Police have found the body of Zina Linnik, the abducted 12-year-old Tacoma girl. The suspect is in custody:
Court records name the man as 42-year-old Terapon Dang Adhahn, a convicted sex offender who has been in custody on an unrelated immigration matter since Monday."unrelated immigration matter"? If he's not a citizen, why wasn't he deported after the 1990 crime?
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In 1990, he was charged with violently raping a 16-year-old relative, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree incest in exchange for completing 60 months of sexual-deviancy counseling.Adhahn was arrested Monday on an unrelated immigration matter, and was charged Monday with failing to register as a sex offender.
Adhahn is registered to vote in Pierce County.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 13, 2007 12:36 AM | Email ThisI had been hoping that she might be found safely, but, I recall remarking to my neighbor that evening that this gorgeous little angel was probably already dead.
That the 'alleged perp' may have 'immigration issues', makes me furious.
Posted by: FT on July 13, 2007 02:53 AMIt is time to take our country back.
Posted by: Snuffy on July 13, 2007 06:26 AMThose two: Pierce County residents
Posted by: FT on July 13, 2007 06:36 AMIt makes me want to throw-up when I see these kinds of people on the street and we can't do zip about it.
So much for OUR rights.
Bet the lib's will hve little to say on this one.
Bush, Clinton, McCain, Kennedy are every bit as monstrous as this killer. They enabled, encouraged, and made it possible, even likely that this evil act could and would happen.
And, this happens every single day in America.
Every American who is killed, even "accidentally" by these illegal aliens is an act of terrorism. And those who stand idly by, or enable these acts are just as guilty.
These "people", indifferent to the sanctity and security of America, are no different that Osama Bin Laden. They worship a false god, be it the dollar or Allah.
Oh well.
Countries come and countries go. This is just another sign of our inevitable collapse. A collapse that is being exacerbated by the evil men and women who have taken an oath upon our most sacred of documents, the Constitution, to uphold same. And deliberately, willfully, failing in their obligations and duties.
Sad but true.
Posted by: cmiklich on July 13, 2007 07:11 AMIf you want more abductions, continue to vote for Marxist Democrats, who are so concerned with taking the reigns of power through class warfare, that they are unwilling to castigate, prosecute, punish, deports, etc. even those who have, and continue to harm.
Posted by: Jeff B. on July 13, 2007 07:38 AMThe Democrats tell us we don't need to check citizenship. It's not an actual problem! The Democrats tell us we have the toughest sex offender laws; Gregoire tells us offenders DO register! The Democrats tell us illegal immigrants are not a threat!
Well, because of government incompetence that has been cheerled by the Democrats, a young daughter and sister is dead.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 08:43 AMAlso that allows them to keep him in custody for the time being even if the case for the murder has not fully come together.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 08:57 AMThe family came here legally looking for a better life and then find out their precious child is snatched from them by someone the state knew was a dangerous person but was too afraid of hurting his feelings to keep him off the streets or to send him back to his native country. I can't even begin to think what that family is going through. This is beyond reprehensible.
Posted by: Burdabee on July 13, 2007 09:08 AMSex offenders shall not live. Strike the remaining text.
Posted by: jimg on July 13, 2007 09:13 AMI say the Feds take on the case for kidnapping and execute him. Believe the Lindberg laws are still in effect.
Also hold the State responsible for their outrageous complacency and failures that turned a predator lose on society. Start with the Queen and follow through with the henchmen. Let's call for a full investigation. And demand a change in all impacted agencies. Enough of this nonsense.
Hell the Democrats do it all the time even when there is no crime.
Posted by: Snuffy on July 13, 2007 09:28 AMGiven that he is said to have directed the police to the girl's body, I'm guessing we can dispense with putting 'alleged' in front of 'kidnapper/murderer.'
Posted by: Heartless Libertarian on July 13, 2007 09:53 AMI say they are our enemies.
I say they are traitors.
I say it is time to rise up and take appropriate measures, I'm talking about all liberals, not just elected ones.
If this is the price of living in a so called free society I say the price is too high.
Posted by: REBEL on July 13, 2007 09:56 AMAn innocent child was brutally killed and the lives of her entire family were devasted by this heinous act. And in this instance and others like it was easily preventable, which is unbelievably infuriating.
Posted by: Methow Ken on July 13, 2007 10:16 AMIt's good to debate laws (and enforcement) regarding immigration and sexual crimes. But these issues need to be debated on their merits, not as a general solution to horrific crimes like this.
Posted by: Bruce on July 13, 2007 10:32 AMIf they had deported him, this girl would be alive. If they had forced him to register as a sex offender (they knew where he lived, after all, because of his voter registration), she might very well be alive, too.
Bruce, the laws were there, but they were not properly enforced in several different ways, and because of this failure of government, a sister and daughter is dead.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 10:46 AMYes. They have an entire lobbying organization. It is called the Democrat Party.
Posted by: pbj on July 13, 2007 11:05 AMTwisted. Absolutely twisted.
Posted by: FT on July 13, 2007 11:09 AMUnfortunately, this goes on all the time.
Another case in point..........
Last April Jonathan Rowan gunned down Rebecca Griego on the UW campus. Jonathan Rowan was a Brit in the county ilegally. He was previously arrested by Seattle police for drunk driving and eluding. But since Seatlle is a "sanctuary city" his immigration status wasn't checked and the rest is history. If he had been deported Griego would likely be alive.
Many states are now training officers to enforce immigration laws including Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Arizona.
Unfortunately, WA is not one.
One of the great ironies is that Mexico uses its police force to enforce immigration laws. But they also place their military on their southern border. Novel concept eh?
One more for you.....
After previous crimes, why wasn't illegal status detected?
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122302&ran=40347&tref=po
Posted by: Craig on July 13, 2007 11:16 AMTo all of you filled with righteous rage and indignation over the act of an evil, defective pervert in Tacoma:
George Bush is directly responsible for the murder of more little girls, boys, men, women, and fetuses than all the perverts in the world.
Grieve for Zina. Do as you will with her murderer.
Then get serious and remove the monster.
So the real lesson of this crime is that George Bush is evil!
You guys screaming for revenge (castration and death penalty?) are acting like Republicans. this is the George W Bush solution to terrorism and we've seen how well revenge works.
