In the non-border state of Georgia, motor vehicle accident deaths are routinely caused by illegal immigrants, although you’d never find out from the mainstream media.
by Michael Naragon
While Washington bellyaches about Arizona’s tough new law that attempts to restrict illegal immigrants, politicians will surely make an attempt to describe the overwhelming positives that illegals bring to the United States. Mexicans, they will say, do the jobs Americans don’t want. They help businesses. It would cost more money, they will proclaim, to crack down on illegal immigrants than it would to simply grant amnesty for them all. The benefits of illegals outweigh the costs, they will promise. These people deserve the rights of American citizens, they will chide, and to deny them these rights is racism against people of Hispanic origin. Much in the same way, I would imagine, that a vote against Obama was a vote for white supremacy.
The millions of illegal immigrants are a positive thing for America, the politicians will tell us in the coming weeks. I hope they make a convincing enough case for the families of Steven Naraine, Freida Shealy, Melissa L. Mitchell, Miya Mitchell, Christian and Keyshawn Perry, Brenda Mitchell Edwards, and Dhanja Mitchell, all of whom died in the past month as a result of motor vehicle accidents caused by Hispanic drivers without a license, indicating those drivers were likely in the country illegally.
The most recent of these incidents occurred Sunday morning, when Steven Naraine was killed on Interstate 85 in DeKalb County by Manuel Rivera, who, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, was charged with DUI, reckless driving, driving the wrong way, and vehicular homicide. WSB 750 reported that Rivera was allegedly “driving without a license,” which is where the Media ends their reporting. What they never say, will never report, is that many of these “driving without a license” incidents involve illegal immigrants. If it weren’t so politically incorrect to label these drivers for what they are, the number of incidents would raise the public’s ire to the point that they would demand action. Especially when they learned that, on that same stretch of highway, a similar event involving another “driving without a license” took place in February:
On Feb. 14, a wrong-way driver caused a four-car wreck on the same stretch of I-85, between Shallowford and Chamblee Tucker roads. In that case, police say, Franklin Alvarez Hernandez, 27, drove south in the northbound HOV lane. Nine people were injured, at least four seriously. Alvarez was charged with DUI, reckless driving, driving without a license and driving the wrong way.
In Savannah on April 17, a Ford pickup driven by Dionicio O. Rios turned left in front of another driver, sending that car careening into a Checker’s restaurant, killing Freida Shealy and seriously injuring her husband, John, and an employee of the restaurant. Rios was charged with driving without a license, failure to yield, and second-degree vehicular homicide. He was then promptly released on $3,500 bond. It will be interesting to see if he remains in the country to stand trial.
In Hall County, Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Perry lost his ex-wife and 4-year old twin sons on April 2 when their van was struck by a car driven by Pedro Juan Ocacia Alcazar and pushed into oncoming traffic. Three other people riding in the van were killed in the incident. Alcazar was charged with six counts of vehicular homicide and bail was set at $300,000. Alcazar had a long criminal history, including counts of battery, unsafe driving, and drug charges. His driver’s license status was unclear from the report.
The ability of illegal immigrants to acquire driver’s licenses and license plates for their vehicles is becoming a growing concern in Georgia. On Saturday, April 24, The Moultrie Observer ran an article examining the findings of law enforcement officials in Colquitt County. The sheriff’s department explained that allowing illegals to get licenses would be beneficial under the current immigration climate.
[Colquitt County Sheriff Al] Whittington said it may not be a popular proposal in the current immigration environment, but he thinks that Latino residents who are here illegally should be able to get a driver’s permit. The state could charge a significant amount, perhaps $200, which immigrants would gladly pay for the opportunity to drive legally, for a one-year permit.
With the current immigration system, it is inevitable that illegal immigrants will be here, he said.
Sheriff’s Capt. Julius Cox said that when the sheriff’s office arrests an illegal immigrant, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not going to pick him up. Out of about 2,000 Hispanics who were jailed last year, ICE only came to get about 20, and those are people who have committed aggravated felonies.
As for the rest, once they make bail the sheriff’s office has no authority to keep them, Whittington said.
Whittington said that his concern was man hours and money.
“Whether it’s Canadians, Cubans, Haitians, whatever, our immigration laws have failed,” he said. “It’s people like that, they come here, they’re working in our community, they’re prospering.
“All I’m looking at is the big picture, where we’re not tying up police officers and deputy sheriffs and state patrol to escort these folks back and forth to jail, we’re reducing the population of this jail, we’re not feeding them and we’re not providing them medical care.”
Perhaps Sheriff Whittington should look into the number of illegals who qualify and receive Medicare and SNAP benefits.
State officials, however, do not share Whittington’s view that illegals should be able to acquire licenses more easily. In fact, a version of a bill requiring that the state driver’s license test be provided only in English has passed each house of the Georgia legislature and has now moved to the reconciliation stage. Opponents of the bill say that it violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, thought the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the rights of a state to pass an English-only policy in Alexander v. Sandoval.
Regardless of the outcome of the Georgia bill, illegal immigration appears poised to be the next major state’s rights issue to impact the nation this year. Until then, it seems as though illegals will continue to affect Georgia highways and byways for the foreseeable future. Stay tuned.
The criminal decay is spreading and that is why the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer has been forced by these circumstances to enact police actions. BECAUSE THE US GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS– AMERICANS ARE CONFRONTED BY ALIEN CRIMINALS WHO’S ACTIVITIES ARE SPREADING NATIONWIDE. But read what this internal war is costing taxpayers, by not securing the dilapidated fence across the Southern border. Not only will I send my Donation for Sheriff Joe Ariapo, but another as a contribution for Arizona’s Governor if the state is sued. MILLIONS WILL FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE BY DONATING.THIS IS A GROWING WAR AND UNLESS WE FIGHT BACK, OUR GRAND CHILDREN WILL SUFFER. I left California, as English is almost a second language there now?
