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Illegal Immigrant Released By Federal Authorities Kills Nun
Illegal immigrant, Carlos Montano, who had been arrested on two prior occasions for DUI, was arrested a third time for DUI in connection with a car crash that killed a nun and left two other nuns in critical condition. The incident occurred early Sunday morning in Prince William County, Virginia. The charges against Montano are involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving.
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Montano, 23, from Bolivia, who was awaiting deportation, was released by federal immigration authorities on his own recognizance prior to his third DUI arrest pending further proceedings. In addition to Montano's previous DUI arrests he has also been cited for numerous motor-vehicle violations even though his driver's license has been revoked. On at least one occasion, consequent to Montano's prior arrests, Virginia police reported him to federal immigration authorities.
Prince William County police spokesman, Jonathan Perok said on Monday,"We have determined that he [Montano] is in the country illegally. He has been arrested by Prince William County Police in the past . . . . At the time of this incident, the accident yesterday, he was in the deportation process and was out on his recognizance for court proceedings."
The Washington Times reported on Monday that, ". . . latest ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] statistics show that the agency has stepped up deportations of criminals, but has slowed deportation of other illegal immigrants. The agency also is holding fewer illegal immigrants at any one time than it did last year, according to the statistics."
Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee, said about the Montano incident:
"A life could have been saved had ICE just simply done their job to begin with." Rogers went on to say that, "By implementing selective amnesty one case at a time, the U.S. government is literally putting lives at risk . . . "I have been saying for months now that this administration's new policy of concentrating almost solely on 'criminal aliens,' and not enforcing the laws by deporting known illegal aliens, would have devastating consequences. Now, we see the tragic results this 'virtual amnesty' policy of the Obama administration has caused."
Throughout the years, there have been a number of DUI incidents involving illegal immigrants which have resulted in death. Virtually all of those incidents involved repeat offenders who for one reason or the other were released from federal custody under their own recognizance and allowed to stay in the U.S. in spite of their illegal alien status.
Estimates are that 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants reside in the U.S., but ICE only holds about 30,000 illegal immigrants in custody on an average day. Proponents of tougher illegal immigration control have repeatedly requested additional funding in order to keep illegals who are awaiting deportation off the streets. Thus far, however, the president and Congress have ignored those requests.
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at 13:24 on August 5th, 2010
Perfect example of ineptitude of current laws and enforcement concerning illegal's. That guy should have been deported at once.
at 15:41 on August 5th, 2010
Perfect example of ineptitude of current laws and enforcement concerning illegal's. That guy should have been deported at once.
JIM: YES! I agree! But I don't believe that "ineptitude" is any where near the whole story. And neither do the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that "ineptitude" is any where near the whole story. But apparently there are some Americans out there who think that the more illegal immigrants that cross over the border into America the better. People that think that way are entitled to their opinion no matter how much it stinks. My opinion is that people who think that way are suicidal and need a check up from the neck up. And that includes Obama and the rest of the open borders crowd. It makes no difference to me whether they're Democrats or Republicans. The bottom line is that they couldn't care any less about the rights and safety of the American citizen because they are blinded by and obsessed with their politically-correct ideology.
When I was living in New York City, at the height of the crack epidemic during the 80s and 90s, I used to get into arguments with liberals and so-called "progressives"(this was during the time when Bernard Goetz shot the "youths" on the subway train). The arguments typically went along the following lines: There's a nasty looking guy down the block and he's looking straight at me and coming straight towards me. I sense that he's not from the neighborhood, because I've never seen him before and I've been living here for many years. There's something about him that just doesn't seem right and he just doesn't appear to fit in. He's approaching fast and he'll be face to face with me before I put my key in my front door and open it. I have no means of escape should he be intent on doing me harm. What do I do? Do I take your liberal/progressive approach and give him the benefit of the doubt and risk standing here in order to see what he wants in light of all the muggings and murders that have occurred in the neighborhood recently? Or do I rely upon my instincts, street-smarts, and common sense and therefore go into combat mode and prepare for the worst? My liberal/progressive friend's response was invariably along the lines of Oh! You're so paranoid! Oh! You're a racist! Oh! You're so cynical! Oh! You're this and you're that! In other words, not once did my liberal/progressive friends admit during their response that there existed a high probability that the guy that was approaching me was intent on doing me harm. Nor did they admit that I was a potential victim. Indeed, their entire response was focused on me--not the potential mugger/murderer--as if I were entirely to blame for any confrontation and negative outcome. And indeed, it appears to me and most other Americans that liberals/progressives are unable and/or unwilling to take into consideration all the facts on an equal basis, analyze the facts, and arrive at a rational and logical conclusion as to who the real victims are no matter what the scenario.
at 16:50 on August 5th, 2010
Sure glad you are back and active, RC.
at 08:03 on August 6th, 2010
JIM: Thanks, man! Appreciated! Hopefully I can convince my fine friend, putz head, to get her ass in gear too and start writing some gay stories and Tea Party stories. LMAO! :)
at 13:50 on August 5th, 2010
Shoulda coulda woulda... Now what do we do with him? Deport him at once, or make him stand trial and lock him up? He is here illegally, right?
at 16:33 on August 5th, 2010
NANUTE: First off, the guy killed a nun and caused two other nuns to suffer critical injuries! In light of your anti-Christian sentiments and your aversion to the Catholic church, in particular, I would think that would place Mr. Montano in good stead with you and the rest of your "progressive" brethren. After all, the ends justify the means . . .right?
