To get a full sense of just how tragic our dysfunctional immigration system truly is, just follow the work of reporter Kevin Lewis of WJLA in Washington, D.C.
His Twitter timeline (@ABC7Kevin) is depressingly full of updates on illegal immigrants charged with shockingly violent crimes, including rape of teenage girls and molestation of elementary school-aged boys.
Just this week, Lewis reported the case of 21-year-old Nestor Lopez-Guzman, a Salvadoran illegally in the U.S. He is charged with sexually molesting a pre-teen girl and her younger brother, who both lived with Lopez-Guzman, along with several other family members.
Lopez-Guzman allegedly touched the girl on her breasts, buttocks and vagina atop of her clothes multiple times over the course of six months, and he allegedly fondled the crotch of the young boy, saying, “Where are my little balls?” He was released on a bond until his court date.
This and countless of other cases just like it (and worse) happened in liberal Montgomery County, Maryland (75% for Hillary Clinton in 2016). Lewis’s reporting indicates that there are permissive local policies that allow illegal immigrants to run wild, even after being charged with crime. ICE requests that such suspects be held for deportation are simply ignored by county judges, and evidently the police aren’t notifying ICE either.
Lewis on Tuesday reported the case of 46-year-old Nelson Reyes-Medrano, another Salvadoran illegally in the U.S., who allegedly raped a 16-year-old he had been living with. The charges say that Reyes-Medrano entered the girl’s room with a knife as she was taking a midday nap. Reyes-Medrano allegedly held the knife to the victim’s neck and demanded that she take her clothes off, telling her, “Last time I’m going to say it … take your clothes off.” He then took his own clothes off and allegedly spread her legs with his hands so that he could forcefully penetrate her while on top of her body. The victim told authorities that it “hurt” for “a long time” and that Reyes-Medrano only stopped after he heard a noise outside the apartment, at which point he put his clothes on and left. In this case, at least a judge denied a request for bond release.
Last week, Lewis shared police reports of 28-year-old Luis Perez-Giron, a Guatemalan illegally in the U.S., who is alleged to have twice sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. The first incident allegedly occurred back in May, when the victim was at Perez-Giron’s home, in his bedroom watching TV with two other children. Perez-Giron, a friend of the victim’s family, allegedly entered the room, kissed the victim’s neck and put his hands over her clothed breasts and vagina, before telling her not to tell anyone. The second incident allegedly occurred at the victim’s own home. When Perez-Giron allegedly entered the apartment, the victim hid in a bathroom until she thought he was gone. Once she exited the bathroom, Perez-Giron allegedly walked out of a closet he had been hiding inside, and pushed the victim to the ground, causing her to cut her hand. According to the charges, he then placed her on a couch, removed her clothing and put his mouth on her breasts. He also unsuccessfully attempted to remove her pants, then told her not to say anything and that he would “rape her when she turned 13.”
These are stories you’ll only hear about from a local news reporter. And that should tell you everything about the national media’s position on immigration.
These aren’t “local crime” stories. These are the consequences of an immigration system that has completely collapsed — the consequences of Democrats in Congress and liberals in the media not wanting to do anything about it.