We in seattle are Democrats. We are civilized, we understand that our neighbors need a helping hand.
Rather than deporting or killing the perpetrator we should give him 5-10 years in jail and during that time we need to treat his addiction to child molesting. If we as a society try hard enough we can return this man back to the public in 2017 without his pedophile urges.
I tend to think this guy MUST be joking, but I fear he is serious.
It's like with the Virginia Tech shooting. If I say, "this was caused in part because the Virginia state government wasn't following federal law requiring them to restrict the criminal's access to guns," I am not saying that if they had done so, this would prevent most such shootings. I am just saying it would have prevented THAT one, and that a lot of people are dead because of that lack of competency.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 11:38 AMWe have an "undocumented worker" arrested for defiling and murdering a young girl.
In reality Mr. Adhahn has a well documented existance. We know he votes because is registered. We know he has a criminal past from his conviction record. And we know he's an immigrant because he was being held on that unrelated immigration violation.
About the only mystery we have here is whether he worked.
I hope that someone in DC is paying attention here. Why DC? Because I know they don't give a flying FIG about it here.
Posted by: deadwood on July 13, 2007 11:41 AMSteve- as a parent I well understand your feelings. But where would you have former child predators live, after they have completed their sentences and cannot be proven likely to reoffend? (Yes, I understand that they are statistically much more likely to commit a sex crime in the future than someone with a clean record. But that's not grounds for incarceration under our constitution.)
P.S. Pudge@41- sorry I misread your post. I agree with your point. But it seems disingenuous for all this discussion of immigration law to be sparked by this crime.
Posted by: Bruce on July 13, 2007 11:55 AMFrankly, I would be surprised if he didn't even KNOW he registered!
But yes, the government knew he was supposed to have been deported; it knew he was supposed to be registered as a sex offender; it knew where he lived; and it did nothing.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 11:56 AMNo. He's serious. You should read some of his other stuff.
Rough seas ahead, people. If those amongst us cannot universally condemn the actions of this animal and instead continue to make excuses, we are in for a heap of trouble.
It'll get worse before it gets better ... assuming it ever will get better.
Posted by: jimg on July 13, 2007 11:56 AMThe democrats always campaign that they need to raise our taxes, regulate our small businesses to death and limit our privacy and rights as parents "for the children" but to what end?
The result is a bankrupt Seattle school system where more than 1/4 of students don't graduate, a DSHS system so out of control that it loses millions a year in lawsuits due to flat out incompetence and a "compassionate" legal apparatus that lets convicted child molesters free so they can prey on more children.
Why in the hell do the Washington state republicans not use the kind of thing as a campaign issue? By not calling the dems to the carpet for all the shameful practices, they make themselves just as guilty as those in charge and the only people that find their lives enriched by the experience are the rapists, lawyers criminals and the union bosses. It's just flat disgraceful.
This may be part of why the WSRP is under new leadership. Luke Esser has been hitting the Dems back more this year than we've seen in some time, although I still want to see a lot more.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 12:23 PMTo Democrats, which are really just Marxists, it's all inclusive for any victim or minority, wrapped in the moral relativism. Because that might let them get a few more votes, and you never know when you might need 130 or so in a close election.
Criminals roam free and fearless because of Leftist relativism.
I hope the family sues this state for as much as they can get.
Posted by: Jeff B. on July 13, 2007 12:25 PMAn illegal immigrant pervert sexually assaults and murders a child, and what does our glorious Queen do?
Gregoire to work on open border
Posted by: Obi-Wan on July 13, 2007 01:38 PMWhen WA Department of Corrections is asked why this person was allowed free reign without being currently registered as a sex offender the answer will be: "We're under-staffed, under-funded, and over-worked."
When Pierce County Elections is asked why this person, an alien, is on the voter rolls the answer will be: "We're under-staffed, under-funded, and over-worked."
When this murdering pervert is assigned a public defender or a court appointed private attorney paid for by the community the answer will be: "No problem."
When this murdering pervert is assigned numerous psychoanalysts paid for by the community the answer will be: "No problem."
When this murdering pervert is put under suicide watch and, as a Short Eyes, isolation from other prisoners to protect his safety the answer will be: "No problem."
Posted by: wrath on July 13, 2007 03:22 PMFirst, let's remember that the courts have been holding WA DOC by a very short leash on sexual criminals who have completed their sentences. DOC has no choice but to release them. DOC can notify other branches of State government and they can try to have they sex offenders separated from society. Because that doesn't happen regularly enough, we have the sex predator registration system. Personally I don't blame DOC parole officers for the failure of this scum to be registered.
If one wants to get real angry, I suggest you look up the attorneys that brought suit and the judges who agreed with them that sex predators must be turned over to DSHS after their sentences are completed and that DSHS must show some of these sex predators being "curred" and released back into society.
The problem is not with DOC and its budget. The problem is with the legal profession and with the liberal judges that are chosen from the legal profession who end up directing state agency to do dumb things.
It is time that society lowers the burden of proof associated with keeping this kind of scum off the street and that any judge or attorney that says otherwise find pickets outside his home reminding him/her of what the community really thinks.
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/99-1185/99-1185fo3/text.html
Her blood is on their hands. This girl should still be alive.
Posted by: Andy on July 13, 2007 04:41 PM"DOC has no choice but to release them."
Did I or anyone indicate the perp should have been in custody or under formal supervision for his prior offense? The issue is that he wasn't properly registered as a convicted sex offender.
"Personally I don't blame DOC parole officers for the failure of this scum to be registered."
"The problem is not with DOC and its budget. The problem is with the legal profession and with the liberal judges..."
So Bob, are you saying that DOC "community corrections officers" (no such thing as P.O.'s in WA anymore) are not responsibile for identifying and addressing sex offenders who aren't properly registered? And that's the fault of lawyers and judges?
Heck, sounds like some of the fluff included in the latest review of DOC's infamous debacles that made the news following other tragic deaths.
Also sounds like DOC union propoganda. Always the other guys fault.
And for some added controversy, thanks to the Determiner, Iraq has some super serious illegal immigration problems too, don't ya think?
Al Qaeda is stronger now than it has ever been ... ah... I hope the Al Qaeda dudes and dudettes are dumber than Terapon Dang Adhahn because this country's free-willy immigration policy is frickin scary enough as it is.
