Jose A. Rodriguez was in the United States illegally. He was breaking the law just being in the U.S. In addition to that, he broke other laws.
Rodriguez didn't belong here, but he was here; and he was driving the truck that hit and killed 6-year-old Mackenzie J. Maddox.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The 29-year-old Kenosha man charged in the West Allis crash that killed a 6-year-old girl Monday could face federal charges for re-entering the country illegally after being deported to Mexico in February, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office said Wednesday.
Gail Montenegro, spokeswoman for ICE’s Chicago region, said her agency expects to file federal re-entry charges against Jose A. Rodriguez, accused of striking Mackenzie J. Maddox and her 25-year-old mother, Andrea F. Maddox, both of West Allis as they crossed the street.
Andrea Maddox remains in satisfactory condition at Froedtert Hospital.
Rodriguez was charged Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with driving with a revoked license, causing death, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine and up to nine months in jail. According to the complaint, he was driving a red dump truck north on S. 84th St. and crossed W. Cleveland Ave. under a green light when he struck the two pedestrians.
Rodriguez, who waited for police at the scene, is being detained on an immigration hold at the Milwaukee County Jail. He faces from two to 20 years in prison if convicted, depending on the types of criminal offenses for which he was deported, Montenegro said.
More than 100 friends and family of Mackenzie and her mother held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night near the scene of the collision.
“I’m having a real hard time getting up in the morning and not seeing her there,” said Mackenzie’s grandmother, Christine Maddox. “Mackenzie was a very caring girl, very, very helpful for a 6-year-old. You would think she was 12, as much as she was able to help people.”
According to police, Rodriguez has several traffic-related convictions, including one for driving while intoxicated. He was first identified by ICE while serving 30 days in the Kenosha County Jail on that charge, under the agency’s Criminal Alien Program that identifies individuals who are in the country illegally and serving time in jails and prisons, Montenegro said.
...Rodriguez works for an Oak Creek waterproofing business. He has convictions for driving while intoxicated, speeding, failure to obey a traffic sign and property damage accidents, said West Allis Police Chief Michael Jungbluth.
Not all ILLEGAL immigrants are upstanding people in search of opportunity for a good life in the United States.
Activists like to portray ILLEGAL immigrants as the victims of our heartless, selfish country, as if they're all good people unfairly being harassed by U.S. authorities.
They aren't all good.
Rodriguez wasn't a victim.
Little Mackenzie and her mother Andrea are the victims here. Mackenzie’s grandmother, Christine Maddox, is a victim.
Rodriguez broke our laws, killed a little girl, and surely broke the hearts of Mackenzie’s mom, grandma, other relatives, and friends.
This ILLEGAL immigrant was the victimizer.
He shouldn't have been here and Mackenzie should be alive.
3 comments:
Grief, I am so saddened by these stories and more and more keep turning up...we're either supporting them on welfare, with PELL grants, etc., or supporting them in jail (them being illegals). Curses...and look at our taxation.
Here in Sheboygan we just had an illegal charged with sexual assault on two children. When is America going to collectively stand up and scream, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"
The death of this little girl is so terribly sad. The sexual assault that you mention is awful.
And the reality is these won't be the last of the stories.
Don't expect McCain or Obama to say, "Enough is enough!"
I see no change on the horizon in this disturbing pattern of illegals committing more illegal acts.
actually over 30 percent of whites are on well fare only 15 latinos...including legal immigrants....illegals contribut over 12 mill a year and cannot claim it during taxes due to they do not have papers...so who gets the money the goverment... get your facts strait before saying anything..... and i am on a pell grant for school thank you very much.....for offending... people who cannot afford college like me get those grants.... i did work but i decided to study full time....
realize that most of the time things happen and get noticed is when they say illegal immigrants did this and that when others do something they do not make a big deal..... and for the little girl it is sad of what has happened.... and yes it is his fault.....
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