I did a search on this and could not find anything. I hope this is not a dup.

Twice-deported illegal alien criminal is Arizona serial rapist suspect

http://www.azcentral.com/community/chan ... n0114.html

A MCCAIN STATE!!!!!!!!! PASS THIS AROUND THE WEB.

Arrest in Chandler Rapist case may fuel debate
Experts: Man's immigration status to inflame closed-border stance
Yvonne Wingett
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 14, 2008 12:00 AM

As Chandler residents regroup following a man's arrest in the rapes that terrorized the city for 18 months, immigration advocates are bracing for the angry tide over illegal immigration to wash over the Valley again.

From talk radio to lunch-time talk, Santana Batiz Aceves' status as a Mexican national who was deported twice before his weekend arrest in the "Chandler Rapist" case will be cited by both those who advocate a hard-line stance on immigration and those who are sympathetic to the plight of undocumented immigrants.

Experts agree that as details of the reported series of attacks on young girls emerge, they will harden the public's attitude toward illegal immigrants - especially because assaults against children are among the worst types of crimes, they say.





"A single incident like this pushes the debate about smart, thoughtful immigration policies to the side," said Demetrios Papademetriou, president of the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank. "There will be no room, there will be no oxygen for rational conversation about immigration as long as the headlines dominate about this horrible incident. People don't forget these kinds of incidents. They may move on, but they don't forget."

Genevieve Quezada Sanders hoped the man believed to be the serial rapist wasn't an undocumented immigrant.

The Chandler grandmother of teen girls was afraid that another illegal immigrant suspected of committing another high-profile crime in the Valley would further deteriorate the nasty debate over illegal immigration. She was angry to learn that Batiz Aceves was back in the country and is believed to be the Chandler Rapist.

"It's so scary, and I'm glad he was caught, but he is not a reflection of the immigrant community," said Quezada Sanders, 50, who lives near the suspect's home. "It's going to create a little more hysteria and negative attitudes about illegal immigrants. People are going to say, 'See, it's the illegal immigrants that are bringing the crime.' "

Crime committed by undocumented immigrants is difficult to quantify, experts on both side of the debate said Sunday.

Valley police departments don't keep track of the numbers of crimes committed by immigrants, legal or illegal, because they consider immigration to be a federal responsibility. The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency concentrates mostly on human- and drug-smuggling operations without comparing its notes with law enforcement in general.

About 20 percent of the 9,423 inmates in Maricopa County jails on Friday had immigration holds, said Maricopa County sheriff's Deputy Doug Matteson. About 10 percent of Arizona's population is made up of Mexican nationals.

Batiz Aceves' illegal status undoubtedly will be held up by most people as the consequences of failures in federal immigration policy, sociologists and national immigration experts said. The crimes he's accused of also will reinforce the stance that the same borders that allow ordinary immigrants to illegally enter the U.S. to find work also allow in immigrants who commit crimes, they said.

"(The U.S. borders) are an open invitation to people who are criminals," said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington organization that opposes any form of legalization for undocumented immigrants. "Just as people come here to take advantage of other benefits this country has to offer, criminals will come here also."

The crimes Batiz Aceves is accused of also will add fuel to the debate about whether state and local police should enforce immigration laws: Batiz Aceves' arrest comes four months after another undocumented immigrant killed Phoenix police Officer Nick Erfle.

Reach the reporter at 602-444-4712 or yvonne.wingett@arizonarepublic.com.

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