Posted by: Doc on July 13, 2007 08:26 PMFolks, our government - the one that we are paying for - isn't doing the job. They are more concerned about biodiesel than the safety and security of children like little Zina.
I've friggin' had it. I implore all of you to hold your representatives' feet to the fire and demand to know how something like this could have happened, and just what they are going to do about it. They release these perverts into our neighborhoods and they refuse to deport known illegal aliens. This has to stop! I think we deserve answers!
Posted by: Smoley on July 13, 2007 10:15 PMIf you were working with the homicide team that might be one thing, but this borders on sick voyeurism and vigilantism.
You have no shame sir!
Posted by: Daniel K on July 13, 2007 10:23 PMAlso, while I agree we cannot simply keep them incarcerated after they have served their sentence, I think that simply means our first order of business is to make sure new offenders do not ever get out of prison. The least we can do is try to improve things for the future. Not that YOU don't agree with that (I am not sure), but I've heard many politicians say that, and then turn around and fight AGAINST longer sentences, and it makes me damned angry.
Burdabee@51: It is not about what Bruce thinks they deserve, it is about following the Constitution. We cannot retroactively increase someone's sentence any more than we can restrict the right to free speech or bear arms. Liberals ignore the Constitution when it doesn't suit their purposes; conservatives have a higher standard than that.
Claudia@54: If you are responding to what I wrote @ 39, I was quoting other people, as I said in that post. I was posting those quotes because I do NOT agree with them.
Bob@56: You are right that the DOC's hands are tied significantly, but let's not let them too far off the hook. First of all, they are at least partly responsible for making sure he is registered; I guess wrath already covered this. And as we know from the story reported last week, Pierce County has been, with at least one DOC officer, HELPING level 2 and 3 sex offenders avoid registration requirements.
Posted by: pudge on July 13, 2007 10:32 PMSo did I. You trying to insinuate that there is a connection between serving in the military and being a baby-raping murderer, you pervert-enabling little liberal ass?
Posted by: ERNurse on July 13, 2007 11:34 PMQ: Who was responsible for deporting aliens from the United States in 1990? A: The U.S. Department of Justice, of which the formerly named Immigration and Naturalization Service was part of back then.
Q: Who was in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice in 1990? A: Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh, who was Republican Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and U.S. Attorney General from August 15, 1988 to August 15, 1991.
Q: Who appointed Thornburgh as U.S. Attorney General? A: Republican President Ronald W. Reagan and Republican President George H.W. Bush.
Posted by: Richard Pope on July 14, 2007 12:38 AMThis guy would have recieved more punishment if the State had put him into Foster Care in Tacoma under DSHS supervison. Nice party you have there Richard.
Posted by: Smokie on July 14, 2007 01:47 AM
Which is it?
Posted by: pudge on July 14, 2007 07:28 AMAn immigrant commitms rape and murder. Righties say we need stricter immigrant control. Lefties say immigrants don't kill people, people do.
IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE RACE, RELIGION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN HOWEVER IS A FINAL SOLUTION.
IF YOU THINK IT WILL WORK TO SOLVE YOUR STATES PROBLEMS THEN SIMPLY LOBBY FOR IT AND YOU WILL HAVE IT TOO.
CASTLE DOCTRINE SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE FROM FLORIDA AND MAYBE THIS CAN SPREAD EQUALLY AS FAST AND FAR.
Posted by: JOHN RYAN on July 14, 2007 08:03 AMIf I were running for governor, I'd tie this to Christine Gregoire and her leniency toward criminals.
If you want more abductions, continue to vote for Marxist Democrats, who are so concerned with taking the reigns of power through class warfare, that they are unwilling to castigate, prosecute, punish, deports, etc. even those who have, and continue to harm.
and pudge said:
The Democrats tell us we don't need to check citizenship. It's not an actual problem! The Democrats tell us we have the toughest sex offender laws; Gregoire tells us offenders DO register! The Democrats tell us illegal immigrants are not a threat!
Well, because of government incompetence that has been cheerled by the Democrats, a young daughter and sister is dead.
Then pudge said:
Richard Pope: give it a rest. No one here is saying that any one person or party is responsible for the immigration problems: everyone knows that is an institutional problem that the entire government is to blame for, so your attempt to place blame is either a poorly considered straw man attack against people whom you incorrectly perceive to be blaming Democrats directly for the lack of deportation, or a red herring that bears no relevance.
Pretty good one pudge. Within the same thread no less.
Posted by: Daniel K on July 14, 2007 12:58 PMGod help us.
Posted by: Jericho on July 14, 2007 05:55 PMWhat is a "green card" and how many other countries issue cards that grant citizenship whithout actually becoming a citizen?
Adhahn made a "plea bargain" with prosecutors which downgraded his rape charge to incest, which is a crime "of moral turpitude".
Apparently, under federal laws, incest is not grounds for depotation. He would have hade to commit incest (rape twice) before he was eligible for deportation.
So I guess if he had resided in the country for only 4 years he would have been deported (if ICE would have been notified).
This sounds remarkably like the senate immigration bill (Z-Visa) which rewards those who have broken the law the longest, with a higher status than those who haven't (i.e. show "proof" that you haven't broken our laws after Jan. 2007).
Posted by: Craig on July 14, 2007 06:25 PMWhat is a "green card" and how many other countries issue cards that grant citizenship whithout actually becoming a citizen?
Adhahn made a "plea bargain" with prosecutors which downgraded his rape charge to incest, which is a crime "of moral turpitude".
Apparently, under federal laws, incest is not grounds for depotation. He would have hade to commit incest (rape twice) before he was eligible for deportation.
So I guess if he had resided in the country for only 4 years he would have been deported (if ICE would have been notified).
This sounds remarkably like the senate immigration bill (Z-Visa) which rewards those who have broken the law the longest, with a higher status than those who haven't (i.e. show "proof" that you haven't broken our laws after Jan. 2007).
Posted by: Craig on July 14, 2007 06:29 PMSection 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,
and shall protect each of them against invasion;
and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Posted by: Craig on July 14, 2007 06:48 PMMaybe Ted Bundy was a registered voter too. Heck, maybe he was a republican... I don't know. But I don't think people were spending too much time with those details when mulling over his murder spree.
