Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Weak Immigration Strikes Again


The Dalas Morning News reported:

Marta Cruz had told police that her ex-boyfriend had been threatening her for
weeks.
But as he emptied his handgun in an act of rage early Sunday, police
say, his last bullet found another victim.
Dallas police Officer Brian Jackson died of a gunshot wound to his right underarm suffered in a gunfight on Madera Street near North Henderson Avenue in Old East Dallas. Dallas police officers help secure the scene in the 2400 block of Madera in the area where a police pursuit turned deadly.
"He was proud to be a cop. He did his job with
a lot of emotion and passion," Police Chief David Kunkle said.
Officer Jackson was the 76th Dallas police officer to die in the line of duty and the
first officer slain since November 2001.
Officer Jackson came to the
department in January 2001 from Rhode Island. He married JoAnn DeMello Jackson in August.
Juan Lizcano, a 28-year-old Mexican immigrant, was being held at
Lew Sterrett Justice Center on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault.
Bail was set at $1 million and $25,000, respectively.

The Dallas Morning News does however fail to mention in the above-linked story that Lizcano has been here illegally for the past two years, and had at least two prior run-ins with the law. According to WFAA, he was "first booked in September for threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend with a knife. Six days later, he posed again for a mug shot for a charge of driving while intoxicated."

So a dedicated police officer dies to a criminal who shouldn't be here in the first place, and should have been deported the other times he was arrested. What does it take to increase our border strength?

Thanks Michelle Malkin for this.

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