Political Pandering was Complicit in the Senseless Murders of Three Youths

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leaders of two
national American civil rights organizations, You Don't Speak for Me
(YDSFM), based in Phoenix, and Choose Black America (CBA), based in Los
Angeles, charge that politically motivated policies in New Jersey that
shield illegal aliens make local officials complicit in the brutal murders
last week of three college students. Sanctuary policies that explicitly bar
local police from seeking and sharing information about a suspect's

immigration status allowed Jose Carranza, an illegal alien from Peru, to
remain in this country, leading directly to the murders of Terrance Aeriel,
Dashon Harvey and Iofeme Hightower, and critically wounding Natasha Aeriel.
    In spite of other serious charges pending against Carranza, including
an alleged rape of a five-year-old, New Jersey officials failed to
investigate his immigration status, or share information with federal
authorities. Had this information been sought, Carranza would not have been
released on bail, and four young lives would not have been shattered.
    "All across the country, local officials have adopted policies that
assure illegal aliens that police will not inquire or act on information
about immigration status. And all across the country innocent people are
paying for this sort of political pandering with their lives," charged
Retired Colonel Al Rodriguez, chairman of YDSFM. "The tragedy in Newark is,
unfortunately, not an isolated incident. There are countless examples of
innocent people who have been killed or maimed by illegal aliens who have
had previous encounters with law enforcement officials, only to be released
back onto the streets."
    "We demand that the politicians who set up these sanctuary policies,
who prohibit police from acting on the suspicion that someone is in the
country illegally, be held accountable when lives and families are
destroyed by illegal aliens who go one to commit other crimes," said Ted
Hayes, chairman of CBA. "We want Gov. Jon Corzine, Attorney General Anne
Milgram, and Mayor Corey Booker to stand up, look the Aeriel, Harvey and
Hightower families in the eye and explain to them why protecting illegal
aliens from federal authorities was more important that protecting the
lives of their children."

    YDSFM and CBA, like all Americans, express their sympathies to the
families of these four young people and share their outrage over these
preventable murders. "Nothing can bring back the lives of three murdered
teenagers, but there are concrete steps that state and local officials can
take to prevent similar tragedies in the future," noted Rodriguez. "They
can put an immediate end to sanctuary policies in New Jersey and seek
training from the federal government to help local police identify and
detain illegal aliens, under a provision known as 287(g)."
    "We cannot accept speeches or expressions of regret from government
officials whose policies allowed these horrific crimes to occur," said
Hayes. "The only acceptable response to this tragedy is an immediate end to
policies that place the interests of illegal aliens ahead of the safety of
the community."

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