The worst call you could ever receive as a parent is one telling you that your teenage son or daughter has been in a car crash. It’s a life-changing call that would go down as one of the worst days of your life. It could be even worse, though: What if you also found out that the driver who caused the accident was in our country illegally? This tragic circumstance is a reality for the parents of Anya Varfolomeev and Nikolay Osokin.

At just 19 years old, these two young people from Orange County, California, had their whole lives ahead of them. Varfolomeev was a bright young woman who was a dedicated ballerina and scout. Osokin was a gifted student at Pepperdine University who excelled in both music and academics. But in November 2021, their lives were senselessly stolen in a fiery crash caused by a criminal illegal immigrant who should have never been in this country in the first place.