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Is Immigration Status Irrelevant in Hernandez Case?

In the court of public opinion, many politicians and pundits had already tried and convicted Francis M. Hernandez, the man accused of killing three people, including a child, in a terrible crash at an ice cream shop on South Havana Street and East Mississippi Avenue. With the media fanning the flames, Hernandez’s citizenship status as undocumented immigrant without a driver’s license was a hot topic before his trial began yesterday.

But the issue of his immigration status did not come up in the prosecution’s opening arguments, which covered vehicular homicide among a list of other serious crimes, according to 9News, an apparent indication that prosecutors don’t think Hernandez’s country of origin will help lead to his conviction.

Hernandez’s defense has attempted to blame another driver who was under the influence of a “dangerously high amountâ€

Hernandez avoided deportation despite a dozen prior arrests in Colorado. Authorities say he used aliases and a false date of birth to slip under the radar of immigration officials (via The Associated Press).

We see this over and over again and yet it is still allowed to happen.