Last Thursday, a report came out about Alfredo Ramos, an illegal alien with a criminal record.  What did Mr Ramos do?  He was driving drunk and killed 2 girls in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Here's the kicker:  Ramos already had 3 previous alcohol-related convictions and an identity theft conviction, according to WAVY TV 10 out of Virginia.  Pardon me for being rational, but the first thing that popped in my head was, "Why was he even here?".  But wait, it gets better.  According to the same Virginia news station, Ramos didn't receive ANY jail time for any of his four convictions.  After reading this, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.  I'll tell you who is definitely not laughing: the families of the two girls killed by Ramos.

Later that day, I saw the  mayor of Virginia Beach on the news, one Meyera E. Oberndorf.  Mayor Oberndorf was responding to accusations of Virginia Beach being a "sanctuary city" for illegals.  What was the mayor's response?  Something along the lines of being unaware that local legislators had passed any laws making Virginia Beach a sanctuary city.  Did I hear that right?  Are there actually cities in this country that pass legislation to give safe harbor to illegals?  Let's break this down.  First off, illegal immigration is...you guessed it: illegal.  Therefore, passing laws to give safe harbor to illegals would seem to me to also be illegal.  Is Mayor Oberndorf that stupid, or is there some kind of legal loophole I don't know about?     

Geraldo Rivera and Bill O'Reilly had a very heated debate about the subject.  O'Reilly claimed that it was an illegal immigration matter, while Rivera believed it was a drunk driving matter.  I take the side of O'Reilly on this one.  Sure, drunk driving is a terrible thing that has cost many lives.  And if the girls had been killed by an American drunk driver, it would be only fitting that the drunk driver be tried for murder.  But the point is, this would not have happened if Ramos had been deported the first time he committed a crime, which was when authorities figured out he was an illegal.  Any day now, I expect the ACLU to slither into Virginia Beach to offer Ramos legal help.  They will somehow claim his rights have been violated, even though illegals have no rights.  If there's one thing the ACLU is good at, it's inventing rights.  But that's another story for another day.  I'm also sure the liberals will give me some kind of sob story about an oppressed minority alien that was just trying to make ends meet for his family.  I won't buy it.  Because of a soft stance on illegal immigration, two people are now dead.  And it should make you furious to know that it would have been prevented had the illegal been deported when the authorities found out he was an illegal. 

I will conclude this column by giving out two messages: one to Americans, and one to illegals.  First, to the Americans.  We must stand up and push for stronger immigration reform.  It is ridiculous that things like this are happening because liberals don't understand the meaning of the word "illegal".  Second, to the illegal immigrants.  Pack up whatever you have and hitch a ride to Virginia Beach.  You can get away with murder up there...literally.