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In the five years since an unlicensed illegal immigrant ran down his son,
Don Rosenberg has turned his anger and grief into a mission to answer a
seemingly simple question: How many people are killed each year by drivers
who dont belong in the U.S., much less behind a wheel?
Drew Rosenberg, a 25-year-old student at Golden Gate University, was
riding his motorcycle in San Francisco when Roberto Galo struck him on
Nov. 16, 2010. In his frenzied effort to flee the scene, Galo ran over his
victim twice. The elder Rosenberg got the news no parent should hear from
San Francisco General Hospital that night, but what he would learn over
the next few years only compounded his bitterness.
As many as 7,500 Americans -- 20 per day -- are killed annually by
unlicensed drivers, and Rosenberg calculates that more than half are the
victims of illegal immigrants. Now, by testifying before lawmakers,
speaking to parents who have been through the same ordeal and posting his
research on his nonprofits website, unlicensedtodrive.org, Rosenberg is
shedding light on a frightening number not readily available from
government sources.
Our archives are filled with stories of drunk-driving illegals killing
U.S. citizens.
- William Gheen, Americans for Legal Immigration
I was stunned at what I found, said Rosenberg, who at 63 is semi-retired
from the entertainment and publishing industry. Not only were unlicensed
drivers killing people in numbers only exceeded by drunk drivers, but many
times they were barely being punished and many times faced no charges at
all.
Galo, a Honduran, who entered the country illegally but earned temporary
protective status, had been cited five months earlier for driving without
a license or insurance and heading the wrong way on a one-way street in
San Francisco. His car was impounded for a day, he paid a fine for the
moving violation and the other charges were dropped.
After he was convicted of manslaughter, Galo served six weeks in jail and
was released. He was deported in 2013 after a years-long legal battle.
Because state and federal highway safety officials do not classify deaths
by the perpetrators immigration stats, tabulating the deadly toll of
unlicensed, illegal immigrant drivers has been a painstaking effort.
Rosenberg has pored through spreadsheets and studies, piecing together
numbers that show his sons death was neither necessary nor unique. Still,
his estimate is just that, and it varies from the guesses of other groups.
Ive learned over time that many jurisdictions do not cite license status
or immigration status when reporting these statistics, so if anything, the
numbers are understated, he said. For example, San Francisco doesnt
report either criteria, so Drews death defaults to having been killed by
a licensed driver who was a citizen.
Such imprecise government bookkeeping masks a frightening and, critics
say, preventable danger. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which
obtains state-by-state data from the federal government Fatality Analysis
Reporting System (FARS) database found that 20 percent of fatal crashes
involved an unlicensed driver. From 2010-2014, there was an average of
32,887 road deaths per year, which would mean 6,577 were caused by
unlicensed drivers. Those drivers include citizens with suspended or
revoked licenses, and those who never had licenses. But if half are
illegal immigrants, it would be in line with Rosenbergs estimates.
Our archives are filled with stories of drunk-driving illegals killing
U.S. citizens, William Gheen, of the Americans for Legal Immigration
Political Action Committee, told FoxNews.com. It is our official estimate
that more than 3,000 U.S citizens lose their lives each year due to the
insufficient enforcement of our existing border and immigration law.
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Brandon Mendoza was a 32-year-old, Mesa, Ariz., policeman in 2014 when an
unlicensed, illegal immigrant driver drove drunk the wrong way on a
freeway and killed him. Raul Silva-Corona had been convicted of criminal
conspiracy in Colorado 20 years earlier, but never deported.
Mendozas mother believes the government could make the roads safer by at
least deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.
I don't believe it's reality to be able to get all of the illegals out of
the country, but I do believe we need to get the criminal element out of
here and secure the border so that they cannot continue to keep coming
back, Mary Ann Mendoza said.
Like Rosenberg, Mendoza has turned her grief into activism, starting a
memorial foundation to continue her fallen sons legacy and urging
policymakers to take the issue more seriously.
Until you have lost a loved one to an illegal criminal, you will never
truly understand the other side of this issue, she said.
The problem of unlicensed illegal immigrant drivers is most severe in the
southwest, according to Peoria, Ariz., Police Detective Chris Boughey.
Patrolling the streets of the Phoenix suburb, Boughey has encountered many
incidents involving unlicensed, illegal immigrant drivers and considered
it in a national perspective.
