Illegal Fugitive KILLER TURNED LOOSE By Obama, Then THIS Happened

Illegal fugitive killer Eswin Mejia

It’s a disaster of their own making. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) just placed Eswin Mejia, an illegal fugitive they allowed to go free, on their Most Wanted List, two months after he killed a woman then fled after posting a measly $5,000 bail.

According to The Daily Caller:

Mejia, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, was arrested in Omaha, Nebraska, on Jan. 31 and charged with felony vehicular homicide in the death of 21-year-old Sarah Root. Mejia was street racing with a blood-alcohol level of .241 when he rammed into the back of Root’s SUV.

Mejia, who also used the alias “Eswin,” has been on the run since posting bond to leave jail on Feb. 5. But he likely would not have the status of fugitive if ICE had honored the Omaha police department request for an immigration hold.

ICE’s decision to place Mejia on its “Most Wanted” list is incongruent with its initial response to the case, Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse noted.

“This important development underscores the seriousness of the situation, something ICE should have recognized immediately,” the Republican said in a statement on Wednesday. “Mr. Mejia should not need to be on this list — he should be in jail.”

In a statement issued last month, the agency said it did not fulfill the Omaha police department’s detainer request because Mejia was not an “enforcement priority” because he “had no prior significant misdemeanor or felony conviction record.”

In Nov. 2014, President Obama de-prioritized some criminal aliens for removal. Those with drunk driving convictions or minor assault convictions were deemed a lower deportation priority than aliens with more serious criminal records. ICE field officers are also allowed to exercise discretion in determining which illegal aliens to detain.

It speaks volumes that an illegal drunk driver killing a U.S. citizen is not considered an “enforcement priority” by the Obama administration – at least until weeks later when the illegal fugitive is on the run and Congressional pressure is brought to bear. You can only imagine what other dangerous illegals have been deemed low priorities and what they’ve gone on to do while ICE looked the other way and the cases were buried.

One thing is clear, Obama’s disastrous and unconstitutional immigration policies are killing innocent Americans. His reign of error can’t end soon enough!

Watch Sen. Ben Sasse grill ICE director Sarah Saldana during a Senate Homeland Security hearing in this video about the story:

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