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Members of the families of more than three dozen different individuals killed by undocumented immigrants have appeared at events with Trump over the years.<ref name="VogelRogers">{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth |last2=Rogers |first2=Katie |title=For Trump and 'Angel Families,' a Mutually Beneficial Bond |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/us/politics/trump-angel-families-bond-backlash.html |accessdate=28 February 2019 |work=New York Times |date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |
Members of the families of more than three dozen different individuals killed by undocumented immigrants have appeared at events with Trump over the years.<ref name="VogelRogers">{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth |last2=Rogers |first2=Katie |title=For Trump and 'Angel Families,' a Mutually Beneficial Bond |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/us/politics/trump-angel-families-bond-backlash.html |accessdate=28 February 2019 |work=New York Times |date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |
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==Examples== |
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* 1990 - [[Christy Sue Piña]], 14, allegedly raped and killed by Arsenio "Archie" Pacheco Leyva<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-in-1990-murder-of-christy-sue-pina-extradited-to-u-s-to-face-charges/ |title= Suspect in California girl's "brutal" 1990 murder extradited back to U.S. to face charges |publisher= CBS News |date=7 May 2018 |accessdate=24 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Deirdre Reilly |title='Angel Families' Share Their Pain and Loss During White House Event with Trump |url=https://www.lifezette.com/2018/06/angel-families-share-their-pain-and-loss-white-house-trump/ |accessdate=1 March 2019 |work=Lifezette |date=22 June 2018 |quote=“My daughter was Christy Sue Piña — back in 1990 she was kidnapped, strangled, stabbed, raped and sodomized, and her body was found in an artichoke field,” he said. He added that on May 3, “God answered my prayers, and Mexico finally turned him [the killer] loose to us. He is now in the Monterey County jail, and we can start court procedures for my daughter’s death.”}}</ref> |
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* Murder of Becky Kramer and Gale Goode in Donald, Oregon in 2005 by a 14 year old and two teens after they had reported them trying to burglarize their neighbor's house, and they came back to retaliate. Ernest Perez of Salem, Oregon is spending life in prison for murder, but was not eligible for the death penalty, because he was a minor. |
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* [[Murder of Jamiel Shaw II|Jamiel Shaw]], March 2, 2008.<ref name="YeeImmigration"/> |
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* 16 November, 2010 - [[Murder of Joshua Wilkerson|Josh Wilkerson]], 18, killed by Hermilo Moralez<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pearland/news/article/Pearland-mother-whose-son-was-murdered-confronts-10915351.php |title= Pearland mother whose son was murdered confronts Nancy Pelosi over sanctuary cities|publisher= chron.com |date= 8 February 2017 |accessdate= 24 June 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.angelfamilies.org/josh-wilkerson/</ref> |
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* 12 July 2012 - Cominic Durden, killed in crash by Juan Zacarias Lopez Tzun who was driving without a license. Tzun was charged with manslaughter.<ref name="MororcycleCrash">{{cite news |title=Family, Friends Mourn Dispatcher Killed In Motorcycle Crash |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/07/17/dominic-durden-dispatcher-motorcycle-crash/ |accessdate=20 February 2019 |publisher=KCAL CS Los Angeles |date=17 July 2012}}</ref> Tzun had two previous convictions for [[Driving under the influence]].<ref name="YeeImmigration"/> |
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* 2014 - [[Death of Brandon Mendoza|Brandon Mendoza]], Mesa, Arizona, police officer killed by an intoxicated undocumented immigrant driving in the wrong way.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenneth P. Vogel |last2=Katie Rogers |title=For Trump and 'Angel Families,' a Mutually Beneficial Bond |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/us/politics/trump-angel-families-bond-backlash.html |accessdate=1 March 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 2018 |quote=Brandon Mendoza, a Mesa, Ariz., police officer, was killed in 2014 in a head-on collision with a car driven by an intoxicated undocumented immigrant.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mother Wants Tougher Immigration Laws After Son Was Killed By Undocumented Immigrant |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/08/09/mary-ann-mendoza-immigration-laws |accessdate=1 March 2019 |work=[[WBUR-FM]] - NPR Boston |date=9 August 2018 |quote=Mendoza's son, a Mesa police officer, was killed on May 12, 2014, in a head-on collision with a man who authorities say was intoxicated and an immigrant in the country illegally.}}</ref> |