Obviously you'd like nothing better than for Mr. Montano, along with the rest of those that share his illegal immigrant status, to be subjected to Obama's defacto rule of law so that he'll be re-released by the federal government in order for him to continue demonstrating how illegal immigrants benefit America.
at 00:53 on August 6th, 2010
To borrow a phrase from Ronald Reagan: "there you go again." I ask a very simple question and you go off on a rant about what you think I believe. I'll try again: What should we do with this illegal immigrant criminal? It is a terrible tragedy that innocent victims were injured and killed as a result of a major break down in the system. The system is overloaded, broken and not working. This particular case is a prime example.
Vigilante justice is on the rise, and cases where innocent legal immigrants have been attacked and murdered, is showing where your line of reasoning leads. Two wrongs don't make a right, and if you are a true believer, ask yourself: WWJD?
at 05:33 on August 6th, 2010
NANUTE: Montano should have been incarcerated and held without bail long ago! Anyone that's familiar with the DUI laws knows damn well that after the first offense (if it doesn't involve death or injury), the second offense--let alone the third--is going to put you in jail and keep you there for a while. Vigilante justice? What kind of justice is it when illegal immigrants who are repeat offenders are let out on their own recognizance? I'll tell you point blank: If what had occurred to the nuns occurred with my wife and daughter, I'd whack the SOB. But before I whacked him, I'd torture him for weeks and make him beg for his life. Does that answer your question about what should be done with Montano? The guy is not a human being--he's a cockroach. And so is the federal government for re-releasing him under his own recognizance and allowing him to roam the streets. The blood of those nuns is on the hands of Obama and the federal government.
There is not a major breakdown in the system! On the contrary! The immigration laws are on the books and are plain to see! Stop making excuses for the fact that the federal government refuses to enforce the immigration laws. Obama and those of his ilk, which includes most of the elites and political class, simply do not want the immigration laws enforced for ideological and political purposes. They don't care about the American citizen.Their view of us is that we're the ignorant masses and the great unwashed. They know what's best for us.
at 06:50 on August 6th, 2010
If what had occurred to the nuns occurred with my wife and daughter, I'd whack the SOB. But before I whacked him, I'd torture him for weeks and make him beg for his life. Sounds like vigilante justice to me.
I'm not making any excuses for a breakdown in the system. You just can't accept the fact that the system failed. If it hadn't we wouldn't be having this "conversation." The state failed along with the federal government. The DUI offense is a state offense. Why didn't the state keep him incarcerated? The immigration hearing was back in 2008, right?
Shorter Rory: Everything is Obama's fault. Joint the Tea Party you'll feel right at home.
at 07:42 on August 6th, 2010
NANUTE: The federal government refuses to enforce the immigration laws. It has refused to do so for decades. That is not a breakdown in the system! That is simply a refusal on the part of the federal government to enforce certain laws that are not convenient and politically expedient for it to enforce. You are full of excuses. The Virginia Police arrested Montano before and turned him over to the federal government, because he is an illegal immigrant and the federal government (ICE) is in charge of incarcerating illegal immigrants and deporting them. In this case--which I've indicated in my story--the federal government released Montano on his own recognizance.
You want it both ways when it serves your ideological purposes. Indeed you throw out contradiction after contradiction. On the one hand you don't want states like Arizona passing immigration laws and arresting illegal immigrants because in your opinion illegal immigrants are within the domain of the federal government and not the local police even though the federal government refuses to enforce its own immigration laws. On the other hand, when it suits your ideological and propaganda purposes, you blame the local police in Virginia for not dealing with Mr. Montano.
at 15:00 on August 5th, 2010
Oh, let the lad go!He looks like another nice, safe, Democrat vote.
at 15:45 on August 5th, 2010
Ferdinand: HA! I think that you're on to something there!
at 15:32 on August 5th, 2010
@ Ferdinand Feghon(not verified)Was Montano arrested on previous two occasions during presidency of Obama?
The bigger and important is the question how illegal immigirants obtain driving license?Don't they have to produce any documents,including social security number,proof of legal residency etc.while taking law test?If illegal immigirants can obtain driving lincese without proper documents,which prove that applicant for driving license is a legal resident,simply means that system is flawed.
at 17:13 on August 5th, 2010
tk: The system is not flawed! It's corrupted. If things went by the book, we wouldn't have as many problems. Keep in mind that until about 30 years ago, a large percentage of local police, judges, and politicians, in every major city throughout the U.S.,were on the Mafia's payroll. J. Edgar Hoover--the perennial director of the FBI--for God's sake was best friends with Frank Costello a high ranking Mafia figure who was known as "The underworld's ambassador". Hoover, throughout most of his directorship denied that the Mafia existed.in spite of the fact that he used to sit on a park bench with Frank Costello any time he was up in New York and have breakfast with Costello at the Waldorf Towers. MINCHIA AND A DOUBLE JEEZ!
