Nun's death sparks immigration debate
Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd
CNN
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered an investigation after a man who was in the United States illegally killed a nun in a car crash, authorities said.
Napolitano is trying determine why the man was still in the country because he had been arrested two previous times for drunken driving offenses.
The suspect, Carlos Montano, driving Sunday morning under the influence of alcohol, slammed head-on into three nuns in a Toyota sedan, police said. The three were just a few miles from a monastery in Bristow, Virginia, heading for their annual retreat. Sister Denise Mosier was killed instantly, and the other two remained hospitalized Tuesday.
The suspect has twice been in custody - the first time, almost two years ago in October 2008 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. But both times, Montano was released on his own recognizance pending deportation proceedings, because he was not convicted of a violent felony such as murder, rape, or robbery.
"He was in removal proceedings," Napolitano told CNN on Tuesday. "Why were the removal proceedings taking so long? I do not obviously as of today have the results of that, but I will get them."
Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, said he was furious with how immigration officials have handled the case.
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Hi Anderson,
I watched your segment on the ilegal immigration. How is it possible change it so who borns here from Mexican parents not be American? We all descend from something so we should all go back to Israel, ireland, Italy... Sorry the republican guy is just out of control there is no way to have an inteligent discussion it is all about politics. In the other hand if we change the 14th we should forbide guns.
This makes no sense. If I were stopped by an officer with no license and was drunk why wouldn't I be arrested? What happened here?!
Why... because you people don't do your job... you didn't do it in AZ and you're not doing it there either... Janet was a joke in AZ and still is...