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Originally Posted by hrandani
And when that reason is something as clear as a repeat offense, when the police / immigration had a clear duty to deport somebody who had committed a felony previously...
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There's a small, but not insignificant, problem with this statement: the man had not previously committed a felony. That's the whole point. Driving under the influence, in most states - and in the state in question - is not a felony. And, as the mayor stated, they check citizenship when a felony is committed, not otherwise. It would be terribly expensive to check citizenship for every single crime committed, and I would certainly hope no one would propose checking citizenship only for every single crime committed
by a latino. So, we're left having to have a cut-off point. In that state, it is to check citizenship when a felony is committed, which it wasn't the first time he got a DUI. Not only do the mayor and governor understand this, the parents of both the victims do as well. That fact goes against the "broken heart, not xenophobia" argument as well. Neither of the people who
did lose a loved one are wondering "why wasn't he deported the first time?"
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Originally Posted by willravel
I think that the fact that this man kills someone an then kills again should be what's discussed, though.
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If this man had killed someone once before and then killed again, then the outrage over him not being deported the first time would be completely valid. However, that's not the case. He was simply caught driving under the influence once before - a misdemeanor - and then got in the fatal accident the second time, killing two people. What was done was exactly what
should have been done: when he committed the misdemeanor, his citizenship was not checked because it is simply not productive to check the citizenship of every single person that goes through the police department, but when he committed the felony, his citizenship was checked and he was caught.