Thread: Deported Felon Arrested AGAIN In Rutherford CO.

Deported Felon Arrested Again In Rutherford Co.

Posted: June 11, 2008 05:15 PM

Rutherford County Sheriff Truman Jones

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Midstate sheriff said police have a problem with undocumented felons who are deported, but return to the area where they commit more crimes.

Rutherford County Sheriff Truman Jones is frustrated.

He said a twice-deported undocumented immigrant returned to the county and behind bars.

Jones said he wants to know when it will end.

"It's just a negative effect all the way down the line. The person is not offering anything substantial to the community at all. He's a taker," he said.

Luis Martinez is a convicted drug dealer who has been deported twice to Mexico. But he's back in the Rutherford County jail.

"You know they're going to come back," Jones said.

Jones said Martinez told the arresting officer he sold heroin. Jones said he was detained in the United States during a routine traffic stop.

It turns out many deported felons don't stay away. They return to the country and help is waiting when they do.

"And they know who to go to. The ones who can make the IDs for them and the ones who can set them up with a job," Jones said.

Police said Martinez was caught with a stolen ID he used to find work.

Rutherford County certainly isn't alone with this problem. Maury County has arrested dozens of illegal immigrants in recent months. Many had been deported, but came back.

Martinez was arrested for dealing drugs in addition to his illegal status. And then there was Gustavo Reyes Garcia. Two years ago, he slammed into a car, killing Mount Juliet couple Sean and Donna Wilson. Garcia had been arrested 14 times before the crash. Deportation didn't work.

"They need to spend the money to get enough officers that are involved on the federal level that can deal with law enforcement on the local level and we work together and we can get those people out of here," Jones said.

Jones said local law enforcement can only do so much. He said that the flow of undocumented immigrants needs to be addressed at its source.

"Somehow that we can actually stop them at the border and keep them from coming in like they are now. There's no logic to it," he said.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will deport more than 200,000 people this year. It is unclear how many people return and commit crimes.

Law enforcement in the Midstate said it's happening on a weekly basis. Jones said his deputies will continue to arrest those who commit crimes. Most offenders are prosecuted and if convicted, they serve their time in the United States before they are deported.


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KOOBSTER

This is why the entire family must be deported, along with the criminal. Much less incentive to come back. Much less incentive to commit the crimes if your family will pay for it too.

Originally Posted by miguelina

This is why the entire family must be deported, along with the criminal. Much less incentive to come back. Much less incentive to commit the crimes if your family will pay for it too.

Yes, deport all of them!