So instead of voter registration perhaps you should ponder what/why/how someone could do such terrible things and how they arrive at that decision, because obviously we are not immune to terrible things and it isn't illegal immigrants lawlessly ruining this country.
Answer to that Stephan. If you can't respond with something rational besides the more nutbloggy answers, or actually something thoughtful, I will know you have really gone off the edge.
Posted by: Jimmy on July 14, 2007 07:45 PMYou're right. It's liberal assholes like you who are ruining this country by allowing baby-raping illegals to lawlessly stay in this country. Kiss off with your faux indignation. Try being part of the solution instead of defending the problem.
Posted by: ERNurse on July 14, 2007 08:54 PMSomething to consider.
http://www.avert.org/aofconsent.htm
Remember, many of your politicians were for the Mcain/Keneddy Z-visa bill.
Mexico also allows for dual citizenship.
Posted by: Craig on July 15, 2007 01:25 AMThe only museum Tacoma really is suited for is the one it is now lacking and that would be the Museum of the Culture of Political Corruption.
By the way, people within the former Police Chief's (wife murder David Braime) inner circle are once again being promoted into leadership roles in the PD.
]Guess what sports fans? If you were part of the Braime inner circle, you were also, by default, part of the political inner circle here in America's #1 Weird City.
His reputation preceded him when he was promoted into the Police chief position. He was installed by local politicians because he was of their inner circle.
But we are not supposed to talk about that, are we?
Posted by: JDH on July 15, 2007 03:56 PMhttp://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/wanted.htm
Superior Court Judge John Antosz heard the trial from the bench after Gomez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, waived her right to a trial by jury.
Antosz read for about an hour from 14 pages of notes before finding Gomez recklessly and with extreme indifference to human life caused her son's death after a pattern of assaults.
Gomez faces up to 26 years in prison in a case that spotlighted failures in the state's foster care system.
Gomez faced deportation if acquitted. Now she will first serve her sentence before facing removal from this country.
komo 4 news 3-28-2007
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Illegal Immigrant Faces Charges In Deadly Hit And Run Sunday April 01, 2007 Cfnews13.c0m
An illegal immigrant faces DUI manslaughter charges after troopers say he fled the scene of a deadly crash.
Investigators say it all began Sunday along Orange Blossom Trail at Redman Street when 24-year-old Urgana DeNova turned into the path of two other cars.
The driver of one of those cars, 21-year-old Leoner Perez, died at the scene.
Troopers say DeNova treid to get away with a friend in another truck, but both were eventually found and arrested.
They say DeNova was still legally drunk six hours following the crash.
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DUI suspect arrested
Last Update: Mar 27, 2007 3:44 PM
www.fox23.com
(TULSA, Okla.) March 27 - The illegal immigrant who is also a suspect in a drunk driving accident, has been arrested by immigration officia;ls.
ICE agents arrested the man in Owasso. He's now being held in Oklahoma City.
Police say the man ran a red light and crashed into a suburban on Saturday.
he crash caused a two-year-old to be ejected. That child is still in critical condition.
Police say the toddler was not in a car seat when the accident happened.
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After previous crimes, why wasn't illegal status detected?
By GILLIAN GAYNAIR AND JON FRANK, The Virginian-Pilot
� April 4, 2007
Alfredo Ramos � an illegal immigrant accused of killing two teens in a car crash Friday � had previous convictions in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, but his crimes weren�t serious enough to lead to deportation.
Local judges do not routinely inquire about the immigration status of a person charged with misdemeanors, as Ramos had been, said John Gardner, a Virginia Beach immigration attorney.
Ramos is charged with manslaughter in the deaths of Alison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16. On Tuesday, he withdrew his request for a bond hearing. His attorney, Richard Clark, said Ramos� next court appearance would likely be April 17.
The 22-year-old Ramos was convicted earlier this year of driving under the influence in Chesapeake and public intoxication in Virginia Beach. Additional Chesapeake charges of driving without a license and without insurance were dropped.
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Gang Intelligence Investigates 8 Teens
By Catherine McKinney April 2, 2007 Leesburg Today.
Following a series of possible gang-related assaults in the county, eight Park View students were questioned for potential information, said Loudoun County sheriff's spokesman Kraig Troxell. The Park View students were not charged or officially linked with the assaults, but their lockers were searched. The series of assaults in the county involve suspected members of the 18th Street gang and its rival, MS-13.
Additionally, Gabriele Castillo, 18, another suspect in Loudoun's gang-related activity, was apprehended Thursday night and is currently being held on a deportation order by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). Castillo is charged locally with street gang participation and felony gang recruitment, Troxell said.
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Not Guilty Plea in Death of 'A Christmas Story' Director Illegal Immigrant Facing 10 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 6, 2007 abc7.com- A driver arrested after the crash that killed "A Christmas Story" director Bob Clark and his son pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Prosecutors say Hector Velazquez-Nava, a 24-year-old Mexican national, was drunk when he steered his sport utility vehicle into the wrong lane of Pacific Coast Highway early Wednesday, and struck Clark's sedan. Clark, 67 and his son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, died at the scene.
Velazquez-Nava had a blood-alcohol level of 0.24 percent, three times the legal limit, authorities said. Both he and his passenger were treated for minor injuries.
Velazquez-Nava was being held on $200,000 bail, although a federal immigration hold prevents him from posting bail. Immigration officials have said he is in the country illegally.
If convicted, he could face at least 10 years in state prison, prosecutors said.
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$2.5 million in heroin off street
After three months of work, police say they�ve disrupted drug operation
STACEY MULICK; The News Tribune
Published: March 3rd, 2007 01:00 AM
In the largest drug bust in department history, Tacoma police have seized more than 55 pounds of uncut black tar heroin they say is worth at least $2.5 million.
In the largest drug bust in department history, Tacoma police have seized more than 55 pounds of uncut black tar heroin they say is worth at least $2.5 million.
�This is a very substantial seizure of narcotics and will have a great impact in the community,� Chief Don Ramsdell said Friday during a news conference with duct tape-wrapped packages of the drugs on two tables behind him.
In addition to the drugs, officers confiscated a stolen gun while serving a series of search warrants Thursday.
Police arrested two men after a three-month undercover drug investigation.
