DEMOCRAT LAWMAKERS SAY LAW NOT JUSTIFIED REGARDLESS OF AMERICANS KILLED
Wednesday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Immigration Policy and Enforcement focused on the Scott Gardner Act – a bill sponsored by Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) which seeks to deport illegal immigrants on their first offense of driving while intoxicated. In the Gardner Act (HR 3808), the inquiry about legal status takes place after the individual has been arrested for driving while intoxicated and the arresting officer has “reasonable grounds” to believe the individual is an illegal immigrant. If determined to be illegal, the individual would be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation.

The bill is named after University of North Carolina student, Scott Gardner, who died after being run over by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk and who had been returned to Mexico 17 times before returning to kill Gardner. Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) testified that he opposed the law because it allegedly would be burdensome on local law enforcement and was ‘probably unconstitutional.’ He also remarked that DUIs were already considered a high priority offense and the bill was unnecessary because Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program, already covers it. Gonzalez failed to address sanctuary city and state policies mandating non-compliance with Secure Communities that allows illegal immigrants to simply disappear from the radar after posting bail.

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ASSAULTS TWO MEN WITH MACHETE

The Lexington County, SC, Sheriff’s Department arrested Jose Hernandez Mendez, 26, for attacking two men with a machete.

Mendez, an illegal immigrant hailing from – wait for it – Mexico is facing charges of assault and battery with intent to kill and aggravated assault and battery after attacking one man in September 2008 and a different man in May 2009 – both incidents involved Mendez wielding a machete.

Mendez is currently being held at the Lexington County Detention Center, pending further action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.