Thread: Mexia, Texas attorney has novel enforcement solution

Attorney Carlton Hughes of Mexia Texas has a reason to care about enforcement of immigration policy. His 18-year-old niece was run off the road, abducted, stabbed and raped by a pair of illegal aliens. She suffered stab wounds to the shoulder, lung, and right eye and was repeatedly raped over a two-hour period by her abductors before being left for dead. Her assailants were both working in this country though they were illegal entrants from Mexico and Honduras. The two are now in police custody and will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison on the US taxpayer dollar unless they receive the death penalty.

Hughes points out that the Honduran illegal had previously been arrested for DUI, but was not deported despite the fact that his illegal status was known. Beyond blaming the police and ICE officials who allowed this man, who had brazenly identified himself as an MS13 gang member after his DUI arrest, to stay in the country and eventually savage his niece, Hughes wants to use a legal principle known as vicarious liability to seek restitution for his niece's injuries, as well as restitution to the US taxpayers who will have to support these animals for the rest of their lives, from those who harbored and employed them. He points out that it is a crime to hire illegal aliens and to provide housing to illegals, and so he wants to sue the men's employer as well as the apartment complex that rented them housing. If the government will not enforce the laws relative to the facilitators of these illegal invaders, then he wants to use the tort system to make them pay for what they are costing their fellow citizens. I think that's a great idea!

I also think that we need to do more to hold the feet of law enforcement to the fire over their catch and release policies. Had the Honduran man been deported when he was caught endangering American lives while driving while blind drunk, perhaps this unfortunate young woman would still be enjoying her life, rather than spending the rest of it with a damaged shoulder and lung, the loss of vision in one eye, and the nightmares she will no doubt be haunted with for the rest of her life. It is a crying shame that law enforcement cannot be held accountable for their failure to do the jobs they are paid to do. I would be happier if the police and ICE officers who let this human scum go the first time had to pay their share for the damage their negligence has done.

I hope he gets some justice out of this. This should be brought to the attention of every American citizen who has been terrorized or killed by an illegal.

Go get 'em!!

I hope he does prevail.

Maybe he could be the one to approach about a class action lawsuit.

When law enforcement won't act, which seems to be the case most often, this is a great way to hit the enablers where it hurts! They allow these illegals to make a cheap buck. If we hit them financially, they will change their ways.
D.W.

Has he filed the law suit yet?

Originally Posted by xanadu

Has he filed the law suit yet?

Not yet. The crime was fairly recent and the vicitm is still recovering, I think that this guy will make some serious noise before all is said and done. I hope he turns this into a national crusade and that his niece will eventually allow herself to become the face of American victimhood at the hands of vicious illegal alien criminals.

Finally, Tort will be used for good instead of extortion!

He's got what we need in this fight.......moxy. Love it

I think this is great! All American's should go after them.

Dixie

Godspeed to Mr Hughes and his niece. Somedays, I just don't understand why people are so malicious and destructive....

We can only hope that he succeeds and sets an example that ALL employers will soon know about.

I pray his niece recovers and is able to lose the memory of her attack.

Cudos to her uncle. In this case, it's a good thing to have an attorney in the family. May he sue the pants off of all the liable parties AND WIN!