Thread: Question about illegal killed man on I-40 in Raleigh

I was wondering if there is any way we can find out the concrete company who had employeed the illegal mexican that was driving under the influance of alcohol and killed 54 year old man on the morning of 6/4/07?

I would love to report them to ICE and protest infront of their office.....

Also, are there any plans to have a candle light demonstration for George Alwyin Smith the Cary man that was killed?

thanks

Not positive, but I believe I read or heard somewhere that the guy was from Concord, NC. Or maybe that is just where he stole the vehicle from.

One article I found says that his vehicle was a stolen SUV. He was deported twice!!! Here's the article:

Federal authorities say the driver, who first said he was Michael Delatorre, is really Ricardo Contreras.

Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials say Contreras is in the country illegally, and that he had been picked up by ICE officials in California and deported twice in April of 2004.

ICE officials have placed a detainer on him at the jail.

Contreras made his first court appearance today.

State Troopers say he was driving while impaired and crossed the median on I-40, slamming into two cars.

The driver of one of those two cars, 54-yea-old George Smith of Cary died at the scene.

Prosecutors say Contreras could face more charges. State Troopers say the SUV he was driving was stolen from the Charlotte area.

The percentage of Hispanics arrested for drunken driving is much higher than their population percentage.

Hispanic advocates say more education is needed.

One state lawmaker says he's tired of excuses from government officials. He says this is proof our immigration system is severely flawed.

State Representative George Cleveland is steamed knowing the man who caused the wreck is not only here illegally, but has been booted from the U.S two times before.

"We're illegal alien friendly with our policies," said Jacksonville Republican George Cleveland.

Rep. Cleveland has introduced several bills aimed at clamping down on illegal immigrants, but his measures have not gotten anywhere.

He wonders how many lives need to be lost, how much money spent until the public says enough is enough.

"For us as taxpayers to put this guy in jail for 20 years, at $25,000, $27,000 a year, it's insane, and deporting isn't working either, we need to secure the border," Cleveland said.

For it's part, advocacy agency El Pueblo is busy trying to educate Latinos on the dangers of drinking and driving.

"It's events like these motivate us to keep doing the work that we do," said Irene Godinez, El Pueblo's public safety specialist.

El Pueblo and the state are working together to try to cut down on DWI cases in the Hispanic community, including an ad campaign aimed at Latino radio and tv stations.

But is the message getting across? El Pueblo says they have a pressing challenge because of a growing population.

"So even though it may seem that the community is not listening, its just the fact we believe that there is new immigrants coming in, so it's just a constant work," Godinez said.

We also have information on the passenger in Contreras' vehicle. He was also here illegally, and had been deported once before in 2000 from Texas. Federal officials picked him up from the hospital today.

http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/ne ... -0029.html

Educating illegal aliens about drunken driving? Let's see, breaking into this country, being deported twice, stealing a car, drunken driving, and this is all we know about...and El Pueblo says we need to educate him and other illegal aliens about drunken driving??? Are we supposed to provide special Spanish tutorial classes too?

Nothing makes sense anymore.

I think there should be a memorial procession for Americans who have died because of illegal immigrants. Something very somber in Washington, DC. Maybe when debate over enforcement of existing laws starts taking place in Congress.

I called by NC state rep today, Grier Martin. He was in the office &
we talked a while. He said no one has called him about this &
he only knows what he read in the paper. I told him that people
are going to be watching the bills in the house & senate wrt illegals
killing us on the roads.

We need someone like O-Reilly to pick this up as a crusade. It did
get some play on Fox Report at the national level. I always wonder
why the family doesn't raise a little cain over it. Perhaps they do
but the illegal friendly local media doesn't go for it.

When a Nation of Laws Decides to Selectively Enforce Those Laws for Political and Corporate Gains This is the End Result, Legal Americans Pay
by John — Illegal Alien Crime Reports

This is only a fraction of what is going on in our “Nation Of Lawsâ€

I think that someone like O'Reilly might pick up this story if it was brought to the show's attention. This is another illustrated example of how justice isn't served. Why are US citizens being killed by the likes of these repeat offenders? We need to hold our counties and states responsible for these deaths!

I joined ALIPAC after the two 18-year old girls were killed by a repeat-offender illegal alien here in Virginia. I made a decision to act aggressively in the fight against illegal aliens in America. No one, especially our children, should lose their life to illegal trespassers invading our country.

At the time of the teenagers' deaths, Virginia Beach was known as a 'santuary city' and since the death of those girls, the backlash and anger at local residents and people across the Nation was enormous. Virginia Beach is now changing their procedures.

We can object to "the system" now. We should do the same for this man who's life was robbed, too. It is the least we can do -- let's speak out so that he did not die in vain.

Collectively, we really DO have a voice. We really CAN make changes, but we have to be strong and demanding of our rights. Stay angry at the escalating crimes. The growing problem is an outrage. Stay passionate!

I will write a letter to the NC Senators. Who else will ?

Originally Posted by us_patriot

Not positive, but I believe I read or heard somewhere that the guy was from Concord, NC. Or maybe that is just where he stole the vehicle from.

You mean "ILLEGALLY living in Concord" not "from Concord"

What a sad story, sadly one of too many like this