Tag Archives: immigration enforcement

Broken System, Shattered Lives The American people are tired of paying the price for a government that refuses to protect them from repeat offenders. In June 2007, Jesus Bernal, an illegal immigrant with two prior DUI convictions, was drunk behind the wheel again. This time, the consequences were catastrophic. Bernal crashed his car and killed three innocent people, leaving two others with life-changing injuries. Instead of being behind bars or deported after… Read more

Repeat Offender, Preventable Tragedy Michael Caldera Delatorre is the name every American should remember when politicians downplay the real-world consequences of open borders. In June 2007, Caldera Delatorre—an illegal immigrant who had already been deported twice in three years—was arrested in North Carolina after causing a highway crash that killed one person and left another seriously injured. He was drunk, using a fake ID, and driving a stolen vehicle at the time… Read more

Another American family has been torn apart because of our nation’s inability to secure its borders and enforce the law. In February 2007, Epigmenio Gomez—a repeat offender who was in the country illegally—was charged with the cold-blooded murder of a teenage girl in Dearborn, Michigan. Despite a prior arrest record, Gomez had managed to avoid deportation, slipping through the cracks of a system that failed to protect innocent citizens. The crime shocked… Read more