Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

Couldn't the crime have been prevented in the future if the illegal alien was deported since they had already caught him before?

Originally Posted by Smeth

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.