Illegal Rams Feds car with his truck, speeds, drives on sidewalk and flees, caught

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Illegal Alien Convicted of Assault of a Federal Agent


http://www.fbi.gov/sanantonio/press-releases/2013/illegal-alien-convicted-of-assault-of-a-federal-agent





U.S. Attorney’s Office March 28, 2013

• Southern District of Texas (713) 567-9000

LAREDO, TX—Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez, 26, an undocumented Mexican alien living in Laredo, has pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle to assault a Border Patrol agent and to smuggling aliens, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

According to court records and testimony presented this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker, Izquierdo was seen loading persons onto his Ford F-250 truck on January 8, 2013, near the Rancho Viejo Subdivision in Laredo. Agents observed the truck speed away from the riverbanks after the agents’ vehicles approached. After a short pursuit through a residential area which included the truck traveling on residential sidewalks and knocking down a stop sign, Izquierdo eventually lost control and stopped facing the agents’ vehicles.

With persons still in the bed of the pickup truck, Izquierdo rammed the Border Patrol vehicles, injuring one of the agents. He then sped away until he lost control again and crashed into a nearby ditch. Miraculously, the persons in the truck bed managed to remain in the truck but were treated for injuries. Izquierdo was apprehended almost immediately by the agents after abandoning his truck and the passengers. Two passengers were identified as aliens illegally in the United States who said they had paid smugglers to get a ride from Izquierdo.

At today’s hearing, Izquierdo denied knowing there were persons in the bed of his truck, claiming he had just picked up his girlfriend and one other person and was giving them a ride.

Izquierdo will remain in custody pending his sentencing to be set at a later date. At that time, he faces up to 20 years for using a dangerous weapon, a Ford F-250 in this case, to assault a federal officer. For smuggling an alien illegally in the United States, he also faces a maximum 10-year term of federal imprisonment. Both crimes also carry up to a possible $250,000 fine.

The matter was investigated by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of Border Patrol, Laredo Police Department, and the Webb County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Homero Ramirez prosecuted the case.

 

[Wolfmoon]

Illegal Alien Convicted of Assault of a Federal Agent

http://www.fbi.gov/sanantonio/press-releases/2013/illegal-alien-convicted-of-assault-of-a-federal-agent



U.S. Attorney’s Office March 28, 2013

• Southern District of Texas (713) 567-9000

LAREDO, TX—Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez, 26, an undocumented Mexican alien living in Laredo, has pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle to assault a Border Patrol agent and to smuggling aliens, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

According to court records and testimony presented this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker, Izquierdo was seen loading persons onto his Ford F-250 truck on January 8, 2013, near the Rancho Viejo Subdivision in Laredo. Agents observed the truck speed away from the riverbanks after the agents’ vehicles approached. After a short pursuit through a residential area which included the truck traveling on residential sidewalks and knocking down a stop sign, Izquierdo eventually lost control and stopped facing the agents’ vehicles.

With persons still in the bed of the pickup truck, Izquierdo rammed the Border Patrol vehicles, injuring one of the agents. He then sped away until he lost control again and crashed into a nearby ditch. Miraculously, the persons in the truck bed managed to remain in the truck but were treated for injuries. Izquierdo was apprehended almost immediately by the agents after abandoning his truck and the passengers. Two passengers were identified as aliens illegally in the United States who said they had paid smugglers to get a ride from Izquierdo.

At today’s hearing, Izquierdo denied knowing there were persons in the bed of his truck, claiming he had just picked up his girlfriend and one other person and was giving them a ride.

Izquierdo will remain in custody pending his sentencing to be set at a later date. At that time, he faces up to 20 years for using a dangerous weapon, a Ford F-250 in this case, to assault a federal officer. For smuggling an alien illegally in the United States, he also faces a maximum 10-year term of federal imprisonment. Both crimes also carry up to a possible $250,000 fine.

The matter was investigated by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of Border Patrol, Laredo Police Department, and the Webb County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Homero Ramirez prosecuted the case.

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Granny says, "Dat's right - we need more drones onna border...

Sen. Chuck Schumer on Border Security: ‘We Certainly Need More Drones’
April 23, 2013 – Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a Senate Judiciary hearing on the Immigration Modernization Act, a bill he helped author, that visiting the U.S. southern border was a “revelation” and more drones were needed to secure it.

