Illegal Immigrants Not Deported After Convictions
POSTED: 1:54 pm CDT May 8, 2007
UPDATED: 7:27 am CDT May 9, 2007
HOUSTON -- Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m.
UPDATED: 7:27 am CDT May 9, 2007
HOUSTON -- Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of an Investigators story that aired on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m.
Local 2 investigates murders, robberies -- violence that never had to happen. But they did at the hands of criminal illegal immigrants.
And, tonight, investigative reporter Amy Davis is here to show why these criminals are still in our neighborhoods and communities.
You might suspect when illegal immigrants are caught committing violent crimes, it means automatic deportation.
That's simply not the case.
We dug through months of arrest records and immigration documents to find criminal illegal immigrants can get three, four and even six strikes, and still be allowed in our country.
You've seen these immigration rallies -- hundreds of marchers. But among these faces, you won't likely find Jimmy Ascencio, convicted of assault, evading arrest, DWI and robbery.
The chance is also slim you'll see Gonzalo Roldan, convicted of theft, burglary, auto theft, and manufacturing and delivering cocaine.
Both men were arrested, and according to the Harris County Sheriff's Department -- both admitted they are in the U.S. illegally.
But we discovered both are now out of jail and likely somewhere in the Houston area.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds illegal criminals at this facility on Greens Road.
It's where we watched three illegal aliens walk away, papers in hand, back into your community.
We found men charged with murder, convicted drug dealers and thieves. But, believe it or not, this is the face that frightens Grace Garcia.
"He picked up the gun, aimed it straight at my daughter and killed her," she said.
Mandi Coronado was 14 years old when her teenaged killer shot her at this apartment complex.
El Salvador national Moises Flores got five years in a juvenile detention facility and a deportation order upon his release.
But when five years passed, Garcia got a disturbing phone call.
"Immigration decided that they wouldn't pick him up," she said.
Crime victims' advocate Andy Kahan says Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him the same.
"They just flat out said that they had no interest or intention of ever deporting him," he said.
"My daughter is no longer here anymore because of him but he can be here. I just can't -- I can't deal with that," Garcia said.
After several phone calls to the Department of Homeland Security from Local 2 Investigates and Kahan, Flores was detained and scheduled to be deported.
But, this case is only the beginning of our story...
You've seen these immigration rallies -- hundreds of marchers. But among these faces, you won't likely find Jimmy Ascencio, convicted of assault, evading arrest, DWI and robbery.
The chance is also slim you'll see Gonzalo Roldan, convicted of theft, burglary, auto theft, and manufacturing and delivering cocaine.
Both men were arrested, and according to the Harris County Sheriff's Department -- both admitted they are in the U.S. illegally.
But we discovered both are now out of jail and likely somewhere in the Houston area.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds illegal criminals at this facility on Greens Road.
It's where we watched three illegal aliens walk away, papers in hand, back into your community.
We found men charged with murder, convicted drug dealers and thieves. But, believe it or not, this is the face that frightens Grace Garcia.
"He picked up the gun, aimed it straight at my daughter and killed her," she said.
Mandi Coronado was 14 years old when her teenaged killer shot her at this apartment complex.
El Salvador national Moises Flores got five years in a juvenile detention facility and a deportation order upon his release.
But when five years passed, Garcia got a disturbing phone call.
"Immigration decided that they wouldn't pick him up," she said.
Crime victims' advocate Andy Kahan says Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him the same.
"They just flat out said that they had no interest or intention of ever deporting him," he said.
"My daughter is no longer here anymore because of him but he can be here. I just can't -- I can't deal with that," Garcia said.
After several phone calls to the Department of Homeland Security from Local 2 Investigates and Kahan, Flores was detained and scheduled to be deported.
But, this case is only the beginning of our story...
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