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It’s hard to argue that the Southern border is secure when a man from Mexico who has been deported from the U.S. four times is caught and arrested by the Parker County (TX) Sheriff’s Office for breaking and entering a home and molesting a 9-year-old child.
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According to the statement released by the Sheriff’s Office on July 13 (with some details left out):
“The child reported the suspect motioned for her to follow him back to the bedroom where he entered the home. The victim also reported she did not know the suspect, who spoke with a heavy Spanish accent and gave her instructions in broken English.
“The girl ran screaming into her parents’ bedroom while the suspect ran in the opposite direction through the home, exiting through the bedroom window where he initially made entry into the residence.
The child’s parents immediately attempted to contact law enforcement, but noticed their cell phones were missing along with an HP computer. The child’s mother then drove to a nearby convenience store and dialed 9-1-1.”
Officers were able to follow his footprints to a house about a mile away, found the suspect and arrested him. He had one of the family’s cell phones by him, and a search warrant turned up other incriminating evidence, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
While the federal government has tried to deport illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes, several studies have highlighted the government’s failings.
Two years ago, the House Judiciary Committee asserted that between 2008 and 2011, about 7,500 illegal immigrants with criminal records, who the Obama administration declined to deport, went on to commit serious crimes, including murders, attempted murders and sex crimes.
The Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for very restrictive immigration policies, released a report in May after surveying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records, claiming: “In 2013, ICE freed 36,007 convicted criminal aliens from detention who were awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings, according to a document obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies. This group included aliens convicted of hundreds of violent and serious crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.”
However, in the Parker County case, the suspect had been deported four times—and came back for a fifth. U.S. citizens accused or convicted of serious crimes get more scrutiny than this suspect.
And if he’s found guilty, what does the government do: incarcerate or deport him yet again?
President Obama’s repeated dismissal of the border-security problem, just as he has flippantly dismissed so many scandals, is hurting Democrats chances in November—and Democrats know it.
When Obama went to Colorado last week, incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Udall couldn’t find time in his schedule to meet with the president of the United States and get a photo-op. When Obama skipped on down to Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis not only didn’t have time for a joint appearance, she criticized the president for not going to the border.
For those of us who would like to see a robust guest worker program—not tied to either amnesty or citizenship—the chaos on our Southern border has killed virtually all prospects.
Like the Veterans Administration scandal, the immigration issue will be with us for a while. Obama’s efforts to distance himself or blame George W. Bush haven’t resonated. And come November, instead of blaming Bush or the GOP, voters are likely to blame Democrats.
