Thursday, March 28, 2024

From DACA To Deportation To Murder: Michigan The Latest State Hit By Immigration Enforcement Lapse

Michigan State Police began investigating the murder of Ruby Garcia, from Grand Rapids, after her body was found on a major highway that cuts through the city's downtown.

Michigan State Police told Just the News that it would share more information when it became available.

A source familiar with the suspect's immigration status shared details about his tumultuous history with Just the News on Tuesday, likely to raise questions about current immigration enforcement by the Biden administration, much like the case of Laken Riley one month ago.

A senior U.S. official, speaking only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to news media, told Just the News that immigration records show Ortiz-Vite originally established lawful residency in the United States under the Obama Administration's DACA program but he was deported under the Trump Administration in September 2020 after an arrest for intoxicated driving in Michigan.

Though a Georgia law first passed in 2009 outlaws local governments in the state from enacting official sanctuary city policies, jurisdictions like Athens-Clarke County have been able to circumvent the spirit of the law in their discretionary law enforcement policies and non-binding county board resolutions, Just the News previously reported, citing media reports and county documents.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News about the Michigan murder.

"This story clearly shows the difference in approaches to protecting the American people," newly elected Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and former Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told Just the News when asked to respond to the murder in his state.

https://thesouthcarolinasun.com/news/from-daca-to-deportation-to-murder-michigan-the-latest-state-hit-by-immigration-enforcement-lapse/jtnews/2024/03/28/ 

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