I think this is a very well written article, a very sad story but it covers the main issues that ae being ignored with sanctuary cities failure to enforce immigration laws. I'm very sad for the family. My prayers go out to them.



November 09, 2008
Hit-and-Run: Death in a 'Sanctuary City'
By David Paulin
It was one of the strangest hit-and-runs police had ever seen in Austin, Texas. Early last September, officers answering a call at 4:19 a.m. found a young man dead along a highway. They surmised he was a motorcyclist. He was, after all, wearing motorcycle garb -- a helmet, black-leather jacket, boots. A few hundred feet away, officers spotted a single skid mark running down the highway, and disappearing from sight. Oddly, no motorcycle could be found.

A check of the victim's driver's license revealed his name: Eric M. Laufer.


Laufer, 25, was a highly-regarded musician and songwriter in Austin -- and unlike many musicians here, the graduate of Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music was politically conservative. Laufer's political leanings and interest in politics were a new passion, say his friends. He'd enthusiastically supported the presidential candidacy of Rep. Ron Paul, the Republican congressman from Texas who, among other positions, advocated a get-tough policy on illegal immigration and border security.



Laufer made no secret of his political views, even though open-borders Austin is a bastion of ultra-liberal politics -- and often extremely intolerant of Republicans. On his Harley-Davidson, he prominently displayed a campaign sticker: “Ron Paul for President 2008.â€