He didn't get around to explaining the murders and rapes and child molestation, though. I'm sure they're the fault of the USA as well. And in a way he's right. If we shot illegals on sight at the border, we wouldn't have this illegal alien crime wave sweeping the country.
Illegal Alien Charged With Raping Pre-Teen
Jan. 9,2007
http://www.fox10tv.com/global/story.asp?s=5893261&ClientType=Printable
BAY MINETTE-- An illegal alien is behind bars in Baldwin County, charged with raping a young child.
Investigators the case involved a man having a sexual relationship with a girl who was too young.
Mexican immigrants who come to Alabama often discover cultural differences.
Maricela Mendez was 15 when she married an older man in Mexico and got pregnant.
"My mom didn't know him," Mendez said. "He came to work in my town. We became boyfriend and girlfriend and a little bit later got married."
You can get married in Mexico at age 13, but Salvador Nava's victim was even younger.
Nava is charged with first degree rape in connection with a relationship he admitted to investigators that he had with a young girl.
He faces possible life in prison.
"In this case, him being 20 and she being under the age of 12. There's a pretty big gap," said Lt. John Murphy of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. "Those gaps are sometimes accepted in other cultures. "
Local immigrants told Fox Ten News it is illegal for older men to have sex with younger children in Mexico, but those laws are not often enforced.
"It's not like here when they're under 18," said a recent immigrant working at a local business. "In Mexico, they leave them alone. It happens often."
It's starting to happen here within some segments of the Hispanic population.
"We did have a case with a pre-teen who was pregnant and unmarried and living in a situation that was awful," said Michelle Prockup, director of Catholic Social Services of Baldwin County.
Prockup says education is the key to stopping it.
"We need to provide some sort of opportunity for people to learn about our laws and learn about our culture," she said.
In Mexico it's more often up to families than police to establish boundaries.
Carmen Velasquez has an 11-year-old daughter.
"I would not let her date a 20-year-old," Velasquez said. "We notice and ask how old the person is. If I see that the man is too old and the girl is too young, she shouldn't pay him attention. "
"These individuals are here. They are under the criminal code that we have here and as they're living here, they're responsible for living up to those things," said Lt. Murphy.
Nava is currently being held under a $25,000 bond.