Sarah Ehrett
2011-01-05 22:53:24 UTC
Sanctuary policy set illegal alien free, now charged with child rape.
On February 16, 2010, police in Prince William County, Virginia, filed
charges against Marcos Banegas , 26, for forcible sodomy and aggravated
sexual battery on an 8-year-old girl. The Honduran national has been on the
run ever since, and remains at large.
It was a crime that could have been prevented if police in Montgomery
County, Maryland, would have reported him to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement when they had Banegas in custody. A year before he was charged
with raping the girl in Virginia, he was arrested for second-degree assault
on a child in Maryland.
However, because Montgomery County had an official policy against the
police notifying ICE of a suspects illegal immigration status, Banegas was
simply released after the charges were dropped by the girls mother, who
was apparently dating Banegas.
Amid growing public pressure after a streak of violent crimes committed by
illegal aliens, Montgomery County officials changed their reporting policy.
While they supposedly now notify ICE of suspected illegal aliens in their
custody, they only do so when the suspect has committed a violent crime.
Illegal aliens committing drug offenses and a host of others are still not
reported.
In fact, illegal aliens charged with second-degree assault are still not
reported to ICE. So, Banegas would have been set free anyway by Montgomery
County. Evidently, assaults are not considered violent enough.
Montgomery County spokesman Patrick Lacefield recently defended the policy,
telling the Washington Examiner: People need to be held responsible for
the crimes they commit. Reporting every single crime would be putting
county police in the position of enforcing federal immigration policy.
So, now another young girls life is destroyed because of a sanctuary
policy.
Read more about Marylands dangerous sanctuary policies:
http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-norfolk/maryland-has-become-a-haven-for-illegal-alien-gangs-more-on-the-way
.
On February 16, 2010, police in Prince William County, Virginia, filed
charges against Marcos Banegas , 26, for forcible sodomy and aggravated
sexual battery on an 8-year-old girl. The Honduran national has been on the
run ever since, and remains at large.
It was a crime that could have been prevented if police in Montgomery
County, Maryland, would have reported him to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement when they had Banegas in custody. A year before he was charged
with raping the girl in Virginia, he was arrested for second-degree assault
on a child in Maryland.
However, because Montgomery County had an official policy against the
police notifying ICE of a suspects illegal immigration status, Banegas was
simply released after the charges were dropped by the girls mother, who
was apparently dating Banegas.
Amid growing public pressure after a streak of violent crimes committed by
illegal aliens, Montgomery County officials changed their reporting policy.
While they supposedly now notify ICE of suspected illegal aliens in their
custody, they only do so when the suspect has committed a violent crime.
Illegal aliens committing drug offenses and a host of others are still not
reported.
In fact, illegal aliens charged with second-degree assault are still not
reported to ICE. So, Banegas would have been set free anyway by Montgomery
County. Evidently, assaults are not considered violent enough.
Montgomery County spokesman Patrick Lacefield recently defended the policy,
telling the Washington Examiner: People need to be held responsible for
the crimes they commit. Reporting every single crime would be putting
county police in the position of enforcing federal immigration policy.
So, now another young girls life is destroyed because of a sanctuary
policy.
Read more about Marylands dangerous sanctuary policies:
http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-norfolk/maryland-has-become-a-haven-for-illegal-alien-gangs-more-on-the-way
.