Sanctuary Cities
A Haven for Violent Criminals
By Daniel Muniz

In San Francisco, twice convicted felon and gang banger Edwin Ramos, age 21, brutally murdered a father and his two sons in an act of road rage. However, Ramos is an illegal alien and because of the sanctuary cities and states that protect illegal immigrants, he was never deported for his previous felonies.

The biggest problem with the sanctuary cities and the states that wholeheartedly welcome illegal aliens is that they inadvertently end up shielding low life degenerates who are dangerous.

A scumbag like Edwin Ramos should not have even been walking free on our streets but being an illegal alien definitely has its privileges. Unfortunately, there are cities and states that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities whenever they apprehend an illegal immigrant who is violating a criminal law.

It is one thing for a local law enforcement agency to not look for people who are here in this country illegally because that is a federal problem. Perhaps that can be a legitimate argument because most municipalities don’t have the funding or training to apprehend illegal aliens although there are now programs offered by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to deputize local police officers just for that role.

But it is a totally different story when the cops already have somebody locked up because he or she is being charged and prosecuted for a criminal offense, especially if it is a violent crime. There is absolutely no additional burden added to the workload of a police department except for making a phone call or sending a fax to federal authorities, particularly if ICE already has an office in the same city or somewhere in the same state.

Once ICE is informed, they will handle the federal prosecution and subsequent deportation of the illegal alien.

However, since these cities and states already know exactly what will happen to an illegal immigrant if the federal authorities are contacted, they have prohibited their law enforcement agencies from informing ICE of the people they have locked up that are illegally here in this country.

The rationale for this policy is that if ICE doesn’t know if an illegal alien is behind bars in some municipal or county jail, then there is not a way for them to deport that person. And it is irrelevant how serious the crime is.

That is how a dirt bag like Ramos was not only able to walk our streets with impunity but he was able to continue his livelihood as a violent thug especially since he belongs to one of the nation’s most vicious gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13. MS-13 is a savage Central American gang known for their barbarity and they are slowly gaining a foothold in the United States.

And sanctuary cities like San Francisco offer these street hoods the perfect refuge from federal agents.

So the way that this tragedy unfolded is that one day in bumper to bumper traffic, Ramos was annoyed at a car that prevented him from making a left turn at a busy intersection. So he whips out an AK-47 assault rifle and leaps out of his vehicle and approaches the car that is blocking his path. He then sprays the occupants, Anthony Bologna, 49, and his two sons, Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, with a hail of gunfire. Anthony and Michael die instantly but Matthew struggles on for a few more days before he too finally dies.

Before this shooting, Ramos was already convicted on two previous felonies.

In fact, prior to this incident he was arrested several months beforehand when the cops found a gun in the car he was driving. Sadly, the district attorney decided not to file any charges even though a felon is not supposed to have a gun in his possession, which is a very serious offense.

As vividly illustrated here, so many cities and states have gone way beyond protecting the people who are here in this county illegally, they routinely dismiss or minimize the severity of the crimes they are charged with. American citizens could get the book thrown at them but many illegal immigrants may not be prosecuted or at the very worst, they get a slap on the wrist. That is how a thug like Edwin Ramos was able to freely walk the streets of San Francisco at age 21 even though he had already been convicted of two previous felonies.

Hoodlums need to be imprisoned for a long time and just because someone is an illegal alien doesn’t mean that he or she is entitled to special privileges that allow them to escape punishment. There are so many jurisdictions that do precisely that and then they are shocked that these same scumbags end up committing even more serious crimes.

Because of Ramos, the city of San Francisco did a lot of finger pointing except to themselves.

Even though a city will not turn in illegal immigrants to federal authorities, does that mean that they also have to coddle criminals?

That is a question a lot of sanctuary cites are beginning to ask because coddling criminals is sending the wrong message to violent thugs. There are so many incidents exactly like this one in which an illegal alien doesn’t get prosecuted by a local district attorney or only gets a slap on the wrist. And because he doesn’t get deported, he continues his life of crime which eventually leads to something as serious as murder.

Until major changes are made, sanctuary cities and states will continue to shield violent criminals and that will make our streets unsafe for all of us.

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