I’m not sure what triggers deporting someone in general. However, last week an acquaintance of mine was essentially kidnapped, assaulted, cut, beaten, etc for an entire night.
They have caught the guy. He is an illegal immigrant. He is currently in jail on a whole slew of charges. Will he be tried or just deported? How does that stuff work anyway?
On a happier note, (not) his sister informed us that if they do deport him, he’ll come right back. I know they have been here for many years, and from what I read, the borders are a tad more secure than they used to be. Is my understanding correct? Is it really as easy to get here from Mexico as it used to be?
The criminal matter and the immigration matter are pretty much separate issues. An illegal immigrant who commits a crime of the nature you describe is usually tried (or even more likely, enters a plea), and then serves any jail time before being removed. In theory, the federal government could remove the immigrant before the state has a chance to try him for the crime, but they rarely do so in practice.
There are many kinds of illegal immigrants. The two main categories are people who were never admitted (e.g. jumped the border) and people who were lawfully admitted but are no longer lawfully in the county (e.g. overstayed a visa). The exact procedures vary a little bit depending on which category the person fits into. Usually the state does their thing and then transfers the immigrant to federal officials for the immigration side of things. There are many different kinds of removal depending on the circumstances (expedited removal, stipulated removal, etc.).
Whereas crossing the border illegally is not normally a criminal offense, re-entering after having been formally removed is a felony. So while he might re-enter the country, he will be subject to further sanctions if he is caught. I don’t think it has ever been “easy” to cross the border–if it were people wouldn’t pay smugglers thousands of dollars to do so. IIRC, it takes an average of four attempts to make it across. But if you can get put in jail for the first attempt, obviously that changes things a bit.
I now live in a very, very small community. Everyone knows everyone else’s business. His brother has a house next door to where the girl works. The brother is legal, but none of the rest of his family are. While he was busy beating the hell out of my friend, he was also transporting her across the state line. He bashed the windows out of a car at his brothers house, they are waiting to get in contact with the owner of the car to have more charges pressed. Sadly, I think he broke the windows with her as their was a bunch of glass in the passenger side of her car, as well as blood.
I believe there are charges against him in both states. I’m guessing the kidnapping charge would be federal since it crossed state lines.
There is another illegal they are looking for now that raped and mutilated two women. Unfortunately, it seems that they can disappear rather quickly. This guy was only found because another friend convinced him that the woman he attacked was waiting for him at his house, and he was stupid enough to go there, cops were waiting.
She was afraid to press charges originally because he told her that he could disappear before the cops found him and come back and kill her if she turned him in.
Did I mention she was warned about this guys violent tendencies when they started dating? Evidently, he beat the hell out of his last girlfriend who was a 19 year old girl.
My cousin’s fiancee was killed by a drunk driver a couple of years ago. He was here illegally, had 4 prior DUI convictions, had previously done a little time, and had been deported at least twice. It appears that he had no problem coming back over the border and getting work (he was driving a work vehicle with no DL when he killed Amy).
If it’s a small town where everyone knows everybody’s business, how the hell did he get another girlfriend after beating the hell out of the first one?
See my previous post. She was warned. She told folks it was none of their business. Of course, after the attack, it was everyone’s business. I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t have minded those folks that warned her, dragging him a few miles behind a pick up truck.