Illigal Immigrant is tried for Murder

Immigrant murders three
By; Katelynn Weber

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/11/bond-raised-fatal-crash-suspect/?partner=RSS

An illegal immigrant (Francis Hernandez) supposedly killed two women and a 3-year-old boy in an ice-cream shop. Francis Hernandez at age 23, has been arrested 20 times in the last 5 years, but was not banished from America even though 'state law requires police to report foreign born suspects to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.' Francis was charged today with 'three counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, three counts of vehicular homicide, one count of vehicular assault, one count of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury and one count of driving under restraint. If convicted, he could face up to 78 years in prison. His bail was recently increased to $350,000.' Representatives Morgan Carroll and Karen Middleton wrote in a joint letter to the audit committee "And while the federal government has primary jurisdiction over immigration law, we have primary responsibility for the existence and enforcement of our traffic laws, had the current laws and enforcement worked properly, these citizens would not be dead."

I think that Francis is guilty of murdering the three people but I think the biggest problem was that he was here as an immigrant. To me, one of the largest problems in America is immigration. I think that we need to let immigrants know how serious we are about immigrants becoming citizens and by doing that, they will show us that they too respect our country. I think it was great that Francis tried to enlist in the army, in my opinion, to show that he wanted to be a part of America, but was declined because he was an immigrant. I do wonder why he truly did this, but it is be none of my bussiness. All in all, I think that immigrants should come to America legaly and help America become a better place.