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* 22 January, 2015 - Grant Ronnebeck, 21, killed by Apolinar Altamirano<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2018/01/22/on-3rd-anniversary-of-grant-ronnebeck-murder-justice-still-denied/|title=As DC Debates DACA, Grant Ronnebeck Family Still Mourns|date=2018-01-22|work=Arizona Daily Independent|access-date=2018-06-25|language=en-us}}</ref> |
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* 31 January, 2016 - Sarah Root, 21, killed by drunken undocumented immigrant Eswin Mejia while stopped at traffic lights in her car<ref name=WhiteHouse.gov/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor Barth |title=Sarah Root's mother shares Tibbetts family's pain, pushes for immigration reform |url=https://www.ketv.com/article/sarah-roots-mother-shares-tibbetts-familys-pain-pushes-for-immigration-reform/22794673 |accessdate=6 April 2019 |work=KETV 7 Omaha |date=21 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823114253/https://www.ketv.com/article/sarah-roots-mother-shares-tibbetts-familys-pain-pushes-for-immigration-reform/22794673 |archivedate=23 August 2018 |language=en |quote=In January 2016, a drunken driver hit the back of Sarah Root's car near 33rd and L Streets in Omaha. Eswin Mejia was in the U.S. illegally, but immigration agents failed to hold him. He posted bail and vanished [...] Root is an advocate for tougher immigration laws and her group, Angel Families, offers support and a platform for people nationwide to share stories similar to Sarah's. |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* 31 March, 2016 - Peter Hacking (36), Ellie Bryant (4), Grayson Hacking (22 months old) killed by an undocumented immigrant Margarito Quintero who fell asleep at the wheel and crossed traffic lanes.<ref>{{cite news |title='Angel Mom' on Migrant Family Reunification Rallies: 'Nobody Fights for Us Anymore' |url=https://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/30/angel-mom-courtney-hacking-discusses-migrant-family-reunification-rallies |accessdate=1 March 2019 |work=Fox News |date=30 June 2018 |quote=Courtney Hacking's husband Peter, 4-year-old daughter Ellie and 22-month-old son Grayson died instantly when an illegal immigrant without a driver's license drove head-on into their car on March 31, 2016.}}</ref> |
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* 15 February, 2019 - Toria Stevens (22) died of overdose on January 22, 2018 from fentanyl laced heroin was the most recent death that President Trump highlighted. The mother of the deceased, Susan Stevens, was asked to stand up and show her daughter's picture. |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 17:10, 15 December 2019
Angel Families is an organization of relatives of victims killed by undocumented immigrants to the United States.[1] President Donald Trump has invoked the group from time to time.[2][3]
The mother of a deceased child in an Angel Family is known as an "Angel Mom."[4]
Trump began to spotlight the issue during his 2016 Presidential campaign, a tactic that the Wall Street Journal and Slate compared with candidate Hillary Clinton's campaigning alongside Mothers of the Movement, a group founded in the wake of the death of Trayvon Martin to raise awareness about racial profiling.[5][6]
On Friday 22 June, 2018, Trump hosted an event at the White House for Angel Families during which 14 relatives held 11 photos of deceased relatives who had been killed by immigrants who were in the country while undocumented.[7] Among those attending the event were Laura Wilkerson, mother of Josh; Juan Piña, father of Christy Sue Piña; Steve Ronnebeck, father of Grant; and Michelle Root, mother of Sarah.[8][9]
Members of the families of more than three dozen different individuals killed by undocumented immigrants have appeared at events with Trump over the years.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Angel Families, conservative activists hold rally at San Ysidro POE". KFMB-TV CBS 8. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
Mary Anne Mendoza, a representative of the national Angel Families organization
- ^ "Trump hosts victims of undocumented migrants amid family separations row". BBC. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ Yee, Vivian (25 June 2017). "For Grieving Parents, Trump Is 'Speaking for the Dead' on Immigration". New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Tara Golshan (1 September 2016). "Donald Trump introduced us to "angel moms." Here's why they matter". Vox. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
Trump's "angel moms" have a different origin: They are from the Remembrance Project, a Texas-based nonprofit founded in 2009 that "advocates for families whose loved ones were killed by illegal aliens"
- ^ Reinhard, Beth (6 June 2016). "Trump Brings New Voices to Bitter Debate". Wall Street Journal. ProQuest 2015471478.
- ^ Goldberg, Michelle (1 September 2016). "Trump's "Angel Moms" Deserve Our Sympathy. But Their Message Is a Lie". Slate.
- ^ "Trump autographs photos of people killed by immigrants for 'Angel Families' event". The Hill. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Remarks by President Trump and Members of the Angel Families on Immigration". WhiteHouse.gov. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ a b Vogel, Kenneth; Rogers, Katie (4 July 2018). "For Trump and 'Angel Families,' a Mutually Beneficial Bond". New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2019.