>Have you seen the latest news out of Virginia Beach? The illegal immigrant who killed two teenagers drunk driving and it was his 3rd violation? The argument is now:
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>Is it a drunk driving issue?
>Is it an illegal immigration issue?
>Is it both?
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>I'm with the 3rd one. The local authorities refuse to notify ICE when an illegal immigrant commits crimes. He also is not incarcerated, but walking the streets while the legal process continues. There is problems on the legal side (3rd violation on the streets and no rehab after previous two) and on the immigration side (why was he not deported after the 1st violation? Why was ICE not even notified after the 1st violation?). Dragan is in that area so he probably knows more about it. There may be other extenuating circumstances I don't know about. It is common though to release illegal immigrants who commit crimes back onto the street in this country, and that is a problem.
Don't know much, not having the patience to watch the local news anymore. My wife heard it on the NPR (local chapter) between two "give us money" segments. It surely created an uproar, and senator Thelma Drake (the redhanded) immediately tried to push a bill to do something about... illegal immigrants. Not drunk drivers, they're still having a pretty much free pass here. Couple of months ago they've caught a guy with 20 DUI cases on his sheets. The trouble is that he had so many different sheets in various places in the area, and there's no place where these would be put together. One would think that these would go straight to DMV, but they obviously don't.
The local crews of NBC and CBS channels occasionally try to draw some public attention to the problem, but DUIs generally still get a wee slap on the wrist until it grows into vehicular manslaughter, then it gets a day or two on the news, specially when the victims are children - but then a week or two later it starts from scratch.
IMO, these are separate issues. I'd expect the illegals to drive very carefully, trying to avoid any contact with the authorities, including the traffic cops, but they obviously aren't all smart. But then, IMO, anyone who DUIs is not smart, legal or not.
