Dreamer kills two little girls

kmpxx · 02-04-2014, 12:32 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-de...015307340.html

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 19-year-old Oregon woman who drove an SUV into a leaf pile, accidentally killing two young girls playing in it, has been taken into federal custody and may face deportation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Monday that Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros is being placed in removal proceedings and will be held at a detention center in Tacoma while she awaits a bond hearing before an immigration judge.

"The immigration judge will determine whether or not Ms. Garcia-Cisneros remains in detention for the duration of her immigration case," ICE spokesman Andrew Munoz said in a statement.

Garcia-Cisneros was sentenced to three years of probation and 250 hours of community service on Friday. A jury found the woman guilty of two counts of felony hit-and-run earlier this month.

Prosecutors said the crash on Oct. 20 in Forest Grove, 25 miles west of Portland, was an accident. But they say the teen failed to come forward after learning she might have struck the children in the leaf pile, which was on the street. Police found her the following day.

Authorities said the two girls — later identified as stepsisters, 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckerdt and 11-year-old Abigail Robinson — were likely concealed by the leaves and not visible to Garcia-Cisneros.

Anna died at the scene. Abigail died later at a Portland hospital.

Minutes after Garcia-Cisneros drove through the leaves on her way home, her brother returned to the scene and saw a man standing over the pile, screaming. The man spoke to him briefly.

The boy went home and told his sister she may have hit two children.

Defense attorney Ethan Levi said Garcia-Cisneros was in a state of shock and denial after learning of the children and fixated on the possibility she wasn't the driver who struck them.

Garcia-Cisneros was brought to the U.S. from Mexico as a 4-year-old. She has temporary permission to be in the country legally under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning she has a work permit and a Social Security number.

To be eligible for the program, immigrants must prove they arrived in the United States before they turned 16, are under 31 years of age as of June 15, 2012, have been living in the country at least five years, are in school or graduated, and have not been convicted of certain crimes.

Those convicted of a felony offense and some other crimes are generally not eligible for the program.

It's unclear whether Garcia-Cisneros may be eligible for any other immigration benefits that could lead to relief from deportation. Immigration attorney Courtney Carter, who represents the teen, was not available for a comment.

frbc13 · 02-04-2014, 12:35 PM

R.I.p. to those little girls. She done f'd it up for everyone else

Cloudless · 02-04-2014, 12:56 PM

Aw shucks. Poor little girls.

Garcia-Cisneros screwed up big time. Now Steve King is gonna point to this as proof that DACA kills...

dado123 · 02-04-2014, 02:08 PM

Ohh shit, I can see it, if weren't for DACA she would not have a Drivers License, blah, blah, !!

alexandernigth · 02-04-2014, 02:20 PM

.....................wow.........

sabzon · 02-04-2014, 02:28 PM

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/

While it's horrible to lose 2 little girls, a few legitimate questions:

-Where were the parents, and where was this leaf pile? Middle of the road?
-What time did this occur?
-Why aren't the parents facing criminal charges if it is shown that it was night time, that the leaf pile was in the middle of the road, and negligence is established?

If anything, the criminal conviction can show that DACA has a way of documenting and keeping track of who is here and who isn't. This article leaves out a lot of details, which isn't good in court.

Also, if these little girls were playing in the leaf pile consistently, they would've gotten run over eventually by anyone who could've been driving.

-Why didn't Cisneros stop? Maybe because our broken immigration system doesn't give an incentive for immigrants who are on the fence of getting deported of coming forward. If a citizen ran them over, I'd go as far as to say they would come forward because they don't leave under the fear of being "sent back".

Again, horrible story and I'm not trolling for the perp here, I just feel perspective is important and not jumping to conclusions is what makes a person mindful of the entire situation.

Pluribus · 02-04-2014, 02:39 PM

I'm not going to defend the suspect with such little information, but I bet because of that they are going to vilify the rest of us as a result of that. It's not like anymore information is going to help in any way.

sabzon · 02-04-2014, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pluribus

I'm not going to defend the suspect with such little information, but I bet because of that they are going to vilify the rest of us as a result of that. It's not like anymore information is going to help in any way.

It's interesting you mention that- why not ask for more information about the little girls playing in the leaf pile and where the parents were? Why always focus on the perp? "Oh my god they went out to get ICE CREAM afterwards!" says someone in the comments on that article. Well I bet that was the most horrible tasting ice cream run ever!

Tonyhasadream · 02-04-2014, 06:15 PM

That really sucks, parents need to always keep an eye on their kids but I don't see this affecting us because she didn't even get charged with murder. She left the scene probably because she didn't even know she hit anybody.

ggalicia · 02-04-2014, 06:57 PM

If justin bieber had been driving the law would had done an exception, specially since he has a visa for being with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement.

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