With at least 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States,
it can be surmised that a large population drive a vehicle on a regular
basis, Boughey said, adding that enforcing laws already on the books
should mean deportation for illegal immigrants caught driving without
valid licenses.
When government agencies do acknowledge the danger posed by unlicensed
drivers, including illegal immigrants, they often use the information to
further a pro-illegal immigrant agenda, say critics.
In the wake of a 2013 study by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
that concluded that unlicensed drivers are almost three times as likely to
cause a deadly car accident as a licensed driver, Gov. Jerry Brown signed
legislation allowing illegal immigrants to obtain drivers licenses.
California, which was believed to have 2 million unlicensed drivers prior
to passage of the law, is now one of a dozen states to allow the
controversial practice.
States that have worked with undocumented immigrants to enable them to
get drivers licenses and insurance see a decrease in uninsured motorist
claims, said Janet Ruiz, of the Insurance Information Institute. The
availability of drivers licenses and insurance promote safer driving and
less accidents.
Gregory Chen, director of advocacy at the American Immigration Lawyers
Associated, agreed.
"The best way to ensure safety on our nation's roads is to make sure
everyone who drives has passed a driver's exam, and has a license and
insurance, he said. The last thing states and localities want is for
their law enforcement and emergency teams to arrive at roadside accidents
where drivers are uninsured and where injured persons arrive at hospitals
unable to pay."
But Gheen and other critics say those who combat the problem of unlicensed
drivers by awarding them licenses have it backward. A better solution, he
said, is enforcing existing immigration law to the point that people are
no longer encouraged to enter and remain in the U.S. illegally.
Rosenberg, who describes himself as a lifelong liberal, said the
circumstances surrounding his sons death have left him bitter at the
group he calls the amnesty crowd. He also wants illegal immigrants
caught driving without a license to be deported.
While I can sympathize with people who want to make their lives better,
they cant do it at the expense of others, he said. I am not angry at
those who come here to try and better their life or their childrens, but
it cant be condoned or rewarded.
--
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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In the five years since an unlicensed illegal immigrant ran down his son,
Don Rosenberg has turned his anger and grief into a mission to answer a
seemingly simple question: How many people are killed each year by drivers
who dont belong in the U.S., much less behind a wheel?
Drew Rosenberg, a 25-year-old student at Golden Gate University, was
riding his motorcycle in San Francisco when Roberto Galo struck him on
Nov. 16, 2010. In his frenzied effort to flee the scene, Galo ran over his
victim twice. The elder Rosenberg got the news no parent should hear from
San Francisco General Hospital that night, but what he would learn over
the next few years only compounded his bitterness.
As many as 7,500 Americans -- 20 per day -- are killed annually by
unlicensed drivers, and Rosenberg calculates that more than half are the
victims of illegal immigrants. Now, by testifying before lawmakers,
speaking to parents who have been through the same ordeal and posting his
research on his nonprofits website, unlicensedtodrive.org, Rosenberg is
shedding light on a frightening number not readily available from
government sources.
Our archives are filled with stories of drunk-driving illegals killing
U.S. citizens.
- William Gheen, Americans for Legal Immigration
I was stunned at what I found, said Rosenberg, who at 63 is semi-retired
from the entertainment and publishing industry. Not only were unlicensed
drivers killing people in numbers only exceeded by drunk drivers, but many
times they were barely being punished and many times faced no charges at
all.
Galo, a Honduran, who entered the country illegally but earned temporary
protective status, had been cited five months earlier for driving without
a license or insurance and heading the wrong way on a one-way street in
San Francisco. His car was impounded for a day, he paid a fine for the
moving violation and the other charges were dropped.
After he was convicted of manslaughter, Galo served six weeks in jail and
was released. He was deported in 2013 after a years-long legal battle.
Because state and federal highway safety officials do not classify deaths
by the perpetrators immigration stats, tabulating the deadly toll of
unlicensed, illegal immigrant drivers has been a painstaking effort.
Rosenberg has pored through spreadsheets and studies, piecing together
numbers that show his sons death was neither necessary nor unique. Still,
his estimate is just that, and it varies from the guesses of other groups.
Ive learned over time that many jurisdictions do not cite license status
or immigration status when reporting these statistics, so if anything, the
numbers are understated, he said. For example, San Francisco doesnt
report either criteria, so Drews death defaults to having been killed by
a licensed driver who was a citizen.