Pierce County prosecutors Friday charged Alfonso Ibanez-Martinez, 30, with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
They charged Bruno Martinez Rios, 48, with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of attempted unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
The men, described as Mexican nationals, pleaded not guilty and were being held in the Pierce County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.
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No murder charge in death
The November shooting was self-defense, police say, but the suspect faces drug charges.
Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
By Diana Hefley
Herald Writer
A Mexican national with alleged ties to drug trafficking won't face murder charges for his part in a gunbattle that ended with an Everett man's death.
Snohomish County prosecutors believe Hector Francisco Diaz, 28, was protecting himself when he opened fire and repeatedly shot Raymond O'Gorman in a south Everett apartment in November.
During an apparent robbery attempt, O'Gorman came to the apartment, pointed a pistol at people inside and ordered them to lie on the floor.
A short time later, Diaz, armed with a .357 handgun, shot O'Gorman five times, according to court records. O'Gorman also fired a round, from a .45-caliber pistol, prosecutors wrote.
Diaz, who is in the U.S. illegally, recently was indicted on eight federal charges for allegedly selling large amounts of methamphetamine to undercover detectives from the South Snohomish County Drug Task Force.
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Syracuse Police Searching for Man Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
Syracuse police say they have enough evidence to charge Benito Martinez with first-degree rape, but they have to find him. The suspect has been missing since the incident happened early Saturday morning.
Police say he was renting a room in a house where other families were living, including the 11-year-old victim. Police say the 11-year-old girl and the suspect did not know each other, aside from the fact they lived under the same roof. Twenty-two-year-old Benito Martinez was renting a room in the house and carpooled to various construction jobs with others also renting there.
Police were called to the home early Saturday morning around 1:45. "He apparently went into the 11-year-old's room and sexually assaulted her. I don't know at which point it was interrupted, but it was interrupted by someone who mentioned they would call the cops, and he left the house," says Lt. Tracy Jensen of the Syracuse Police Department. Martinez has not returned since.
Police say he is in the country illegally. He has been living in Syracuse for the last six months. They are concerned he may try to escape charges in Mexico. Jensen says the family of the victim reported the crime right away and have been helpful to police.
Charges include first-degree felony rape of a child, first-degree felony sodomy of a child and first-degree felony aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bond is set for $200,000.
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Police: East Texas Boy Is Murdered and Sexually Assaulted kltv.com
An East Texas 4-year-old boy was sexually assaulted and murdered by a man, police say, worked and lived with his family. Police were called out to a home in Carthage Sunday morning. Residents there say they are stunned, such a horrible murder could happen where they live.
Police say Rogerio Chaves Garcia, 27, has confessed to strangling and sexually assaulting the boy. Police say he worked at the restaurant and lived with the family in their home.
Police say Garcia is an illegal immigrant. Authorities say they were afraid he would flee to Mexico, so his bond has been set at 12 million dollars. He's been charged with capital murder.
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KUTV.com Apr 17, 2007 8:30 pm US/Mountain
Witnesses: SUV Driver Fondling Woman Before Crash
BLUFF Federal authorities filed a criminal charge Tuesday against the driver of a sport utility vehicle that crashed in southeastern Utah, killing eight illegal immigrants packed inside.
Rigoberto Salas-Lopez, 30, was charged with one count of transporting illegal immigrants resulting in death. Eight of the 14 people in the Chevy Suburban died after it rolled several times on U.S. 191 a few hours before dawn Monday.
Authorities determined that the driver and passengers were from Guatemala and Mexico. Salas-Lopez was arrested after fleeing into the desert after the crash in the Four Corners area of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.
He said he was given the vehicle by a man in Phoenix who offered him $1,000 to drive the people to St. Louis from Phoenix, according to an affidavit by Timothy Chard, an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
�Salas also stated that he knew the individuals in the vehicle were from Mexico and Guatemala and that they were in the United States illegally,� Chard wrote.
Six men and two women were killed. Four men and one woman were injured and taken to hospitals.
Some survivors told agents that Salas-Lopez was fondling a woman before the crash � accounts that contradict his claim that he was trying to avoid hitting an animal.
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Driver in crash may face murder charge
ANTIOCH: Police say undocumented immigrant was drunk during fatal accident and had four DUIs
By Scott Marshall
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Article Launched: 04/12/2007 06:25:42 AM PDT
An undocumented immigrant arrested in the traffic death of an Antioch father of five was impaired by drugs and alcohol, had four prior DUI convictions and may be charged with murder, according to the Highway Patrol and the Solano County Sheriff's Office.
Jose Pena, 26, was booked into the Solano County Jail after he was released from John Muir Medical Center, a week after the March 31 death of Kent Boone, 33, in a head-on crash on Highway 12 in Solano County.
Pena, who the CHP alleged had two pounds of crystal methamphetamine in the Ford Expedition he was driving, crossed a double-yellow line at an estimated 90 mph to pass another vehicle when he hit Boone's Ford F-350 pickup truck.
Pena was impaired by alcohol and drugs when the crash occurred, had four prior drunken-driving convictions under an alias, and a narcotics conviction, the CHP said. Officers searched his Fairfield residence and confiscated more drugs and cash.
Boone was en route to work as a pipe fitter, and his survivors were devastated. Neighbors on Rock Court in Antioch visit and cook daily for his children. Boone had two children from a previous marriage, 10-year-old twins Hope and Autumn, as did his widow Regina Sorisio -- Brannon, 12, and Mackenzie, 11. Together they had a 5-year-old son, Jacob.
The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency also has placed a hold on Pena, records show. The hold means Pena is potentially subject to deportation and ensures that local authorities notify ICE before releasing him, said spokeswoman
Virginia Kice.
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Man charged with
DWI, hit-and-run
Police: Illegal immigrant fatally
struck pedestrian and left
D�NICA COTO
dcoto@charlotteobserver.com
Luciano Melendres drove to a friend's house Sunday night minutes after he fatally struck a pedestrian, police said, then he denied involvement when questioned.
Luciano Melendres drove to a friend's house Sunday night minutes after he fatally struck a pedestrian, police said, then he denied involvement when questioned.
Authorities said they found Melendres there thanks to a witness who saw the accident. She followed the driver and alerted police to his location, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg detective Charlie Brown.
The victim, Dacus Lamont Sims, 32, was trying to cross the street near Albemarle Road and Farm Pond Lane, police said.
