Posted by
JBDavis on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:39:44 PM
This is the reason:
Luciano Melendres, 30, is charged with felony hit-and-run, driving while impaired, driving with a revoked license, driving without liability insurance and driving with fictitious tags.
Melendres was just convicted last week on a DWI charge from a March 16, 2006, incident. He was sentenced to probation, alcohol assessment and treatment and community service and was ordered to pay court costs and have a breathalyzer device installed on his vehicle. Police said they didn't find the device during an initial look inside.
Right Wing News has a good post about this:
Now you can try to deflect attention away from the fact that an illegal immigrant did this any way you want, but here's the reality:
#1) If Luciano Melendres were back home in Mexico where he belonged, instead of in this country illegally, Danny Sims would be alive today.
#2) If Luciano Melendres had been deported after he was caught driving while intoxicated, Danny Sims would be alive.
Danny Sims is dead today because his government failed to enforce our borders and his government failed to deport a drunken illegal alien who was driving around the streets of Charlotte. In other words, Danny Sims is dead because his government failed him.
If I drive under the influence, I expect to be prosecuted to the max. As an American citizen I would lose my licence, pay a bunch of fines, and spend some time in jail. That is the law. The law for an illegal alien who commits this crime is deportation. Enforce the law.