Illegal immigrants are allowed to enter America for a number of reasons. And the useful idiots out there are told by the movers and shakers that the illegals are here for such and such a reason. And then the useful idiots--like parrots--repeat what their masters have told them about why the illegals are here in America. No doubt about it! America has always been a corrupt country and remains so to this day.
at 18:53 on August 5th, 2010
Rory,corruption creeps in when system is flawed.If the system were not corrupt,the illegal immigirants issue would not have assumed such alarming proportions.But timely remedy checks the growth of disease and gradually cures,it holds true of every system.We,the Indians, are much more corrupt than Americans.In America corruption is at a very high level,in India it is at every level.
J.Edgar Hoover was a blackmailer as well.Now see the flaw of the system:he died a natural death,wasn't hanged publicly for his crimes.
at 05:40 on August 6th, 2010
TK: The laws are on the books. But those in power flaunt the laws. Obama and his ilk only enforce those laws which are of benefit to them. The political class makes all sorts of excuses for not enforcing the immigration laws because it's not to their advantage to enforce the immigration laws. It's only recently that the American people are starting to wake up to the fact that their government is their enemy and that their government has been selling them a bill of goods for many, many years.
at 20:24 on August 5th, 2010
nice share my friend
at 20:26 on August 5th, 2010
thank for the inform.:D
at 07:21 on August 6th, 2010
Does the fact that the man was an illegal immegrant outweigh the fact that, having shown he was a repeat offender, he was given the opportunity to drive again, and while drunk and driving, he killed a person, Nun or not?
Illegal entry into a country is a serious issue, however, it is a separate issue all together from repeat DUIs. Not long ago, a man in Quebec was facing being charged as a dangerous offender for repeat DUIs. He kept getting his licence back when he was released. Finally, after 19 arrests for DUI, the last of which involved killing a woman in a wheelchair on her birthday, he got a life sentence.
It seems to me that the two issues, while both grave, are very much distinct. The question now is, deport him, and let him go otherwise unpunished, as there is no assurance he will recieve further justice, or try him for the death of the nun, and the harm done to the other two. It may cost less to deport him than lock him up, but he still goes free. I suppose it will boil down to how much a politician feels justice is worth, which can be a frightening thought....
at 07:57 on August 6th, 2010
Piobar: Here are the facts: In virtually all cases, an American citizen that is a repeat DUI offender is incarcerated unless he or she gets off on a legal technicality such as an illegal stop, i.e., no probable cause. The penalties for DUI are very strict. In the case of DUI offenders who are illegal immigrants, the federal government steps in and prevents local law enforcement personnel from treating an illegal immigrant the way they would treat an Ameican citizen under the same circumstances. In other words, and for all intents and purposes, an illegal immigrant has a much better chance of getting away with DUI than an American citizen, because in the case of an American citizen, the federal government doesn't inject itself into local law enforcement's business and thus allows local law enforcement to do its job.
AGAIN: The federal government refuses to enforce the immigration laws. How can anyone think otherwise when there are an estimated 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and only 30, 000--which translates to 3/10ths of one percent--are incarcerated and held over for deportation?
at 08:27 on August 6th, 2010
I understand your point. Again, my concern is more with the state of affairs that the fact that this man is an illegal immigrant, taken in concert with the DUI, means that he will not be punished. The same thing has happened in Canada as well, and it is ludicris. It is not up to us, the people, chatting away on the issue, to make a decision about what should be done. That is unfortunate, because the people who have the authority to make a decision like this prefer to remain neutral. A crime has been commited, and the government should be looking at the case, and saying "he killed a woman on American soil, do we punish him, or send him away." The case I am thinking of in Canada, I was able to see the scene first hand, shortly after the accident. It involved street racing, a woman, a pedestrian, was hit so hard that the car which hit her disintigrated on impact. The people involved were charged, and ratehr than facing trial, one was to be deported. He tied up the legal system for years fighting it, and was essentially a free man that entire time. The issue of killing a woman should still trump his residency status. One would hope that somewhere there is a politician with the... backbone... to bring forward this issue, and see justice done and a precident set. That is my point, it is up to the politicians to decide whether or not justice for those nuns is worth the effort and cost of persuing it.
at 08:08 on August 16th, 2010
The reason why ICE didn't have time to deal with this man was because they were too busy taking down websites they believe were violating copyright regulations On June 30th - just 2 days before Mr. Montano killed the nun. They not only took down the sites, but raided the homes of some of the administrators. How many agents did they use that morning? How many months and how many man hours did they spend investigating this? Is this how you want your tax dollars spent? Do you sleep better knowing that 9 less websites are providing links to videos that you can mostly see for free anyway on the major networks? Good job ICE and Homeland Security...you sacrificed one nun in order to crack down on 9 websites. Here's a link to the story, from their own webpage: www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1006/100630losangeles.htm