Police charged Melendres, 30, with DWI, felony hit-and-run, driving with a license revoked, not having insurance, and a registration violation.
It's the second time Melendres, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been charged with driving drunk. Last week, he was convicted of DWI stemming from an arrest in March 2006.
From April to November last year, more than 900 illegal immigrants were identified as part of the new screening program. The most common charge was DWI, with more than 190 counts. Traffic violations, with 176 counts, were a close second, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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Teen shooting suspect makes faces in court
By Melica Johnson and KATU Web Staff May 03 2007
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. - A 17-year-old accused of shooting a classmate in the face at a popular outlet mall on the Oregon coast made his first court appearance on Tuesday and there are now clues as to what may have sparked the crime.
Hector Canales-Robles made faces and danced in his chair while in court. He faces adult, Measure 11 charges in connection with the shooting of 18-year-old Ty Pedersen (pictured on the right), who was shot twice in the face on Saturday.
Pedersen had to be flown to a Portland hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment.
According to the allegations laid out in court documents, Canales-Robles was working at a clothing store at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Lincoln City when he took a break to commit the crime, going so far as to wear an all-black outfit and putting a nylon over his face.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put an "immigration hold" on Canales-Robles following his arrest.
A spokeswoman for the agency told KATU News he is an "immigration violator," but she could not specify whether he was in the country legally or not. He could have been in the country legally but violated his immigration status somehow.
His relatives blocked our view when we turned the camera on them and were in no mood to talk after court.
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Killed Kenosha cop 'one of the good guys'
Fatally shot during routine traffic stop
NewsSunOnline.com
May 18, 2007
By Kendrick Marshall kmarshall@scn1.com
SOMERS, Wis. -- An 18-year veteran of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department died after being shot in the face while conducting a traffic stop.
Frank Fabiano Jr. was shot multiple times near the University of Wisconsin-Parkside just before midnight Wednesday, Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesman Gil Benn said.
The shooting happened around 11:37 p.m. when Fabiano pulled over a 1995 red Chevrolet Astro van after the driver initially refused to stop the vehicle.
The driver then stepped out of his vehicle and shot Fabiano as the officer approached the van, authorities said. A Parkside police officer who was also on the scene radioed a report that shots had been fired and a deputy was down.
The man identified as the gunman, Ezequiel Lopez, 45, of Kenosha, fled the scene on foot and was arrested three hours later outside the Woodcreek apartment complex, police said.
Authorities suspect Lopez might be an illegal immigrant due to his use of several aliases and Social Security numbers discovered after his arrest. Lopez also had no valid driver's license when he was stopped by Fabiano.
The deputy was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead around 5 a.m. Thursday, Sheriff David Beth said.
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SpokesmanReview.com
Illegal alien wanted for felony assault
By Amy Cannata
Staff writer
May 23, 2007
Officers are looking for an undocumented alien who didn't report to jail after pleading guilty to a Spokane Valley assault last year.
Secret Witness is offering a reward for information leading to Francisco Lara-Higuera's capture.
Lara-Higuera was sentenced about a month ago to three months in jail and a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault. But he was allowed to defer his reporting date and never showed up at the jail to serve his time. Authorities have information that Lara-Higuera may be planning to leave the country.
Lara-Higuera is 24 years old, Hispanic and has black hair and brown eyes. He is 5'6" tall and weighs 200 pounds. His last known adress is 117 S. Ralph St.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call 327-5111.
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Neighbor arrested following girl's abduction, assault
May 24, 2007 02:03 PM PDT
Jennie Runevitch/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis - A seven-year-old girl is recovering at Riley Hospital after police say she was abducted from her south side apartment and sexually assaulted. Prosecutors charged her neighbor with the crime.
Prosecutors say when a man abducted a seven-year-old from her room and sexually assaulted her, he shattered a young girl's innocence.
Prosecutors say Jonathan Castillo, 27, confessed in court that he committed the crime after drinking at the Capitol Place Apartments Tuesday. It was the middle of the night. The intruder wore a ski mask over his face.
Police say Castillo left his ground floor apartment, walked behind the complex and scaled a three-floor balcony where he broke into the little girl's bedroom.
The young victim was asleep inside with her mother asleep in the same room. Investigators say the intruder snatched the seven-year-old, and carried her back to a nearby apartment, where he sexually assaulted her. The girl's family members later awoke and discovered she was missing.
Brizzi filed one count of A felony child molestation, one count of A felony burglary, two counts of B felony criminal confinement and one count of battery against Castillo. He is being held on a $250,000 bond.
If convicted on all counts, he could face up to 100 years in prison and possible deportation as an undocumented alien.
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59 illegal immigrants found after shooting, assaults
Elias C. Arnold
The Arizona Republic
May. 31, 2007 04:54 PM
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is investigating several assaults and a shooting in connection with 59 illegal immigrants found Thursday in two Litchfield Park-area houses.
Acting on a tip, deputies found 49 people in a house in the 6000 block of North Florence Avenue, with 10 more in the 12500 block of West Orange Drive, according to the Sheriff's Office. Both houses are in an unincorporated area northeast of Litchfield Park.
One man had been shot while three others had been beaten, according to the sheriff's office.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio described the two busts as "typical" drop houses. The injuries are evidence that violence along the border in Mexico is moving north, he added.
"Now that we have our deputies trained (in federal immigration enforcement) we're going to concentrate more on these drop houses," Arpaio said.
Arpaio said suspects in the assaults and shooting were included in the arrests. No details were available on the shooting or the assaults.
The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement-trained deputies arrested all 59 people on suspicion of violating federal immigration laws.
They will likely be turned over to ICE for deportation, Arpaio said.
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Janitor Convicted In Sex Assault
POSTED: 6:18 pm PDT May 31, 2007
UPDATED: 5:29 am PDT June 1, 2007
kpho.com CBS channel 5
PHOENIX -- A jury on Thursday found a school janitor who molested a Valley freshman guilty on four counts of sexual conduct with a minor, one count of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of public sexual indecency.
Roberto Lemus-Retana, 27, is an illegal immigrant who the jury said molested the 14-year-old girl after she returned to Scottsdale's Saguaro High School campus to get some books.
County Attorney Andrew Thomas told reporters he was pleased with the verdict.
