"Donald J. Trump
got a shout-out Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill from the
mother of a man who was killed by an illegal immigrant in 2010.
In a Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing on so-called sanctuary cities, Laura Wilkerson of
Pearland, Tex., read from the autopsy report of her son, Josh.
An immigrant who had
been brought to the United States illegally as a 10-year-old was
convicted of tying up her son and torturing him before beating him to
death, because he accused Josh of “kicking his dog,” Ms. Wilkerson said.
“Thank you to Mr.
Trump for getting a message out in two minutes that countless families
like our
own have been trying to get out for years,” Ms. Wilkerson said.
“It feels good to be heard.”
The hearing was called
after Kathryn Steinle was fatally shot on a pier in San Francisco by a
Mexican immigrant with a record of multiple felonies and deportations
who had been released by the police. Mr. Trump drew national attention
to the killing by saying that it confirmed his comments that Mexico was
sending criminals to the United States. Lawmakers are considering
legislation to require reluctant cities like San Francisco to cooperate
with federal immigration agents.
Ms. Wilkerson said
those cities send a message to foreign criminals: “Come to our town
U.S.A., and we’ll protect you.” She urged the senators to crack down on
such criminals. “You’re elected by Americans, not any other country, and
you should be for Americans,” she said, drawing applause from the
chamber." NYT
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