Communities struggle to cope after killings that authorities have linked to illegal immigrants

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[SJackson]

Emotions ran high at a San Jose, Calif. community meeting this week where residents questioned local officials about the brutal stabbing death of Bambi Larson, who was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant wanted by federal immigration officials for deportation.

Authorities said Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza – a native of El Salvador with a long criminal history and admitted gang ties -- stalked Larson, 59, before the February attack in her home.

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“He had a crime record,” San Jose resident Connie Schneider told the Bay Area's FOX 2. “He shouldn't have been able to do this to anybody.”

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Several communities have been shocked in recent weeks by slayings that authorities have attributed to suspects described as illegal immigrants, drawing attention to President Trump's call for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the nationwide debate over sanctuary policies adopted by some states and cities that critics say have allowed some violent criminals living in the U.S. illegally to evade deportation.

Carranza, 24, had been deported back to El Salvador in 2013 but re-entered the United States illegally. The case has put a spotlight on California’s sanctuary laws, which allowed him to go free even though federal immigration officials had requested local authorities detain him in an effort to begin deportation proceedings. Those requests went unanswered.

San Jose and Santa Clara County officials have come under scrutiny for not handing Carranza over to federal officials.

“I think everybody believes something needs to be done,” Larson’s friend, George Bisceglia, told FOX 2. “There’s obviously a disconnect somewhere.”

[Stentor]

The time has come for Americans to carry a little sting in their tails and keep their heads on swivels. Whether you follow unconstitutional laws is up to you.

[Clemenza]

I read about all these crazy stories about a Mexican invasion. Here in the largest city in the United States, it all about the poor Chinese these days. At least Mexicans speak a European language and have a western-oriented (albeit mixed with Amerindian) culture unlike the Chinos.