Lemus-Retana faces 52 to 86 years in prison when he is sentenced in July.
Police say Lemus-Retana was arrested less than an hour after the August 25th, 2006,
Court documents show the girl -- then a freshman at Saguaro -- told Scottsdale police that Lemus-Retana raped her in a school restroom and a computer classroom when she returned to the school to retrieve some books for homework.
Court records show Lemus-Retana maintained the sex with the girl was consensual.
Scottsdale Unified School District officials said Lemus-Retana was a contract worker of A-B-M Janitorial Services, a company hired by the district to service 29 of its 34 schools.
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Track Star Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver
June 19, 2007 06:48 AM PDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee State University student died Saturday when another driver broadsided her vehicle on Old Hickory Boulevard.
Metro police said 24-year-old Victor Benitez was drunk as he ran a red light at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Road, killing 22-year-old Joycelyn Gardiner.
"Just a tremendous young lady, from all accounts, who had all types of potential," said Don Aaron, Metro police spokesman.
"According to the witnesses who attempted to render aid to both victims, Benitez smelled strongly of alcohol and was very combative," Aaron said.
Investigators said Benitez was drunk and did not touch the brakes of his Ford Expedition before hitting Gardiner's car. She died a short time later at the hospital.
"Because of this crash that apparently involves alcohol by the other driver, her life is lost," Aaron said.
Police said Benitez was driving without a license and that he didn't have paperwork verifying that he was in the United States legally.
"They learned that he is a suspected illegal immigrant, thus, a federal hold was placed on him so he cannot make bond," Aaron said.
In February 2006, Benitez was convicted of car burglary. Nine months later, he spent seven days in jail for public intoxication and resisting arrest. The Mexican native now faces a vehicular homicide charge.
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Undercover officer's car rammed, causing fatal accident
Jordan LaPier
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 20, 2007 05:02 PM
An undocumented immigrant rammed into the car of an undercover narcotics officer Tuesday night, causing an accident that left a Phoenix woman dead, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Officials said that Guadalupe Perez-Borjorquez, 26, forced the SUV of sheriff's deputy Rob Kinnet into oncoming traffic near 27th Avenue and Durango, where it struck the woman's car. The sheriff's office said that the woman, Phoenix resident Nanuma Lavulavu, 46, died at St. Joseph's Hospital Wednesday.
The sheriff's office alleges that Perez has entered the United States illegally at least five times. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that his deputies trained under Immigration and Customs Enforcement uncovered those entries � the fourth of which was in 2002, and all of which are believed to have occurred in Arizona � during their investigation of the suspect.
Perez will face charges of aggravated assault and second-degree homicide, according to the sheriff's office. He may also face a cocaine possession charge, Arpaio said, pending results of a test done on what deputies believe to be a small amount of the drug in Perez's car. He has been booked into the Fourth Avenue jail.
A police report indicates Kinnet saw Perez throwing beer bottles from his car and diving erratically down Durango around 6:30 p.m. Perez noticed the deputy's unmarked car, drove his own vehicle in reverse, and rammed into Kinnet's Ford Expedition, according to the report.
A police report indicates Kinnet saw Perez throwing beer bottles from his car and diving erratically down Durango around 6:30 p.m. Perez noticed the deputy's unmarked car, drove his own vehicle in reverse, and rammed into Kinnet's Ford Expedition, according to the report.
Officials say Perez then continually rammed Kinnet's car from behind, then pulled alongside it, forcing the SUV into oncoming traffic, where it struck Lavulavu's car. The police report indicates that the impact severed her leg. Kinnet was treated for minor injuries.
Perez then tried to flee on foot but was apprehended about half a block from the scene. According to the report, Perez later told officers he learned the driving maneuvers from watching American television.
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Illegal immigrant sought in rape of teen
By SKYLER SWISHER/Staff Writer
http://www.columbiadailyherald.com
Maury County deputies and federal agents are looking for an illegal immigrant who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl less than six hours after being released from jail.
Authorities detained at least 13 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday during a search for the suspect, Juan Villa, 24, at American Mobile Village in Columbia. The victim�s father filed a complaint with the department, prompting the search.
Villa has been in the Maury County Jail 11 times since 2001 on charges of assault, public intoxication, driving without a license and contempt of court. He was released at 9:44 p.m. Friday on $1,000 bond. Officials said the rape allegedly happened shortly after midnight at a residence in Maury County not belonging to the victim or suspect.
Sheriff Enoch George said local law enforcement contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents before the rape allegedly occurred about deportation but were told the matter would be dealt with at a later date.
�It is very frustrating,� George said. �I don�t know what the statistics are, but these illegals are committing many, many crimes against the citizens of the United States. We try to follow up as best as we can with the manpower that we have.�
Detective Jerry Williams said Villa knew the 15-year-old but the two were not close friends. Villa may be attempting to leave the country, he said.
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Missing Tacoma girl's body found
By Brian Alexander
Seattle Times staff reporter
A suspect in the case of a missing 12-year-old Tacoma girl directed police to her body Thursday, ending a weeklong search after her July 4 abduction that drew national attention.
"It is with great regret and sorrow that I am informing our community that we have located the body of Zina Linnik," said Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell, reading a statement Thursday night.
Ramsdell said information provided by the suspect led police and FBI investigators to the girl's body. Court records name the man as 42-year-old Terapon Dang Adhahn, a convicted sex offender who has been in custody on an unrelated immigration matter since Monday.
Adhahn had not been charged in Zina's abduction or death as of late Thursday.
Ramsdell would not say where the body was found, other than it was in Pierce County.
"Crime-scene investigators are currently processing the scene for evidence as the investigation continues," he said.
Police outside the family's home Thursday night said family members did not want to comment.
Zina, one of eight children in her family, was abducted from an alley behind her home the night of the holiday, police said.
Go back to watching Faux News, but please don't leave your house - you don't have enough sense to be on the streets. Really.
Posted by: cosmo on July 15, 2007 09:38 PMBetter deport them over there so we dont have to put them in jail here?
Isnt that similar to what the Catholic church did to pedo preachers? Just shuffle them around?
Terapon Dang Adhahn is a conservative.
Posted by: Aaron Kinney on July 16, 2007 09:04 AMWhat I said was that the Democrats CHEER the lax enforcement of immigration laws. Not that they are responsible for it. Bush is certainly more to blame than anyone else, over the past 6.5 years, for this problem.
