Earlier this week, Breitbart News met with families who gathered togetehr on National Rememberance Day to honor family members whose lives were taken by illegal aliens. Some of the stories are gripping:
Morfin, mother of murdered 13-year-old Ruben Morfin told the crowd, “I’m serving a life sentence.” She shared how her son was shot in the back of the head by an illegal alien. Doctor’s at the hospital told her half of her little boy’s brain was missing. Young Ruben was in the hospital a short time before passing away. Morfin recalled how her son’s murderer fled the country, but after being featured on America’s Most Wanted, was caught in Jalisco, Mexico in 1994 and was finally sentenced.
“I’ve been called a traitor,” Morfin told the crowd gathered. She continued, “I think the best thing that’s happened to us was Donald Trump.”
Brenda Sparks shared the story of her son Eric Zepeda who was killed by an illegal alien. She explained that the individual who hit and killed Zepeda had previously pled guilty to drunk driving three times, but remained in the country and was driving to deliver papers when he hit her son. Zepeda was in a coma for four long weeks before he was taken off of life support. Sparks expressed the shock being told that the offender who was illegally in the country, illegally driving and illegally working delivering papers could only be charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide without negligence.
There’s no question that Donald Trump has called attention to this issue, and Republican proposals to reform immigration revolve around a rule of law based approach that at least purports to put Americans first. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats, frustrated with American’s regard for their borders and culture, are promising their base that they’ll circumvent Congress and take executive action if that’s what’s necessary to meet their liberal ends. The very contemplation of such action encourages those who would seek to enter this country illegally to come here, knowing that our laws are as thin as the paper they’re written on. Americans would do well to remember the losses these families have suffered when considering that.