, in latest major immigration policy shift

    Trump’s ultimatum to caravan invaders, obey our laws and wait for asylum hearings. If not, go home or be deported.

    President Trump announced in a lengthy speech at the White House on Thursday afternoon that, in response to what he called the “crisis at our southern border” and a surge of fraudulent asylum claims in recent years, his administration will soon require asylum-seekers to “lawfully present themselves” at a port of entry.

    The move appeared designed to prevent many members of the leading Central American migrant caravan — which now numbers approximately 4,000, down from a high of 7,200 — from making asylum claims if and when they reach the U.S. border. Asylum claims made by migrants caught crossing the border illegally would seemingly be summarily denied under Trump’s proposal.

    The asylum clause of the Immigration and Nationality Act says that anyone who arrives to the U.S. may apply for asylum based on a well-founded fear of persecution, and Trump’s decision was likely to prompt immediate federal court challenges.

    New ROE? If you’ve seen how Palestinian youths sling rocks at Israeli troops, you would appreciate that this is a deadly attack and should be reacted to as such.

    The president also issued something of a warning to members of the caravan, including those who reportedly threw rocks at members of the Mexican police this week.

    “We will consider that a firearm,” Trump said. “We will consider that the maximum we can consider that, because they’re throwing rocks viciously and violently. …. We’re not going to put up with that. They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. I told them to consider it a rifle. When they throw rocks, like they did at the Mexico military and police, I said, consider it a rifle.”

    Entire article, well, you know. Here. Fox News

    Update

    President Donald Trump said Friday that if migrants approaching the U.S. border throw rocks at U.S. military or border patrol personnel like they did with Mexican authorities, they will be arrested, not potentially shot.

    Trump was clarifying his previous remarks from the day before and appeared to walk back the suggestion that he would authorize the use of lethal force against a rock thrower.

    “[The military] won’t have to fire. What I don’t want is these people throwing rocks …. What they did to the Mexican military is a disgrace. They hit them with rocks. Some were very seriously injured, and they were throwing rocks in their face.”

    “They do that with us, they’re going to be arrested, there are going to be problems. I didn’t say shoot. I didn’t say shoot. But they do that with us, they are going to be arrested for a long time,” Trump said Friday.

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