There was no inconsistency or contradiction, despite your apparent implication of such.
Craig@74: A Green Card entitles the bearer to permanent legal residency. It DOES NOT grant citizenship or confer the rights thereof, and it may be revoked.
Also, from what I read, no, deportation IS grounds for deportation, and he SHOULD have been, under the law, deported. That he was not deported is not a problem with the law, but enforcement of the law.
Jimmy@80: Um, you do realize Ted Bundy was a citizen, right? And that Adhahn is not? Because you don't seem to realize that. Or maybe you, like Stefan@84, think that the government-sanctioned literal theft of our right to vote is unimportant .... ? Yes, it is a different sort of crime, but he didn't make a big deal out of it, he merely noted it, and implied it shows a problem, which is absolutely and unequivocally true, if you care a damn about democracy.
cosmo@86: "Since when is being a registered voter sacred?" Um ... since always? Since when has it NOT been sacred? What are you smoking?
Aaron Kinney@87: our government's responsibility -- as you should know, since you say you are a libertarian? -- is to protect its own citizens, not the citizens of other countries. So yes, it would be preferable that he would have been deported and raped and murdered children in some other country than that he be left here to do so; though, of course, even more preferable would be that he would have been jailed for far longer, and that if he was let out that he would have been deported, and that even if left here, that he would have been forced to register as a sex offender.
He joined the U.S. Army at 18. Is it right to just deport veterans to some other country like that? We have tons of green card holders serving overseas right now.
I don't think his immigration status is really the issue here. The issue is crimes against children and why some prosecutor led him plead down an INCEST charge.
If you need to strap your pet peeve onto this tragedy, that's just sad.
Absolutely, yes. Indeed, it is wrong to NOT do so.
We have tons of green card holders serving overseas right now.
And if they commit heinous crimes like this guy did, they should lose the right to be in this country.
I don't think his immigration status is really the issue here. The issue is crimes against children and why some prosecutor led him plead down an INCEST charge.
So you agree he should have been deported. Thanks.
Posted by: pudge on July 16, 2007 01:06 PMSuch high mindedness, you must be proud, if you can't argue on real facts call for the opposition to be killed.
Since You need to Jump On Top of this poor little girl's corpse to make your simplistic lies about immigration, I will clear things up for you, don't blame liberals.
Ronald Reagan destabilized central america in the 80's this began the greatest wave of immigrants, by number or proportion in American history.
Bush HW, did nothing about it.
Clinton did nothing about it, except Nafta whom the rightwing of the Dems and the Republicans said would cure everthing, instead it made it worse.
The republican congress in power for the last 11 years did nothing about it.
The COMPLETE REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT for the last 6 years, especially after 9/11 did nothing about it.
Hint George W Bush has complete control and responsibility for the enforcement of all immigration in this country.
But its the "liberals" fault.
Posted by: feckless on July 16, 2007 03:10 PMBallsy!
Posted by: pudge on July 16, 2007 04:20 PMIt is a felony to vote illegally.
Posted by: Apollo on July 16, 2007 11:01 PMIt is a felony to vote illegally.
Posted by: Apollo on July 16, 2007 11:05 PMWell, no, he is not as American as I am. You see, I am an American, and he is not. "American" colloquially means "American citizen," and he is not one, and will now -- thankfully -- never become one. He cannot vote, because he is not an American. He can be deported -- and next time, he will likely will be, if he is ever released from prison -- because he is not an American.
Please check your facts next time.
Posted by: pudge on July 17, 2007 12:30 AMI agree - it should be easier for me to get an innocent man arrested by falsely accusing him. Can I start with you?
I wonder why there's so many people in this discussion who have no idea what they are talking about. It's odd.
Posted by: pudge on July 17, 2007 11:30 AMHuffPo's Plans For Revolution
Attention all moonbats: in addition to keeping your tinfoil hats tightly fastened at all times, you are advised by your mentors at Huffington Post to take the following precautions:
I recommend you start stocking up on medicine, food, gallons of water, toilet paper, reading material, Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal powder, and Sulfur. Because soon you will notice that things will start drying up from lack of interstate commerce, shortly after the upcoming Terrah-ist Attack on the NewNited States of Murka.
"NewNited States of Murka" is Moonbattese for the USA. The cause for panic is "the impending declaration of Martial Law," which will supposedly occur after the next terrorist atrocity.
But HuffPo has a solution -- violently overthrow the American government:
I think we're past Impeachment boys and girls. [...] I think we have to take matters into our own hands and round up what's left of the National Guard in each state. We then cut off the power to the White House and blockade the mother so no food or water can get inside. Then we start pumping marijuana smoke in until they have to evacuate the building. Smoke 'em out, to quote a famous military leader, the one with the codpiece on the flight deck.
Then we put Shrubby and Deadeye Dick, and anyone else left alive after the firefight outside the Rose Garden, in a cage so's we can haul them around the country behind a John Deere tractor. It'd be a 50-state tour, and we'd make sure to include the territories too.
Wanna make sure everyone has a chance to spit on 'em, don'tcha know.
And if there are those of you who are fetching pitchforks for Guantanmo-style justice and retribution, well, I will not say you nay.
Time to alter AND abolish it. Let's roll!
Sneeringly echoing Todd Beamer's historic phrase "Let's roll," which has become a rallying cry for patriots, typifies the progressive compulsion to defile anything worthy of honor and respect.
As stimulating as moonbats seem to find fantasies of violent revolution, they don't actually need one. In less than two years, the childish cretins who read and write for HuffPo will probably have an elected representative running the White House.
Have you read the latest about this evil beast. The two female children he violently raped and left alive. One of them had to undergo surgery because her genitals where that badly injured. What will we do for her? And still we have people wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt until proven guilty! This is insane. We have lost touch with the sacredness of life and living. Deport him? NO! Jail him for life? NO! not on my tax dollars. The bottom line is that this country has a responsibility to protect it's people not to protect the people of other countries but of our own. But people, we have the opportunity to protect lives across not only our country but others so lets take advantage of it and put this guy to DEATH. Let God have mercy on his soul and let us as a civilized society protect our most innocent-our children.
Posted by: Claudia on July 19, 2007 10:28 AM