Information about expenditures are available by applying Google and using keywords, such as “Illegal alien entitlements.” or words to that effect. Read more: dailycaller.com/2010/04/15/illegal-immigration-is-a-tax-dollar-drain/ Learn where your tax dollars are going?
Authored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Lamar Smith is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee. Every country has a right to restrict foreign nationals from entering its sovereignty lands–no matter their country of origin? America has been infested with extremist groups that are stealing our–OUR–rights, freedoms and denouncing the US Constitution. Even the national press has been infiltrated by staunch Liberals, hiding behind the Democratic mantle.
The feds need to permanently install E-verify, that includes the 287 (G) empowerment of police to inquire of a person’s nationality. This has finally happened in Arizona, as the legal residents are sick and tired of subsidizing illegal immigrants. It is incessant battle of law enforcement in principle cities, throughout America fighting against the deadly encroachment of drug dealers. Throw out all the pro-amnesty incumbents starting with Sen. Harry Reid in the midterm Election? The rest might get the message if they were not se dense that Americans don’t want Amnesty of any kind. That Pelosi, Graham, Schumer, McCain and all the leading Dems who think giving somewhere between 20 and 30 illegal aliens is a good thing. Read the above mentioned URL, then all them shouldn’t be canned?
If they think that Health Care was one Hell of battle, you wait until renegade politicians try to drive through a blanket Amnesty? Sending billions of dollars out the country for family members, then “Chains of other family members” turning up, sponsored–then dropped and YOU will pay. Bring in the sick, handicapped–others with contagious diseases, whose health treatments YOU will pay for. Sharing your Social Security and retirement pensions–AND THEY WILL STILL TURN UP AT OUR WIDE OPEN BORDER BY THE MILLIONS. Are our politicians intentionally out to wreck this country? Don’t just think how many who are here already–family unification could and will escalate our population by another Hundred Million–just ask the US Census bureau?
Phoenix–where law abiding citizens are afraid to go out at night, home invasion robberies, multiple kidnapping, murder and sexual and violent assaults on every gender and children too are a daily occurrence. California–the Sanctuary State–for illegal alien’s welfare and protection is not any better in its constant battle against illegal immigrant crime. Hit and runs are a never ending activity by foreign nation getting intoxicated, leaving a trail of blood around this nation. Many prosecutors have their hands tied, or hide the truth as they have been intimidated by mayors like Villaraigosa and Newsom. YEARS OF INDIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS ARE ENTIRELY TO BLAME. WE WILL FIGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S AMNESTY THAT GIVES A FREE PASS TO CITIZENSHIP OF ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATED OUR LAWS OF SOVEREIGNTY. WE WILL NEVER, EVER ALLOW THIS TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW. Learn the outrageous facts of passing AMNESTY, that our taxes will pay for at NumbersUSA
WHY DIDN”T BREWER PASS TOUGH LAWS THAT ATTACK THE CAPITALIST WHO PROFIT FROM CHEAP LABOR? IS SHE AFRAID TO GO AFTER THE HAND THAT FEEDS THE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE?
I don’t disagree with your assertion… I think businesses who undercut the system and break the law should be prosecuted with the same intensity as those who are breaking the law and are here illegally. But let’s also get the terminology right… if you’re going to make a Marxist argument against the “capitalists” who exploit labor, at least call illegality what it is and drop the whole “undocumented” nonsense.
If businesses hire illegals, they are breaking the law, not making “undocumented” hires. If someone enters the country illegally, they are not “undocumented” people. They are subject to criminal prosecution in the same way as the “capitalists” you seem to dislike (even though these evil capitalists are providing the way of life for the illegal immigrants). Unfortunately, the government refuses to pursue border security in a meaningful way.
Steve Naraine was a friend of mine. Don’t use his death to make your anti immigration arguements, please. Have some respect.
I’m sorry for the needless death of your friend, Jose, and I sympathize. It is, however, a public story, and I used it to make an anti-criminal argument, not an anti-immigrant argument. I am making no attempt to exploit Mr. Naraine’s death but am, instead, using him as one of the many examples of Georgians killed by people who are likely in the country illegally. I wonder, frankly, that if he had been killed by a white drunk driver and I had written a piece about the evils of driving under the influence if you would have as much concern about showing respect. Likely, you would have been a member of the choir to whom I was preaching.
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I also knew Steve and his death was caused by drunk driving, not illegal immigration. I know you’re mad and you may have some valid points but have respect and don’t use his death to support your argument.
If you knew Steve, you would know that he was such a caring guy he would have forgiven Manuel.
At the risk of, once again, hashing out this issue, let me be clear. I am sorry for the tragedy of Mr. Naraine’s death, and I appreciate the fact that he would have forgiven the man responsible for his death. That would be a very Christ-like thing for him to do.
Let me also make a few other things clear. I am not mad. Nor am I angry. Nor am I peeved, pissed, perturbed, or any other adjective that could possibly give the same meaning. I, unfortunately, make no profit from this site, and I have no motive for reporting these deaths except to make the point that they all involved people living in the country illegally. I’m just not convinced that reporting the news to make this point is somehow disrespectful.
Where do you think Cocaine comes from? Tenn? Wisc? Try Mexico. Illegals are a burden to the US. So a few feathers get ruffled in the mix…oh well.
Actually, they didn’t report Manuel Rivera as illegal because he is a citizen of the United States. You’re an ahole.
Always nice to meet a fan
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