Amerika

As America finds itself divided again over the question of illegal immigration, which invokes not just the problem of people willing to break our laws to get in but the notion that those who abandon their countries for easier lives elsewhere are not the best people, it makes sense to revisit the long history of illegal aliens wreaking havoc on Americans.

Consider the murder case of Cally Jo Larson:

Larson, 12, was found dead in her home April 20. Her 17-year-old sister found the body. Cally was killed by a stab wound to the chest and was hanging by her neck. Her body was partially nude when it was found and she had been sexually assaulted. Police said her attacker probably broke into the home before Larson returned from school.

…They hope Texas prison doctors, who reportedly examine prisoners upon incarceration, noted the existence of small beads Sanchez had implanted under the skin on his penis. If they did, the records will establish Sanchez had the implants before the murder. The medical examiner who performed Cally Jo’s autopsy said damage done during the rape was worse than normal, and that such implants could have been the difference.

…Sanchez’ attorneys say Waseca police should have told Sanchez of his right to call the Mexican Consulate office in the United States.

But authorities say they never knew, even though Sanchez spoke limited English, that Sanchez was a citizen of Mexico. He told authorities on several occasions he was from Texas. He even produced a Texas identification card and birth certificate to prove it.

Not only did the killer have a long record of property crimes, but so did his brother and half-brother, and the killer was in the process of a spree of home invasions in a town where, previously, no one locked their doors.

That is what you give up with illegal immigration: the sense of safety and community. Now you are aliens in an alienating world, always watching for other people trying to steal from you or hurt you.

Tags: cally jo larson, crime, illegal immigration