Citing Murder, Top Trump Official Condemns N.Y. Sanctuary Policy

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Source: New York Times

The Trump administration took renewed aim at New York City’s so-called sanctuary policies on Friday after the recent arrest of an undocumented Guyanese man on charges that he raped and murdered a 92-year-old woman in Queens.

Matthew T. Albence, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accused the city of allowing the accused killer of the woman, Maria Fuertes, to walk free months ago when he should have been held for possible deportation.

“A phone call, one simple phone call, and Ms. Fuertes would be alive today,” Mr. Albence said at a news conference at the ICE field office in Lower Manhattan.

His sharp rebuke came at the same time as the woman’s family also criticized the authorities. Speaking at his mother’s funeral on Thursday, one of Ms. Fuertes’s sons, Hugo Fuertes, said, “I blame the city as much as immigration because they have not done an adequate job.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/nyregion/reeaz-khan-immigration-maria-fuertes.html

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Further down the article gives more info about the victim and more quotes from her son:

Ms. Fuertes emigrated to New York from the Dominican Republic in the 1960s and was a legal resident of the United States, her son said. In recent years, she collected cans around her neighborhood of South Richmond Hill, Queens, and was described after her death as a beloved figure in her community.

Even as Mr. Fuertes critcized the city’s handling of Mr. Khan’s assault case, he also denounced recent federal immigration policies resulting in more deportations and child separation. “They do not do what they should be doing,” said Mr. Fuertes, 69.

He said in an interview that he agreed with sanctuary city policies but did not believe “criminals” should be walking out on the streets.

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1. But pollute the air and water and poison the kids

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2. guns everywhere are A-OK too

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3. They do this all the time, cherry pick one case involving a bad immigrant

No mention of how many non-immigrant rapes and murderers were also committed. Obviously a small percent of immigrants, some coming from a violent upbringing, emotionally damaged and violence prone, may commit a crime like this.

But they will run a story like this all day on Fox News. With beautiful blurred around the edges old photos of a grandmother smiling with her grand kids etc...flashed with the worst picture they could get of the offender. And imply, never say, that this is going on all the time. And its because of Democrats lack of action, you too may be murdered by a crazy Democratic-voting illegal alien!!!