{"id":17682,"date":"2018-10-02T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:48:15","slug":"former-daca-recipient-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/10\/02\/former-daca-recipient-charged-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DACA Recipient Charged with Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

An illegal alien from Mexico was charged<\/a> with murder after allegedly killing a man last week on a fishing vessel near the coast of Massachusetts. He had already been arrested earlier in the year and was previously a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient.<\/p>\n

According to The Boston Globe<\/em><\/a>, Franklin \u201cFreddy\u201d Meave Vazquez attacked several of his crewmates with a hammer and a knife. He climbed the boat\u2019s mast as his crewmates attempted to stop him. One person was killed, and two others were injured. The boat\u2019s captain sent out a mayday call for help, which was answered by a German cruise ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a man gone crazy here on the boat, man. . . . One of the crew members went crazy. He started hitting people in the head with a hammer,\u201d the boat\u2019s captain reportedly said over the radio. \u201cI got three men that\u2019s injured right now. One, I can\u2019t wake him up. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s dead or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Vazquez\u2019s first act of violence. He was previously arrested in Virginia earlier this year for attempting to abduct and strangle his wife. She tried to call 911 and her family, but he took her phone and wouldn\u2019t allow her to escape. He was placed in Norfolk City Jail but was released on a $20,000 bond<\/a>. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took him into custody after he was released from jail but were forced to release him a few weeks later after \u201can immigration judge granted (Meave Vazquez) bond,\u201d according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox News reported<\/a> that Vazquez gained DACA status in late 2013, but he was denied renewal into the program in 2016. His rejection stemmed from \u201cabandonment, meaning he may have failed to respond to an information request or never showed up for a required appearance.\u201d In any case, he should not have been in the United States in the first place.<\/p>\n

It appears as if another person has lost his life because an illegal alien was protected from the law. The federal government allowed Vazquez to remain in the United States for almost three years through \u201cdeferred action,\u201d and then a judge set him free after he attacked his wife. Kate Steinle and Mollie Tibbetts may be two of the most famous cases involving illegal aliens murdering innocent Americans, but the fact of the matter is that many families across the country are suffering because violent illegal aliens are allowed to roam the streets.