Such imprecise government bookkeeping masks a frightening and, critics
say, preventable danger. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which
obtains state-by-state data from the federal government Fatality Analysis
Reporting System (FARS) database found that 20 percent of fatal crashes
involved an unlicensed driver. From 2010-2014, there was an average of
32,887 road deaths per year, which would mean 6,577 were caused by
unlicensed drivers. Those drivers include citizens with suspended or
revoked licenses, and those who never had licenses. But if half are
illegal immigrants, it would be in line with Rosenbergs estimates.
Our archives are filled with stories of drunk-driving illegals killing
U.S. citizens, William Gheen, of the Americans for Legal Immigration
Political Action Committee, told FoxNews.com. It is our official estimate
that more than 3,000 U.S citizens lose their lives each year due to the
insufficient enforcement of our existing border and immigration law.
https://www.graphiq.com/?utm_source=viz&utm_medium=viz.referral&utm_campai
gn=viz.ref.5630&utm_viz_id=5T1oARzlE6F&utm_pubreferrer=www.foxnews.com%2Fu
s%2F2016%2F03%2F30%2Fdad-turns-grief-from-sons-death-into-quest-to-
tabulate-toll-illegal-drivers.html
Brandon Mendoza was a 32-year-old, Mesa, Ariz., policeman in 2014 when an
unlicensed, illegal immigrant driver drove drunk the wrong way on a
freeway and killed him. Raul Silva-Corona had been convicted of criminal
conspiracy in Colorado 20 years earlier, but never deported.
Mendozas mother believes the government could make the roads safer by at
least deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.
I don't believe it's reality to be able to get all of the illegals out of
the country, but I do believe we need to get the criminal element out of
here and secure the border so that they cannot continue to keep coming
back, Mary Ann Mendoza said.
Like Rosenberg, Mendoza has turned her grief into activism, starting a
memorial foundation to continue her fallen sons legacy and urging
policymakers to take the issue more seriously.
Until you have lost a loved one to an illegal criminal, you will never
truly understand the other side of this issue, she said.
The problem of unlicensed illegal immigrant drivers is most severe in the
southwest, according to Peoria, Ariz., Police Detective Chris Boughey.
Patrolling the streets of the Phoenix suburb, Boughey has encountered many
incidents involving unlicensed, illegal immigrant drivers and considered
it in a national perspective.
With at least 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States,
it can be surmised that a large population drive a vehicle on a regular
basis, Boughey said, adding that enforcing laws already on the books
should mean deportation for illegal immigrants caught driving without
valid licenses.
When government agencies do acknowledge the danger posed by unlicensed
drivers, including illegal immigrants, they often use the information to
further a pro-illegal immigrant agenda, say critics.
In the wake of a 2013 study by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
that concluded that unlicensed drivers are almost three times as likely to
cause a deadly car accident as a licensed driver, Gov. Jerry Brown signed
legislation allowing illegal immigrants to obtain drivers licenses.
California, which was believed to have 2 million unlicensed drivers prior
to passage of the law, is now one of a dozen states to allow the
controversial practice.
States that have worked with undocumented immigrants to enable them to
get drivers licenses and insurance see a decrease in uninsured motorist
claims, said Janet Ruiz, of the Insurance Information Institute. The
availability of drivers licenses and insurance promote safer driving and
less accidents.
Gregory Chen, director of advocacy at the American Immigration Lawyers
Associated, agreed.
"The best way to ensure safety on our nation's roads is to make sure
everyone who drives has passed a driver's exam, and has a license and
insurance, he said. The last thing states and localities want is for
their law enforcement and emergency teams to arrive at roadside accidents
where drivers are uninsured and where injured persons arrive at hospitals
unable to pay."
But Gheen and other critics say those who combat the problem of unlicensed
drivers by awarding them licenses have it backward. A better solution, he
said, is enforcing existing immigration law to the point that people are
no longer encouraged to enter and remain in the U.S. illegally.
Rosenberg, who describes himself as a lifelong liberal, said the
circumstances surrounding his sons death have left him bitter at the
group he calls the amnesty crowd. He also wants illegal immigrants
caught driving without a license to be deported.
While I can sympathize with people who want to make their lives better,
they cant do it at the expense of others, he said. I am not angry at
those who come here to try and better their life or their childrens, but
it cant be condoned or rewarded.
--
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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