Illinois quietly releases killer illegal migrant who had deportation order when he mowed down Marine vet from prison early
Illinois quietly released an illegal migrant who drunkenly mowed down a US Marine Corps veteran from prison last week — four years early.Vicente Torres-Vasquez, a Mexican native, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2012 after he pleaded guilty to killing 55-year-old Marine veteran Gregory Errol Homola and injuring two women, one of whom was pregnant, in a drunk-driving crash, local outlet The Daily Herald reported at the time.His blood alcohol level was 0.28%, more than three times the legal limit.Democrat-led Illinois, however, freed the con on parole on Nov.
2, four years ahead of his scheduled release date, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said.Law enforcement in the sanctuary state also failed to honor an ICE detainer the agency had requested, allowing Torres-Vasquez — who had previously been arrested four times for drunk driving — to roam free on the streets, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin railed.“When ICE lodged a detainer ahead of his release on parole, sanctuary politicians in J.B.Pritzker’s Illinois refused to cooperate with us and released him without notifying ICE,” Mullin said in a statement.Immigration agents were able to track him down and take him into custody a little over a week later, on Wednesday.
“Thankfully, the brave patriots of ICE managed to arrest this killer anyway, and he will now be deported from our country,” Mullin said.“These heartless sanctuary politicians need to stop prioritizing political power over the safety of their constituents.
They owe it to the Angel Families to work with us so that we can prevent any more American lives from being lost to illegal alien crime.”Torres-Vasquez was convicted of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in the death of another person and two counts of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in great bodily injury.He entered the US illegally at least three times in the mid 2000s, and had been issued a final order of removal...