A 24-year-old woman was driving home from work in Aurora, Colorado, when she was hit by a Jeep driven by an illegal immigrant going 90 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. She died two days later. Initially, the 15-year-old driver faced two years in prison before a George Soros-funded district attorney took office and offered him probation instead. Now, Colorado Democrats are on the verge of passing a new law that would make it easier for more illegal immigrants to commit crimes and stay in Colorado.
The names of minors who commit crimes are not released in Colorado, but it is known that the driver of the Jeep not only was in the country illegally, but he was driving without a license, with other minors in in the car, and that his mother did not have insurance on the car, as required by state law. Since the illegal driver had no insurance, the victim’s parents were left to pay the hospital bill for their daughter themselves.
The Arapahoe District Attorney’s Office initially told the victim’s parents that the illegal immigrant who killed their daughter would not be offered a plea deal and was facing two years in youth corrections. However, after receiving donations from the Soros family, Amy Padden was elected district attorney and sworn into office this January. What was two years in jail suddenly became two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service. The illegal immigrant then decided to apply for asylum from his native Colombia so he could stay in the United States indefinitely.
“There is no deterrence,” the victim’s father told reporters. “We had a collision where the immigration system and the criminal justice system collided, and now my daughter is dead.”
Unfortunately, thanks to Democrats, it will soon be easier for illegal immigrants to commit crimes with impunity in the state of Colorado.
In party-line votes in both the state House and Senate, Democrats passed Senate Bill 276 this month, a bill specifically designed to make it easier for illegal immigrants to commit crimes and still live in Colorado. Among other items, the legislation forbids state and local agencies from sharing any immigration-related information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. It prevents federal law enforcement officers from accessing schools, hospitals, and child care centers. And it makes it easier for illegal immigrants to get in-state college tuition and driver’s licenses.
Most importantly, it empowers illegal immigrants who plead guilty to class three misdemeanors, such as forgery, theft, soliciting prostitution, and drunk driving, to withdraw their guilty pleas if they claim their attorneys never informed them of the negative immigration consequences of their actions. In other words, the law is specifically designed to help illegal immigrants who break the law avoid federal arrest and deportation.
The illegal immigrant who killed the young Aurora woman did not benefit from Senate Bill 276. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has not signed it yet. But if Polis does sign the bill, and this young, reckless driver is caught drinking and driving in the future, this legislation will help ensure he evades arrest and deportation by the federal government.
According to research from one of their own polling firms, the vast majority of the public, including 55% of independents, believe the Democratic Party is more focused on helping other people than they are on helping “people like me.” Colorado Democrats sure seem much more interested in helping reckless illegal immigrant drivers evade arrest and deportation than they are in keeping Colorado’s roads safe for citizens.