Thursday, January 6, 2011

WTMJ 620 AM Radio Talk Hosts Criticising Legal System For Doing Nothing To Prevent Illegal Aliens From Driving In Wisconsin

Charlie Sykes

Undocument immigrant had previous convictions for driving without a license, and on New Year's day he drove drunk, crashed and killed a woman.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 6, 2011

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, Conservative Republican WTMJ 620 AM radio talk host Charlie Sykes questioned, What if Wisconsin had a similar Arizona SB 1070 law to detain illegal immigrant drivers? Could it have prevented Leopoldo Salas-Gayton from driving, since he was previously stopped twice and cited for driving without a license in Wisconsin? Sykes implied, that they (illegal aliens) should be stopped like Arizona proposed and told "to get out."
On Wednesday, Gayton, 41, of Milwaukee was charged with driving drunk, going wrong way on I-94 freeway, crashing into and killing Corrie A. Damske, 34, of Wauwatosa on New Year's Day.
Sykes is just one of many conservative radio talk hosts who began questioning what if Wisconsin had a similar Arizona immigration enforcement law. Could it have prevented a fatal accident, if Gayton could have been stopped and detained by police for being undocumented and then turned in to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing.
Jeff Wagner another talk host at WTMJ 620 talked about an illegal alien cruising and driving around getting drunk, throwing empty beer cans out the window and then kills a 34-year-old woman on I-94 freeway on New Year's Day. Gayton was found intoxicated almost twice the legal limit of .08. He confessed to drinking 14 beers and had been attending alcohol rehab.
Wagner criticised, the legal system for not doing anything to get him off the road. How many more people are going to have to die by drunk driving illegal aliens, before we do anything about it?, asked Wagner during his show. Gayton had previously been convicted twice for driving without a license in Wisconsin.
On April 22, 2010, Gayton was stopped by a Wisconsin State Patrol Officer and cited for driving without a license for a second time.
Blood pressure going up... we allowed for this guy to go back on the street! This man was a ticking time bomb, they (police) should have checked his immigration status, reported him to ICE and then deported.
A victim who survived Gayton's crash on the freeway called Wagner on the radio. Susan Roedel, one of Gayton's victim agreed with Wagner that Wisconsin should pass a similar Arizona immigration enforcement law to deport illegal aliens. She said, Gayton didn't have auto insurance and asked how he could register a car in Wisconsin without a driver's license?, if he is illegal. Wagner expressed it's time to end political correctness and start deporting these illegal aliens. 
In Wisconsin, multiple fatal driving accidents have occured involving illegal immigrants driving without a license. Local law enforcement should turn over illegal aliens driving without a license when they first come into contact with to ICE, according to Wagner. Wagner was a former U.S. Attorney appointed for the State of Wisconsin. He should know the difference between federal enforcement of immigration laws compared to states adopting their own similar Arizona type of immigration law allowing police to question and detain illegals, which has been challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice.
This was a tragic accident caused by a drunk driver and Wisconsin continues to lead with lessser penalties for intoxicated drivers that drive everyday in state roads, despite Gayton's illegal status. Wisconsin is a state of residents that consumes alcohol and drive, and some whether they are legal or illegally in the country do drive without a valid driver's license.
Last Monday, the Wisconsin State legistature in both Houses became Republican controlled, including the Governor's Office. Several state representatives are planning to introduce a similar Arizona immigration enforcement law (Wisconsin Immigration Enforcement Law) in the session beginning this year. The bill, a similar Arizona SB 1070 law is expected to be introduced by Wisconsin State Representative Donald Pridemore (R-Hartford).
Pridemore's Wisconsin version of SB 1070 will allow local law enforcement officers to detain suspects for 48 hours when they come into contact with them in minor or serious infractions of the law, if officers suspect they are in Wisconsin and in the country illegally. If illegal, then undocumented immgrants will be turned in to ICE.
Governor Scott Walker (R) has vowed to sign a similar Arizona immigration enforcement law if passed by the state legislature.
U.S. Hispanics in Wisconsin, civil rights and immigration rights groups have also vowed to filed lawsuits against Walker and the state, if the law is deemed discriminatory and will lead to racial profiling.

Related article: 41-year-old OWI Driver Charged With Vehicle Homicide For Going Wrong Way On I-94 Freeway Resulting In Death http://bit.ly/hApekw

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1 comment:

grandma56 said...

I understand and have agreed with enforcing the laws to keep illegal aliens out of the U.S. I have read all the arguments and most looked sound. Then I learned some seemingly unrelated information and it is giving me second thoughts.

An ice age that would freeze over the U.S. is very probable. It would come on in a mere 10 years from its onset and take many many years to recede. The remaining livable parts of the earth could not support us all. (There could be any disaster.)

How does this relate to illegal immigration? The tables will turn. We will need Mexico to accept and help us. We will not want to be their illegal aliens. It is time to open up our borders and welcome our neighbors in need. Unreasonable laws create criminals.

I see the hate building. It is the same attitude that has cropped up throughout our short history. We had it towards Native Americans, blacks, Italians, Asians, Irish, and anybody except those of English ancestry. We have had immigration quotas where we would allow more white-skinned immigrants than darker skinned. History repeats itself over and over again. We learn the wrong of hating one people only to immediately turn and hate another. It will come back to haunt us.