Slain girl's family demands immigration crackdown

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Slain girl's family demands immigration crackdown

Suspect had a ‘green light’ for crime, uncle says

By BRIAN ROGERS

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Aug. 13, 2010, 9:07PM

Family members of a teen gunned down last week railed against America's immigration policy on Friday after learning one of the suspected gunmen was in the country illegally.

Melvin Alvarado, 22, and Jonathan Lopez-Torres, 18, have been charged with capital murder in the Aug. 7 shooting death of 14-year-old Shatavia Anderson.

Immigration officials have said Alvarado was deported in April 2008 and again in May 2009.

Shatavia's uncle, Joe Lambert, said the country's policy on immigration is "a big problem."

"It's really senseless, what happened to my niece, and I do not like it." Lambert said. "They're starting to come over here and they can do whatever they want. What you're doing is giving them a green light telling them, 'Hey, you can do whatever you want.' "

Lopez-Torres is a lawful permanent resident from Honduras.

The two men appeared Friday in court, where relatives of Anderson donned memorial T-shirts and called for tougher enforcement of immigration laws.

"I would like to see what they're doing in Arizona done here," Lambert said, referring to recent laws targeting illegal immigration in the Grand Canyon state.

Community activist Quanell X accompanied family members to court and also took a stand on the issue.

"I believe it is time that the immigration policy in this country has more teeth," he said. "This man should not have been allowed to sneak into the country over and over again and snuff out the life of this little girl. We do, obviously, have a border problem."

Leroy Anderson, the girl's father, nodded along with Quanell X outside the courtroom Friday.

"She was a beautiful girl. Loved life," he said. "There were joyful times, and there's going to be a lot of hurt times as well. She was loved by a lot of people."

Anderson broke down in tears while waiting for an elevator with other family members.

The two men did not appear before state District Judge Hazel Jones because they had been arraigned by a magistrate. Both are being held without bail in the Harris County Jail.

Police have said the girl was a "target of opportunity" for an armed robbery as she walked home to her north-side apartment after midnight.

Her body was found hours later near her family's home in the 1100 block of Langwick.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7152259.html

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agreed that the undocumented democrats are the biggest problem in this case, but would also ask why a 14 year old girl was walking around by herself in a rough neighborhood after midnight.

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Slain girl's family demands immigration crackdown

Suspect had a 'green light' for crime, uncle says

By BRIAN ROGERS

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Aug. 13, 2010, 9:07PM

Family members of a teen gunned down last week railed against America's immigration policy on Friday after learning one of the suspected gunmen was in the country illegally.

Melvin Alvarado, 22, and Jonathan Lopez-Torres, 18, have been charged with capital murder in the Aug. 7 shooting death of 14-year-old Shatavia Anderson.

Immigration officials have said Alvarado was deported in April 2008 and again in May 2009.

Shatavia's uncle, Joe Lambert, said the country's policy on immigration is "a big problem."

"It's really senseless, what happened to my niece, and I do not like it." Lambert said. "They're starting to come over here and they can do whatever they want. What you're doing is giving them a green light telling them, 'Hey, you can do whatever you want.' "

Lopez-Torres is a lawful permanent resident from Honduras.

The two men appeared Friday in court, where relatives of Anderson donned memorial T-shirts and called for tougher enforcement of immigration laws.

"I would like to see what they're doing in Arizona done here," Lambert said, referring to recent laws targeting illegal immigration in the Grand Canyon state.

Community activist Quanell X accompanied family members to court and also took a stand on the issue.

"I believe it is time that the immigration policy in this country has more teeth," he said. "This man should not have been allowed to sneak into the country over and over again and snuff out the life of this little girl. We do, obviously, have a border problem."

Leroy Anderson, the girl's father, nodded along with Quanell X outside the courtroom Friday.

"She was a beautiful girl. Loved life," he said. "There were joyful times, and there's going to be a lot of hurt times as well. She was loved by a lot of people."

Anderson broke down in tears while waiting for an elevator with other family members.

The two men did not appear before state District Judge Hazel Jones because they had been arraigned by a magistrate. Both are being held without bail in the Harris County Jail.

Police have said the girl was a "target of opportunity" for an armed robbery as she walked home to her north-side apartment after midnight.

Her body was found hours later near her family's home in the 1100 block of Langwick.

http://www.chron.com...an/7152259.html

It is a shame for this to happen.

Lets see were the NAACP will stand as more African Americans stand up and shout enough is enough.

I also agree it will be good to have them fighting on the side of the Americans that want, need and deserve a secure border and an end to the uncontrolled illegal immigration.

agreed that the undocumented democrats are the biggest problem in this case, but would also ask why a 14 year old girl was walking around by herself in a rough neighborhood after midnight.

Good Question regarding being out at that time. But if she were in her own yard or front porch this probably wouldn't have happened but it could have.

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This story is only able to report the "known history" of this guy... who knows how many crimes this guy has committed here in the USA, I doubt snuffing out a 14 yr old girl was his beginners act.

Meanwhile one arm of the gov is deporting him while other arms lay out the welcome mat.

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It is a shame for this to happen.

Lets see were the NAACP will stand as more African Americans stand up and shout enough is enough.

I also agree it will be good to have them fighting on the side of the Americans that want, need and deserve a secure border and an end to the uncontrolled illegal immigration.

Of course blacks are not monolithic on all issues. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are front and center politicking against Arizona's anti-illegal immigration laws and making it out to be a civil rights issue. No surprises there. The race card is their stock and trade.

Quanell X is more of a local celebrity black activist here in Houston and not known much elsewhere. Back in 2008 he pitched a b*tch about a white guy named Joe Horn that shot 2 illegal aliens breaking into a neighbor's house in Pasedena, TX that Horn confronted. No complaints about the fact that these criminal illegal aliens were victimizing the citizenry. He was just upset that a white guy shot some brown guys and wanted some justice. Quanell is all about racial politics.

So here we have an illegal brown guy that shot an American black girl and now he is upset with illegal aliens and is outraged that the border is not secure. Hey...I agree with him on this lone issue, but for the most part Quanell's outrage is selective along racial lines. I wouldn't take Quanell too serious or read too much into his latest rant or suggest that blacks are going to go against Obama and Democratic party on this issue just because of one incident.

But maybe they should be. It was the conservative blacks that pushed California's Prop 8 over the top defining marriage between one man and one woman. And it is blacks that are most often victimized by illegal aliens on the economic front and often victimized by illegal alien criminals along with other Americans.

Voting Democrat out of tradition just lets the assclowns take you for granted. Make the pricks earn your vote. So why do 90+% of blacks vote for the Democrats no matter what? Riddle me that. I wonder if Joe Lambert and Leroy Anderson still think Obummer is looking out for their best interests.?