Category: Illegal Immigrants

The Washington Times tells the story of Armando Garcia-Ramirez whom immigration officials twice tried to expel from this country, but they bumped up against the Obama Justice Department. He now stands accused of the murder of his 15-year-old step-daughter, Jennifer Delgado, whom he had impregnated twice;

He was arrested in 2008 for assault, but the local prosecutor opted to drop the case. He was charged with theft in 2009, but the case was dismissed. In 2011 immigration agents arrested him and tried to deport him, but he was granted bond and released.

It’s unclear what happened to that case, but five years later, he was still in the U.S., where he was arrested for smuggling five other illegal immigrants, according to federal documents. Mr. Garcia was turned over to Homeland Security agents, who pushed for a trial, but the local U.S. attorney refused to prosecute, saying there wasn’t a good witness.

Immigration agents again tried to deport Mr. Garcia, but he was again released on bond. A month and a half after he was released, he applied for legal status in the U.S. — despite his criminal record — and in November 2016 the Obama administration approved his work permit, giving him the right to work, get a driver’s license and apply for a Social Security number and taxpayer benefits.

Mr. Garcia’s case touched all three immigration agencies within Homeland Security: Customs and Border Protection, where Border Patrol agents were involved in the smuggling case; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which handled the failed deportation efforts; and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is the agency he asked to approve his legal status.

CBP and USCIS declined to comment, while ICE officials said it was immigration judges who granted him bond in both deportation cases. ICE failed to explain why the cases were never pursued further to actually deport Mr. Garcia from the country.

According to the UK’s Daily Mail, he lured his estranged wife away from her apartment while he went in and killed the teenager and, of course, their unborn baby. He then tried to kill himself, but he was unsuccessful at that attempt. Now, he’s facing the charges of two counts of capital murder, for the teen and her unborn child.

Last night, David Moyse, the attorney for Henry Sanchez-Milian, an 18-year-old illegal immigrant charged with the rape of a 14-year-old high school freshman in a Rockville, Maryland high school, says that he plans to defend his client in court by claiming the sexual act was consensual, according to Fox News;

[Tucker] Carlson said the assertion sounds “insane.” Moyse agreed that it seems “horrible” that it would happen in a school, but that doesn’t mean it was “forced” or illegal.

Carlson said that is “in effect, an attack on this girl who told authorities that she was raped.”

“Is your argument going to be that she invited sex with two men in a bathroom at a high school in the middle of the day and then lied that it was rape?” he asked.

Moyse said he cannot discuss the details, but that he believes more evidence will come out beyond “the initial sensational headlines.”

I wasn’t aware that a fourteen-year-old could legally give her consent to an 18-year-old.

Meanwhile, Katie Pavlich reports that Montgomery County School Superintendent, Jack Smith is more concerned about parents’ outrage than the actual safety of his students;

“While I know this tragic incident has become part of a national political debate, I want to remind community members that the lives of real students have been forever affected,” Smith sent in an email Thursday morning. “While many have chosen to engage civilly in the conversation, far too many have crossed the line with racist, xenophobic calls and emails. MCPS is working with law enforcement to identify those who are making threats toward our students and schools. This behavior will not be tolerated in our community.”

Larry Hogan, Maryland’s governor is concerned that Smith won’t answer his office’s questions about their investigation;

“My biggest concern is the Montgomery County School System and their lack of cooperation and the lack of information they’ve been providing. Not only have they refused to provide any information to us, but they’ve refused to provide information to the state Board of Education, which specifically requested more information.”

I guess covering your political ass is more important than the safety of school children.

Montgomery County, Maryland borders on the District of Columbia. It was a “proud” sanctuary county for illegal immigrants. It was so successful at attracting illegal immigrants that they had to hike local taxes on their residents to 8.7% last year – that’s just county income taxes – to pay for their overcrowded school system.

I said they were proud until this last week when Henry Sanchez, 18, of Guatemala and Jose Montano, 17, of El Salvador who were both slotted as high school freshmen raped a 14-year-old girl vaginally, orally and anally during school hours (at about 9AM) in the school. According to Superstation 95, 18-year-old Henry Sanchez was facing a deportation order “which was not carried out while immigration activists tried to block the deportation”.

According to WTOP, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has had a change of heart on this sanctuary business at least in this case;

Leggett says news of the violent rape in a school restroom on Thursday made him feel “sick and disgusted,” and, in a written statement, Leggett said that following any criminal conviction and sentencing on the charges, “the county — consistent with our long-standing policy — will cooperate fully with ICE to see that the two are deported to their countries of origin.”

Too little too late for that 14-year-old child.

The Department of Homeland Security says that Sanchez was intercepted by a border patrol agent in Rio Valley Grande, Texas, last August. According to Matthew Bourke, of the Office of Public Affairs for DHS, Sanchez was given a notice to appear before an immigration judge. No such appearance took place.

Yet, there was this wanted 18-year-old criminal in a freshman class of middle American children.

The Associated Press reports that Tomas Martinez-Maldonado, an immigrant who raped a 13-year-old girl repeatedly on a bus ride through Kansas, had been deported ten times and voluntarily left the country nine other times.

Records obtained by AP show Martinez-Maldonado had eight voluntary removals before his first deportation in 2010, which was followed by another voluntary removal that same year. He was deported five more times between 2011 and 2013.

In 2013, Martinez-Maldonado was charged with entering without legal permission, a misdemeanor, and subsequently deported in early 2014 after serving his sentence. He was deported again a few months later, as well as twice in 2015 — including the last one in October 2015 after he had served his second sentence, the records show.

So, I have complete confidence that the government will be able to weed out potential terrorists from the refugees seeking asylum here. Or not.