PHOENIX, AZ – Illegal aliens on supervised probation who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony would have their pictures and crime data published publicly online under a new House bill.
EXCELLENT IDEA!! https://t.co/2Os0zbs4PD
— Baron CasperOtto (@BRRRCO) March 21, 2022
The Arizona state legislature is considering H.B. 2326, introduced by Arizona State Rep. John Kavanaugh (R), which would require the state to keep a record of offenses committed by illegal aliens. Kavanaugh introduced H.B. 2326 in January.
If passed, the House bill would require all superior court probation departments in Arizona to keep a record of offending illegal immigrants with identifying information and specifics on the crimes they committed.
Under the proposed bill, illegal aliens meeting the requirements would have details of their identity and crime turned over to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC). The ACJC would then be required to publish the information on their public website.
A plan advancing through the Arizona state legislature, introduced by Arizona State Rep. John Kavanaugh (R), would require the state to keep a record of crimes committed by illegal aliens. https://t.co/ArY4mjh3yO
— Sandi Goodall (@candid1008) March 21, 2022
The bill states:
“(The bill) Requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to require all superior court probation departments in Arizona to submit outlined identifying and conviction information to ACJC for each person in Arizona who is in violation of a federal immigration law, convicted of a misdemeanor or felony offense and placed on supervised probation.
“The person’s name; the crime of which the person is convicted; the date of the conviction; the sentence imposed; and a photograph of the person and the person’s height and weight, if readily available”
The plan passed the State House on February 23 supported by every Republican member and one Democratic member, Rep. Alma Hernandez.
On March 10, the plan was passed out of the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee and is now awaiting passage by Republicans who have a majority in the Arizona State Senate. Passage will require the support of Senate President Karen Fann (R) and Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to pass into law.
Passage of H.B. 2326 would be a major victory for families of victims killed by illegal aliens in the United States. These Angel Families have fought for the keeping of records of crimes committed by illegal aliens, something the federal government and most states do not keep.
Hidden trail cameras have caught illegal immigrants flooding across the Arizona border! This is unacceptable! #BidenBorderCrisis 👇https://t.co/nH2B3Uf5BN
— Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (@RepDLesko) October 21, 2021
The bill has been panned by some liberal groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which argues that singling out and collecting data from illegal aliens contributes to the distorted idea that they cause the most crime.
K.M. Bell, an attorney for the Arizona Chapter of the ACLU, argued:
“This isn’t actually about collecting aggregate data; it’s about publicly shaming individual people.”
.@JudicialWatch – Arizona Crossing Sees 2,404.9% Hike in Illegal Immigrants Over Last Year – #BidenBorderCrisis https://t.co/TgnKmAA60V
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 5, 2022
Rep. Kavanagh disputes the claim, stating the bill is meant to clarify what the illegal alien crime rate truly is, something that remains elusive today.
Sen. Warren Petersen (R) defended the bill, arguing that immigrants inside the U.S. had nothing to fear if they followed legal avenues:
“We gotta (sic) ask ourselves why are we anxious and in fear? What is causing that fear? Well, we’ve all been given a conscience, and if we’re doing something wrong, we’re afraid we’re going to get caught.”
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Months after ACLU files lawsuit against Sheriff’s Office, illegal immigrant with criminal history kills his three daughters
March 12, 2022
SACRAMENTO, CA- According to reports, just months after the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office was sued for allegedly reporting illegal criminal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an illegal immigrant involved in criminal activity shot and killed his three daughters and a visitation chaperone before killing himself.
Domestic violence isn’t a ‘lesser’ crime or a ‘crime of passion.’ It is a horrific evil.💔
Man murders his 3 young children and 1 other in a church, then kills himself – “The sheriff’s office said it was a case of domestic violence.” https://t.co/CpdXPniK2V
— IWillSurvive (@rainydaywishes) March 1, 2022
ICE spokeswoman Alethea Smock stated that 39-year-old David Mora-Rojas overstayed his visa after entering California from his native Mexico on December 17, 2018, on a non-immigrant visitor visa.
She did not confirm when his visa actually expired, but because he overstayed his visa, ICE asked to be notified when he was released from jail after being arrested in Merced County for assaulting a California Highway Patrol officer.
Mora-Rojas was released from jail just five days before he committed the horrific murders of this family at a Sacramento church.
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office stated that under California’s “sanctuary state law,” known as the TRUTH Act and the California Values Act, it does not notify immigration officials about in-custody people who are being released.
So ICE was never notified when Mora-Rojas was released from jail.
The 2017 state law restricts local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal officials except when illegal immigrants are accused of “very serious crimes.”
California church shooter David Mora-Rojas was in US illegally https://t.co/a6yDt0mB1x
— BIM (@kwamie42) March 8, 2022
According to reports, the sanctuary laws in California protected Mora-Rojas from deportation after at least two encounters with law enforcement:
“In April 2021, the mother of his three children obtained a restraining order against him after a domestic violence incident, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, which confirms that the order specifically states Mora-Rojas cannot own or possess firearms or ammunition”; and
“On February 23, 2022, Mora-Rojas was arrested in Merced County about 115 miles south of Sacramento for driving under the influence, assaulting a police officer, and assaulting medical staff.
ICE served a detained on the jail, but state sanctuary laws prohibited Merced officials from holding Mora-Rojas or communicating with ICE about his release, so the illegal immigrant walked out of jail on a $15,000 bond.”
On February 28, Mora-Rojas killed his children and 59-year-old Nathaniel Kong during a supervised visit before killing himself.
The shootings at the church in Sacramento occurred during a weekly supervised visitation Mora-Rojas had with his three daughters.
While police have not released a motive, the confirmation that he was in the country illegally can provide a possible reason — he may have feared being deported and separated from his children.
Just months prior to the murders, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for transferring illegal immigrants convicted of state crimes to federal authorities.
There is only ONE thing that allowed this horrific tragedy to occur with certainty: the deplorable state of our immigration policies, and California’s Sanctuary State Laws. My full statement on the tragic events that took place in Sacramento below: pic.twitter.com/9guQft3ewC
— Sheriff Scott Jones (@SheriffSJones) March 5, 2022
The ACLU accused Jones and his agency of violating California sanctuary laws by reporting illegal immigrants jailed for committing local crimes to ICE upon completion of their sentence. On March 5th, Jones tweeted:
“Remember the faces of these tragic murder victims. In the coming days and weeks, liberals and activists will try and spin the narrative, dredge up sympathy for the monster that killed them, and talk about how this could have been prevented.
They will talk about the horrors of ghost guns, as if no other weapon or gun was available to him, and legislators will clamor for more restrictive gun laws to make themselves feel better.”
He added:
“They’ll call me racist and evil. But let me be perfectly clear, there is only ONE thing that allowed this horrific tragedy to occur with certainty: the deplorable state of our national immigration policies, and California’s Sanctuary State Laws.”
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office released a statement confirming that Mora-Rojas “had in his possession an AR style rifle,” adding:
“The firearm had no serial number or manufacturer markings and is what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives refers to as a “Privately Made Firearm (PMF).”
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