So far, California officials have arrested eight on charges surrounding the murder of Newman, California police Cpl. Ronil Singh, who was shot dead early Wednesday. One is Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who is a Mexican national illegally present in the U.S. His girlfriend and brother have both been apprehended for aiding and abetting. We know that at least his brother is in the country illegally. Further, his other brother and a coworker have been arrested for being accessories after the fact.
Both are illegally present. And three others have been arrested for aiding and abetting. No word on their legal status as of yet. But, the chances of them being illegally present are pretty high.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson says the alleged murder of 33-year-old Newman, California police officer Ronil Singh “would have been prevented†if not for California’s “sanctuary state†law that shields criminal illegal aliens from deportation. (snip)
On Friday, during a news conference, Christianson noted that Perez Arriaga should have been deported out of the United States but that California’s sanctuary state law prevented law enforcement from contacting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency about the “known†gang member.
“This could have been preventable. And under S.B. 54 in California, based on two arrests for DUI and some other active warrants that this criminal has out there, law enforcement would have been prevented, prohibited from sharing any information with ICE about this criminal gang member,†Christianson said. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not how you protect a community.â€
“This is not how you assure the people who live in our community, regardless of their ethnicity, their culture, their race, any of that, that they live in a safe community,†he continued.
“This is a criminal illegal alien with prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ICE and … law enforcement was prohibited because of sanctuary laws and that led to the encounter with Officer Singh,†Christianson said. “I’m suggesting that the outcome could have been different if law enforcement wasn’t restricted, prohibited or had their hands tied because of political interference.â€
“If he wasn’t here, he wouldn’t have been driving drunk and it wouldn’t have been reported to Officer Singh and the encounter … potentially never would have occurred,†Christianson said.
“My point is, why are we providing sanctuary for criminals, gang members? It’s a conversation we need to have,†Christianson continued.
It’s a conversation that most California Democrats do not want to have. Neither of California’s two Senators, Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, have mentioned it. Nor has Nancy Pelosi. They have yammered about the illegal alien children who have died in custody after being dragged two thousand miles with poor food, little water, little shelter and other bad hygiene.
In fact, I cannot find one California federally elected Democrat who has mentioned the murder of the officer, including the high profile ones like Adam Schiff, Maxine Waters, Juan Vargas, Ted Lieu, Brad Sherman, Barbara Lee, Jackie Speier, and Eric Swalwell.
Nor has California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Current Ca. gov Jerry Brown doesn’t tweet that often, but incoming gov Gavin Newsome does, and would you be surprised no mention or statement on the murder?