“Look, I went to the border,” Schumer said on Tuesday. “It was a revelation to me.” Schumer’s trip to Arizona was with Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain, both of Arizona, and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) – all part of the so-called “Gang of Eight” that unveiled the legislation last week.

Describing the surveillance technology “amazing,” Schumer called for increasing the number of drones along the U.S. border with Mexico. “If you use air – particularly drones – you can actually figure out where the people are going and get – force them, apprehend them 20, 30, 40, 50 miles inland,” Schumer said. “And the drones have the ability to follow that. “We certainly need more drones. We need more air. The people on the border made that clear to us, and it should increase the effectiveness rate dramatically, in my opinion at least. Do you disagree?” Schumer asked the sole witness at the hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Napolitano responded to Schumer by referring to the “denominator,” or part of a mathematical formula DHS uses to measure the effectiveness of border security efforts. “Well, I won’t disagree, and the technology, I think, as it’s implemented will give us more confidence in the denominator, which has always been one of the major problems in calculating the effectiveness,” Napolitano said.

The 844-page immigration bill will, as currently written, provide a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

Sen. Chuck Schumer on Border Security: ?We Certainly Need More Drones? | CNS News

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Napolitano to Sen. Sessions on Poor Morale at ICE: ‘It’s Not Just With ICE – It’s Throughout the Department’
April 23, 2013 – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) questioned Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at a hearing Tuesday about the low morale of employees of DHS’ Immigration of Customs Enforcement agency.

“We have a very real problem,” Sessions said. “In December of 2012 – a few months ago – a survey of federal agencies showed that morale of ICE employees had dropped in rankings to 279th out of 291 federal agencies. “Were you aware that morale at ICE has plummeted?” Sessions asked. “Oh yes,” Napolitano said. “And, in fact, employee morale is a real concern of mine.” “And it’s not just with ICE, it’s throughout the department,” Napolitano said.

In June of 2010, the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, ICE’s labor union, sent a “Vote of No Confidence” letter to ICE leadership. “On June 11, 2010, the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council and its constituent local representatives from around the nation, acting on behalf of approximately 7,000 ICE officers and employees from the ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), cast a unanimous ‘Vote of No Confidence’ in the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), John Morton, and the Assistant Director of the ICE Office of Detention Policy and Planning, (ODPP), Phyllis Coven,” the letter stated.

As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, a 2011 memorandum issued by Morton directed “prosecutorial discretion” for enforcing federal immigration law – guidance that has come under sharp criticism , including from the ICE union and its president, Chris Crane. Crane testified before the same committee in February about ICE agents being preventing from doing their job. “I think most Americans assume that ICE agents and officers are empowered by the government to enforce the law,” Crane said at the hearing. “Nothing could be further from the truth." “With 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S., ICE agents are now prohibited from arresting illegal aliens solely on charges of illegal entry or VISA overstay – the two most frequently violated sections of U.S. immigration law,” Crane said.

The hearing today, Apr. 22, centered around the 844-page Immigration Modernization Act, proposed by the “Gang of Eight” Republicans and Democrats that, in part, offers a pathway to citizenship to the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

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Why is this garden variety crime something we need to know about?

 

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Why is this garden variety crime something we need to know about?

Human Trafficking

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A Border Patrol Agent is a law enforcement agent of the Federal Government and The Department of Homeland Security. They have all the powers of law enforcement officers to detain and arrest and imprison people whether they’re citizen or non-citizen alike. LINK


Let’s say, you as an American citizen would try to run over a police officer with your truck, while you were trying to escape with a pickup load full of illegal alien human cargo. And you illegally made them pay you a fee to sneak them into the United States illegally. Plus, it’s illegal to ride in the back of a pickup while on the roadways. How long do you think you would have to serve in prison for that?

Would it be a little thing if you tried to kill a police officer with your truck and was committing a crime of human trafficking while being in the United States illegally and driving without a legal driver’s license and without proper insurance or documentation? What kind of charges do you think you would receive and how many years in federal prison do you think you might have to serve?

If you were the officers involved in the arrest OR the illegal aliens facing those charges, I don’t think you would think it was a little thing while you were sitting in jail waiting to find out how much time you would serve in federal prison.

The priority mission of the Border Patrol is preventing terrorists and terrorists' weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, from entering the United States. LINK


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