Thread: Illegal Aliens Are Nation’s Most Lethal Drivers

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Illegal Aliens Are Nation’s Most Lethal Drivers

We often hear from the left that illegal immigration is a victimless crime. That is a bald-faced lie and, once you read FSM’s fifth-in-a-series reports on illegal immmigration, you will agree with FSM that this erroneous and misleading idea is an insult and a moral outrage to the memory of the many Americans who have died at the hands of illegals in our country. Get angry - as you should - and follow the link at the end of this astonishing article.

Illegal Aliens Are Nation’s Most Lethal Drivers
The Editors
On October 19, 2003, the ex-quarterback for the University of Colorado football team, John Hesler, was driving his Honda Accord on Interstate 76 in Colorado when it was clipped by an SUV sending it across a median and into the path of a pickup truck, causing a horrific accident. The driver and passenger of the SUV fled the scene and haven't been found. The Colorado State Patrol told Hesler's family that they most likely are in Mexico. As of March 2006, John Hesler was still going through extensive physical therapy. The car that caused the accident did not have insurance. Since the driver was not apprehended or ticketed, no one knows whether he had a license. Most likely he did not, but even if so, false documentation is a major problem in Colorado, as well as across the USA.
For now, let’s look at only one area of the United States: the East Coast. For a detailed report on what is happening on the roads and highways of the East Coast, see the article Harvest of death on the Eastern Shore where it is reported that while 5% of the population is Hispanic in the area, they are involved in 25% of the fatal traffic accidents, an astounding 5 times as much participation as representation! Given the fact that most of the Hispanic community is, like other ethnic groups, law abiding and responsible citizens, that means that the illegal alien portion of the Hispanic community is even worse. How much worse no one knows because no one is tracking it.
A review of State Police auto accident reports for 2002 through 2004 for that area of the Eastern Shore also revealed that of the 179 accidents involving Hispanic laborers:
· 75% of the drivers had no auto insurance.
· Nearly all of the vehicles driven by migrants were registered to other drivers.
· 93% of the vehicles had false out-of-state tags.
In 2003 and 2004, 128 of the 395 people, 32.4%, arrested on DUI charges were Hispanic, a rate six times greater than the Hispanic portion of the population.
The article goes on, “When crashes occur, it is not uncommon for Hispanic drivers – often intoxicated and unlicensed – to flee before troopers arrive. According to State Police records, about a third of accidents involving migrant workers are hit-and-run. State Trooper Koushel said migrants often cannot be conclusively identified when they’re stopped for a violation or involved in an accident.” “Many”, he said, “are illegal aliens who carry fake or invalid driver’s licenses”. “Because of that”, he said, “many fail to show up in court. It’s almost like writing a ticket to a ghost.”
For more information on the DUI problem, see Hispanics in crashes lead DWI stats.
Illegal aliens who drive without licenses often cannot read English. As a result, they don’t know the rules of the road and can’t read highway signs. Couple that with the higher tendency for DUI driving, and many illegal aliens are the worst drivers on the road, as noted by some of the various traffic accident statistics cited in this paper. Add in the fact that they generally have no insurance and that makes them, as a group, the most irresponsible drivers on the road, as well.
As noted in No license to drive: Illegal immigrant drivers creating problem in De Queen, Arkansas, population 5,765:
“Hispanic drivers in De Queen without driver’s licenses have become an accident waiting to happen, an official said. “The majority of Hispanics have no driver’s license and they’re part of the illegal immigration problem. If they’re here illegally, they can’t get into the system to get driver’s license. In most cases they don’t have car insurance either,” said Mayor Billy Ray McKelvy.
The drivers also have no vehicle insurance and no liability insurance, says McKelvy.
…In the last two months, De Queen has been averaging about an accident per week involving Hispanic drivers with no driver’s licenses. Ten vehicles have been involved and the average amount of damage per vehicle was estimated to be $3,000. So far, none of the crashes in De Queen have been fatal.”
However the consequences of illegal aliens driving have not just been a few cars damaged as in DeQueen. Putting some of the personal consequences of the “victimless crime” into perspective:
Marine Corporal Brian Mathews, 21, and his girlfriend Jennifer Bower, 24, were killed by a drunk illegal alien Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano who slammed into their car when it was stopped at a traffic light. Brian Mathews was on leave, after returning from duty in Iraq. Morales-Soriano had a blood-alcohol level that was four times the legal limit.
Ryan Ostendorf, a 28 year old paramedic, who was also a Kansas University student and who dreamed of becoming a doctor, was killed by illegal alien Victor Anzua-Torresa who had ignored an order to receive treatment after his previous drunken-driving conviction. Anzua-Torresa had also been previously deported in 2000 and been arrested for several other offenses, including possession of drug paraphernalia.
