You can’t make this stuff up. If Americans ever got the straight story from the media on what many of Washington’s liberal Democrats really believe, the party and its liberal representatives would be through in a week.
Remember Scott Gardner and his family? The young Gaston County teacher made the mistake of attempting to drive to the beach with his family one fateful day in 2005. The family was essentially decimated by illegal immigrant drunk driver Ramiro Gallegos, who had several prior drunk driving arrests on his record.
He smashed into the Gardners’ car in a firey wreck that killed Scott and left his wife Tina in a permanent vegetative state, completely dependent on her elderly parents. Their two young children were essentially orphaned, and have since been raised by her parents.
Ask your average American on the street — I don’t care who just grab the first person you see — and I guarantee they’d support immediately deporting Gallegos after he served his sentence. But Democrats in the House are once again arguing passionately against the Scott Gardner Act, sponsored by Charlotte are Rep Sue Myrick, which would mandate an automatic immigration status check and deportation for any illegal immigrant convicted of driving drunk.
You’d think this wouldn’t be controversial with any rational person, but when it comes to illegals who kill people behind the wheel, the Democrats only see future drunk drivers voters.
Here’s a sample of the deceptive ridiculousness from the Dems testifying against the Scott Gardner Act:
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), who also testified on the first panel at the hearing, argued that drunk driving was already covered when state and local law enforcement agencies are taking part in the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program, which allows them to check an arrested individual’s legal status using a federal database.
“H.R. 3808 can’t help with deportations for drunk driving because ICE already considers DUI a high priority offense,” Gonzalez said in his opening remarks.
That’s true, but only in the jurisdictions where immigration status is automatically checked. In many, it still isn’t. The bill is needed because while some law enforcement agencies across the country automatically check immigration status of everyone arrested, many don’t, including so-called sanctuary cities, where no one’s immigration status is checked no matter what they do, allowing illegals to walk out of jail on bond and disappear. Without this law, in many places Gallegos would simply be turned loose after he served his 13 year sentence — yes, he only got 13 years — with no immigration check, free to drink, get behind the wheel and take out another family. Gonzalez, who has led the charge to end all programs like 287g that check immigration status of arrested illegals, certainly knows this.
Here’s an example of this problem from the article:
In a related case, however, Brian McCann’s deceased brother, Dennis McCann, lived in Cook County, a jurisdiction where officials have said they will not cooperate with federal authorities on immigration matters. In fact, Saul Chavez, the man who killed Dennis McCann in a drunk-driving incident, had five prior drunk-driving arrests was either jailed briefly or released, including when he was released on bail before he could be tried in court for Dennis McCann’s death.
Chavez’s whereabouts are still unknown, according to authorities.
Other Dems who testified against the bill said it should be voted down because it violated illegals’ “constitutional rights.” Here’s more:
“By directing state officers to treat people differently based upon their perceived alienage, the bill would essentially become a national version of the Arizona and Alabama immigration laws, inviting widespread racial profiling and discrimination in violation of the Constitution,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the ranking Democratic member, said at Wednesday’s hearing.
The big lie here is that illeglas would be treated differently or racially profiled. If you are an American citizen who drives drunk and you can’t present a legal, valid ID, you will automatically be subjected to an identity search using DMV, citizenship, address, criminal, birth records until the authorities determine who you are. These Democrats are actually arguing that illegals not be subject to identity checks that Americans would have to undergo. After all, no one knows you are illegal until AFTER they fail to identify you as a citizen. So no one would be treated differently. What Dems actually want here is a LOWER identification standard for illegal drunk drivers than for American drunk drivers. It’s obscene.
What’s even more obscene is that the Scott Gardner Act has yet to pass the House. How hard is this?
