Casualties in the War on Illegal Immigration

Congressman Reprimands Father of Teen Killed by Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien for Calling Criminal Aliens 'Banditos' -
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) –

In emotional testimony before a House joint panel this week, a Virginia man recalled the death of his teenage daughter in 2007 – a death caused by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk and who had been arrested twice before the crime, but was not deported.

“Two years ago this week, my 16-year-old daughter, Tessa, and her best friend Allison were killed as they were sitting at in intersection waiting for a red light to change,” Ray Tranchant said, as friends placed a photograph of Tessa Tranchant on an easel behind him. Since his daughter’s death, Tranchant, a professor from VIrginia Beach, has become an advocate for the enforcement of immigration law.

On Thursday, as Tranchant applauded local law enforcement in Virginia for its increased efforts to work with federal immigration authorities since his daughter’s death, he referred to individuals listed on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s database of illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds as “banditos.”

That comment drew a rebuff from Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.).“Mr. Tranchant, can I share with you as the father of two daughters, I thank you for bringing your testimony here, but I suggest to you that if we refer to people as banditos, as you referred to them in your testimony, it does not help to solve the problem,” Gutierrez said.

To Comrade Gutierrez:
You sanctimonious self-rightous pompous a$$hole, YOU and your comrades in the Politboro are the ones responsible for the death of that man's daughter.

YOU and your comrades have the blood of American citizens on YOUR HANDS for not enforcing the immigration laws.

That man deserves as much respect as any Gold Star parent. His daughter was KIA by an illegal combatant on American soil.

Where is your sense of decency, man? Where is your compassion? You're an a$$hole.

I can assure you if it were MY daughter, "bandito" would be the mildest term you'd hear me use.