Posted on 12/28/2006 10:10:59 AM PST by WatchingInAmazement
There are still a lot of questions about the suspected drunk driver who killed a woman and two of her children while driving under the influence on Christmas Eve.
Carlos Prieto is in the Salt Lake County Jail. In the past couple of hours we've learned that he's been in Utah at least a couple of years and that he may be in the country illegally.
Prieto was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion on vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, and driving without a license. Prosecutors are still screening the case, and formal charges are expected tomorrow morning.
Police arrested Prieto on Christmas Eve morning, when he ran a red light at the intersection of 5400 South and 700 East in Murray, and broadsided a car carrying the Ceran family. Cheryl Ceran, her son, Ian, and daughter, Julianna, died. Gary Ceran and two other children survived.
Jail documents reveal that when police arrived at the scene, Prieto smelled strongly of alcohol and had glassy, bloodshot eyes. Prieto admitted to police, he had five beers before getting behind the wheel.
A check of court records didn't bring up any previous arrests, but we learned that two years ago Prieto was cited for speeding and driving without a license. That case was resolved in Salt Lake County Justice Court, after he paid a fine.
A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told me they have interviewed Prieto and believe he is a Mexican national and here illegally.
ICE has issued a hold on him, so he can be turned over to them once the criminal against him is resolved.
a focused minefield with friendly warnings focused in Spanish would get their attention. Then...we could focus on
deportation of crimialiens starting with felons and working
our way down.
What happens to illegals when they are convicted of felonies in the US? Do they go to US jails or get deported to Mexico and take another lap thru Arizona or Texas to repeat the process?
If they go to US jails we should be able to bill Mexico for their upkeep, or at least deduct it from foreign aid payments.
>The problem here is not that he is illegal.<
If Bush permitted the Border Patrol to do its job the number of illegals would not be in the dozens of millions.
Gee. What are the odds? /sarcasm
Just recently there was a tragic case of a drunken illegal alien killing a soldier back from Iraq and his girlfriend.
Unhappily, there is more truth in that than you probably intended.
Practice 'touch-and-goes' to train our C-130 pilots. Dump the illegals somewhere on a South American dirt airstrip with an MRE and canteen- not our problem.
5 beers? more like 18 I bet.
Grounds for impeachment (along with impeaching all those in Congress voting against funding the fence and patrols for same) in my mind.
Unfortunately, Mr. Bush would rather we American taxpayers foot the bill for these millions of bloodsuckers than risk offending his amigo Vicente Fox.
You need to understand that both the GOP, and conservatives are split right down the middle on immigration. Half of us fall into one or more of the following categories, all of which vote GOP, and most of which vote conservative. A few of which embody the definition of conservative.
1. Libertarians like me who believe in free market capitalism. We oppose a big government approach to immigration as we do to most programs where others favor big government.
2. Abolitionist Republicans who compare illegals to slaves under DredScott.
3. Compassionate conservatives like Bush, and my township committeeman St Rep Paul Froehlich.
4. Mercantilists, the arch enemies of capitalists... check out the free trade threads to see the real split.
4. Personal beneficiaries of illegals, often American family members who depend on illegals to help pay the mortgage, etc.
6. Political consultants like Karl Rove/Mehlman who see a vast group of potential voters who are conservative on 10 of 12 issues but who find the GOP unfriendly to them.
7. PTA moms (including Mr moms) who want above all to be nice and not be called racist.
These are a very big part of the GOP. And all but #7 are a big part of "the base". That is the reality. Politically Bush and the GOP are caught in the middle.
Politically they should have FRAMED the issue:
The Republicans are focused on immigrants who are terrorists, murderers, rapists, and welfare parasites.
The Democrats support allowing terrorists, murderers, rapits and welfare parasites entering the US.
Instead, the House NRCCC ran some of the worst TV ads possible, in both style and content. They did not say "illegal immigrant". They just said "immigrant" and "immigration". Whatever paid consultant designed those ads needs to be put in the Somali desert with MREs.
The once-conservative GOP has all but lost its base because of bad decisions on many issues, including illegal immigration, and they no longer represent the majority of the American people.
I vote Constitution Party and third party wherever I can. No more "lesser of two evils" BS for me anymore, because I see very little difference in the "two parties" now.
Yes, I'm talking about Columbus. You are right, the place is crawling with them.
Your mistake is in thinking that anti(illegal) immigration is "conservative". That is a definition of conservative that has only emerged in the past 4 years.
Historically, "conservatives" have been for free market capitalism.
Historically, "conservatives" have been for the free movement of people (other than murderers, rapists, etc).
Historically, "conservatives" have been for small government.
Historically, "conservatives" have opposed populatin control and Malthusian demagogery.
The current anti(illegal)immigration movement is against free market capitalism. It is for big government.
Prior to 4 years ago, Pat Buchanan was a lone voice and described as "not a true conservative" by 99.4% of conservatives precisely because of his position on immigration.
The current anti(illegal)immigrant movement is best described as demagged populism.
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