by hamous · 03/12/2009 6:00 am

Over the last year or so the lame duck mayor has finally realized that illegal alien criminals are a bad thing:

Houston police identified the suspect in a shooting last week that critically injured a police officer as an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, saying federal immigration officials missed multiple opportunities to deport him.

On Tuesday, Mayor Bill White said the disclosure about the immigration status of Wilfido Joel Alfaro, who was fatally shot by officers executing a drug search warrant Thursday night, highlights the federal government’s failure to identify and deport illegal immigrants convicted of crimes. Officer Richard Salter, shot in the face during the raid, in southeast Houston remains at a local hospital.

White said the federal government has “let us down.â€