This is just a horrific terrible story. A six-year-old was seriously hurt when an illegal alien who was allegedly drunk driving struck the car he was riding in, as their family returned from Disneyland.
UPDATE: ICE confirms hit and run driver who hurt child has been deported AT LEAST 15 times since 2002 @10News pic.twitter.com/caz8KgvxlF
— Rachel Bianco (@10NewsRBianco) May 9, 2017
Here’s his father talking about the kid on Fox News:
Benjamin Lake: “There has to be some sort of justice.” https://t.co/MlqK7ATJGp pic.twitter.com/Fl4SQ965WM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 14, 2017
Here’s more on the story:
The boy, Lennox Lake, sustained a fractured skull, which required two surgeries.
His parents sustained minor injuries when a truck ran a stop sign and slammed into the car’s driver’s side, where Lennox’s car seat was positioned.
Lennox remains hospitalized but he is improving and doctors are hopeful he can make a full recovery.
His father, Benjamin Lake, said on “Fox & Friends” this morning that the family was returning home from a trip to Disneyland last week when their vehicle was struck.
The suspect’s blood-alcohol level was reportedly twice the legal limit. He fled the scene, but was taken into custody shortly thereafter.
Constantino Banda-Acosta, 38, and his passenger at the time were both in the U.S. illegally, ICE said.
ICE agents say Banda-Acosta, a Mexican citizen, was deported 15 times since 2002, including most recently in January.
“Just seeing Lennox lifeless in my wife’s arms was heartbreaking,” Lake told Ainsley Earhardt, explaining that he was previously “indifferent” about the impact of criminal aliens in the United States.
“I don’t feel like this guy represents all illegals. But I feel like the ones with a criminal record, who have done bad things and have previously been deported, they shouldn’t be finding ways back into the country,” said Lake, adding that not much can be done for the family to seek “re-compensation” from the suspect.
This is exactly why so many responded to Trump’s pro-deportation message, and is yet another example of how our government has failed to protect us from dangerous illegal aliens.
There’s an argument made by some pro-illegal immigration advocates that says that immigrants, and specifically illegal immigrants, are statistically more law-abiding than native-born American. But even if you grant them that debate point, it doesn’t matter to the debate about shutting down illegal immigration because NONE of these crimes would happen if we just enforce the laws.
There’s a GoFundMe page to help pay for the kid’s medical bills, it’s already shot way past the $50k goal.