Speech #1140087173

She had graduated and enjoyed the graduation ceremonies the day before when an illegal. criminal alien. drunkdriving perpetrator. ran her down and rearended her in the street and killed Sarah Root. Sarah Root was a 4.0 student with the world ahead of her. wanting to contribute to this country. to life. to society. living and loving life. Her life was abruptly ended by a criminal alien who had been encountered by law enforcement before whose immigration attorneys knew him. [ 1815 Two of them have been quoted in the newspaper at this point. He had been released. He had been released onto the streets where he now had three times the blood alcohol content allowable by law. drag racing in the streets. killed Sarah Root. Her mother. Michelle. told the story yesterday of her daughter. whom she loved so deeply. and all through the rest of her life and her familys life. they will carry this hole. this ache in their heart that didnt need to be. Sarah Root would be alive today if the President had done his job. if law enforcement had been allowed to do their job. if ICE had responded when local law enforcement called them. and if ICEand on top of that. sometimes ICE issues a detainer. and local law enforcement releases them from a sanctuary city. This is mixed up both ways. We have ICE. who is prohibited from doing its job. who sometimes wont when they want to. local law enforcement who wont cooperate with ICE because ICE sent out a letter a yearandahalf ago or so that said ICE detainers are a recommendation. they are no longer mandatory. Congress passed a law and directed the Department of Homeland Security to establish the rule that would have the force and effect of law that ICE detainers are mandatory. They wrote the rule that ICE detainers are mandatory. and Dan Ragsdale. the interim director of ICE. issued a letter that said to all local law enforcement: no. it is a recommendation. it is not mandatory. Now we have in this confused. jumbledup mess of the refusal to enforce the law. to take care that the laws are faithfully executedwe have the deaths of our childrenour childrenJoshua Wilkerson. Sarah Root. And while Sarah Roots mother is in transit to come here to testifyby the way. this drunk driving. illegal alien. homicidal accident that killed Sarah Root. the 4.0 student happenedI keep hearing about the valedictorians that come across the river. Sarah was very close to being the valedictorian of her college class. She didnt get a chance to live and love life beyond 1 day after her graduation. While her mother is here with tears in her eyes. flying from Omaha where this tragedy took place. to testify before the United States Congress. there is another incident in Omaha. this time a very similar incident. another illegal alien who had been incarcerated before or picked up before and released again. This illegal alien killed Margarito NavaLuna. a 34- or 35yearold man who was walking down the streets of Omaha. This driver. this illegal. had three times the blood alcohol content as well. as was the driver who killed Sarah Root. Now. every one of these are preventable.