20 year old Natalie Housand was killed when illegal alien Jesus Garcia Lopez hit her car while going 100 MPH, driving drunk. Amazingly, after the head-on collision, Lopez fled the scene.
Donna and Sean Wilson of Juliet Tennessee, were killed by illegal alien Gustavo Reyes Garcia who had been,arrested 14 times in the previous five years prior to when he ran into and killed them, again driving while intoxicated. Garcia had previously been arrested 5 times on DUIs.
Kelly Bergen, 25, a teacher, was crushed between two potato trucks, an accident caused by an illegal alien driving without a license or insurance.
Tricia Ann Taylor, 17, lost both her legs above the knees when she was pinned against a wall by a drunken illegal alien with seventeen prior violations who hit her while drag racing.
5-year-old Felix Leon was killed in a hit and run accident by illegal alien Carlos Jaramillo.
Christopher Shackleford, 19, Julieanne Pascoe, 18, and Kelli Bourgeois, 18, were all killed in Marietta, Georgia, by an illegal alien drunk driver. He did not have a valid driver's license or insurance but did have a blood alcohol level at twice the legal limit.
Brandon Haley, 31, was killed while riding his bicycle in a hit and run by illegal alien Lazardo Lobaton.
Chicago Police Officer Michael Gordonlost his life to a drunken illegal alien driver. Officer Gordon was in the driver's seat of his squad car when it was struck by Luis Calle, a Guatemalan, whose blood alcohol level was 0.177, twice the legal limit.
Helen Hughes, 22, Jennifer Carter, 18, and Hughes' stepbrother, 16-year-old Ben Leonard were all killed by an illegal alien, who allegedly was driving drunk, and already had a long record of crime in the United States.
22-year-old Amy Kortlang was killed by an illegal alien driving without a license and while drunk. The illegal alien driver had been previously deported, barely six months prior to causing the accident.
Oakland Police Officer Will Seuis was killed on his ride home by an illegal alien. A sixteen-year veteran of the Police Department, Officer Seuis was remembered at his funeral as a hard-working cop who had received 33 letters of appreciation from citizens, including one from a motorist he had ticketed. The killer had a long history of traffic convictions.
Peggy Keller, dean of distance education at Yakima Valley Community College, was killed by a twice deported illegal alien who was driving under the influence of methamphetamines.
19 year old Travis Smith was killed when he was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by an illegal alien who was transporting four other illegal aliens to Pennsylvania.
Six year old Annie Cumpston was killed in a hit-and-run accident in downtown Baltimore by a truck driven by illegal alien Guillermo Diaz when it veered into the crosswalk as she and her family were leaving the circus. When Diaz was arrested, he did not have a driver's license, the tags on the truck were expired and his blood-alcohol level was 0.07 percent. Diaz had been in the United States illegally for four years doing construction work. He received 10 years in prison but is eligible for parole in just two years. This is an example of a horrific crime where all the links are gone but you can find the story at CRIME VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
The above instances are only a small sampling. Here are a few more links on the carnage being caused by illegal alien drivers:
· Illegal Alien Charged In Traffic Death To Be Deported
· How open borders turn Americans into roadkill
· Illegal, 17, runs down hero cop
· Illegal Immigrant Gets Maximum Sentence In Hit & Run Death
· Illegal Immigrant Who Drove Wrong Way Gets 13 Years In Fatal DWI Crash.
How bad is the problem? See: The Carnage of Unisured Motoristsfor a detailed report on the havoc caused by illegal alien drivers in an East Coast communityand Numbers flabbergast legislators - Crashes, arrests highlight illegal immigration problem, lawmakers say where during a few days of bad weather in Colorado, over 100 illegal aliens were in auto accidents or given traffic tickets.
For a growing twist on the problem, see: Illegals without driver’s licenses register cars and Dangerous Loophole Allows Illegal Drivers On Road.
So much for illegal immigration being a victimless crime. C’mon America…this is YOUR problem and only YOU can clean it up. Your elected officials will not do this unless you tell them to. Go here to register your complaint. Your thoughts matter.

In the next part of our series, we will examine how illegals are killing not only Americans and themselves, but other illegals as well.
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Crusader,

Good find. I've heard the numbers were high but I've never seen the stats.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

Crusader,

Good find. I've heard the numbers were high but I've never seen the stats.

Dixie

Thanks. What really makes me sick and angry is that these Americans would be alive today if Washington would have enforced the law concerning illegals from the start, and further legislation would have been passed to end it once and for all! I wonder if politicians in Washington have seen these statistics? I see it only getting worse unless we the people refuse to be victims of these illegal aliens anymore.