An “angel mom” running for Congress in California aims to combat sanctuary laws concerning illegal immigrants.
Agnes Gibboney, whose son Ronald Da Silva was shot and killed in 2002 by an illegal immigrant in California, decided to run for office after Luis Gonzales, a Mexican national and confirmed gang member who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, was released from state prison and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“After my son’s murderer was released early in November of last year and I finally got him deported, I felt very strong and very empowered to fight for Americans — to fight for my country that I love and respect,” Gibboney said Wednesday in an interview with Fox & Friends.
“Angel moms” are mothers whose children have been killed by illegal immigrants in the United States.
ICE records show Gonzalez was a previously deported felon who reentered the U.S. before shooting and killing Gibboney’s son.
California became a sanctuary state in 2017 after then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Across the country, there are also so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities.
Gibboney is running in a district that neighbors Los Angeles and took issue with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s support for his city’s police department refusing to coordinate with ICE and participating in immigration enforcement.
Regardless of your immigration status, I want every Angeleno to know your city is on your side. Here in Los Angeles, our police department does not coordinate with ICE or participate in immigration enforcement.
Know your rights: https://t.co/2zfY8lUAyn pic.twitter.com/nYf1fXhBnU
— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) February 15, 2020
“He is saying he’s protecting the immigrant community,” she told Fox & Friends. “Well, the immigrant community has no fears or concerns about Trump’s policy.”
“What Garcetti is refusing to say is he’s protecting illegal aliens — those that commit crimes. And I’m not saying that every illegal alien commit[s] crimes, but they commit a significant number of crimes,” she added.
