Hindsight
Questions surface about citizenship of crime spree suspect
The implication of this article is that if the judge and the prosecutor had somehow seen to it that this then-misdemeanant was deported to Mexico back in 2008, he couldn’t have committed the horrible crimes he’s now alleged to have committed. (The article names the judge in the 2008 case, doesn’t name the deputy prosecutor, and found a creative way to name the defense attorney.)
The article comes from WSBT-TV, which interestingly warned commenters on a previous report on this story:
Because of some comments made – and subsequently deleted by us – on a previous web story on these crimes, we want to give fair warning that comments about the citizenship status of the people involved in this story will be deleted, and the commenters will likely be banned. If the question of a person’s legal status comes up in comments on a story where citizenship status is not mentioned and is not a pertinent part of that story, we often view that as racism – a ban-worthy offense. This rule holds for comments on any story posted to our website or social media sites.
WSBT got it right the first time: Citizenship status is not a pertinent part of this story.
ADDED, from an earlier report on this story in the Elkhart Truth:
Q: Why wasn’t Macias deported after he got in trouble?
A: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, points to limited resources in setting priorities.
According to an agency policy statement, their agents focus “limited resources on three high priority areas – the identification and removal of criminals and national security threats, fugitives, and recent border entrants and others who game the system. ICE is serious about tough, sensible enforcement, and the facts speak for themselves. In a world of limited resources, ICE pursues rational priorities, namely public safety, border security, national security and maintaining the integrity of our immigration system.”
That means someone convicted of a couple of misdemeanor domestic-battery cases probably isn’t going to reach the agency’s radar screen.
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