The bloody consequences of illegal alien sanctuary at the White House doorstep
An illegal alien who had been deported twice before was convicted this week of the brutal murder of a restaurant worker who was employed by the popular Old Ebbitt Grill restaurant near the White House. The victim’s skull was crushed after the two-time deportee bashed him in the head repeatedly with a baseball bat. Despite sporadic immigration enforcement efforts elsewhere around the country, the D.C. area remains a sanctuary for thugs like this:
An illegal immigrant who twice had been deported from the United States was convicted Tuesday of the brutal beating death of an employee of a historic restaurant near the White House. A D.C. Superior Court jury found Hernan Melendez, 17, guilty of second-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Melendez, of Honduras, faces more than 50 years in prison but will likely be sentenced to between 13 1/2 years and 29 years under sentencing guidelines.
At about 2 a.m. Jan. 28, 2007, Melendez and two friends got into an argument with Andres Benitez near the Old Ebbitt Grill where Benitez worked as a dishwasher, prosecutors said.
Benitez retrieved a baseball bat and swung at the group, but the three men rushed him to the ground and started kicking him.
As Benitez lay on the ground, Melendez grabbed the bat and hit Benitez as many as 10 times until a bystander tried to break things up, authorities said.
Melendez struck the Good Samaritan in the head and resumed his attack on Benitez, pounding him five more times, authorities said.
Two security guards who witnessed the attack chased Melendez and caught up to him at a nearby apartment building. Melendez still had the bat in his hand, court documents said.
Benitez died at the scene. His skull was crushed.
They know how the game is played:
After initially telling authorities that he was 21, Melendez then asserted that he was 16 and challenged the propriety of being charged with murder as an adult. The challenges were eventually rejected by the court.
But don’t you dare think about criticizing lax immigration enforcement if you happen to be a person of color.
The Spitter will call you an “Uncle Tom.”
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Not suprised.
It’s not every person crossing the border is a murderer, but Benitez would be alive if that man never came here and that’s the sad part. Our wages are kept low, yesterday I find out they get workers comp, and now crushed skulls, all in the allure of the illegal.
Time to get over the fantasy.
But, But, But, every time, the spitter prays it wasnt an illegal committing these crimes. doesnt that make you feel warm and fuzzy.
When will we wake up and realize we are battling a three front war…Iraq, Afganistan, and right here at home with Illegal Immigration.
We are a nation under siege.
So he lied about his age and swings a mean bat?
Can he play shortstop too?
Sin,
MLB
I know I can’t be the only one that seems some disparity in what he did and what he is looking at receiving for the murder of another human being…
The big irony is coming down the tracks. When this type of alien invader violence starts occuring on K Street, The Hamptons, Westchester County, Marin County, etc., it will be too late. The political, cultural and media elites will find themselves under assault like the rest of us.
Don’t leave out Keith “the Chicken Plucker” Olbermann: he’ll do the “dastardly deed” of putting you on his Worst list, if you hurt his pro-immigration sensitivities.
Thank you,
President/Commander-in-chief
Juan McCain
Hillary “No-woman-is-illegal” Clinton
Barak “Drivers-licenses-for-illegals” Obama
Teddy
and other sell-out/traitors….
This is just so infuriating! Has anyone ever brought up these types of things directly to McCain or Obama? I want to hear them defend their amnesty policies in the face of horrible events like this.
I guess Hernan Melendez is part of that “rich and lively” Hispanic community as moonbats/liberals describe it. From a safe distance, of course.
Our “leaders” are clueless. A more scary thought: they might know exactly what they’re doing. Another great way to destroy the American social fabric for the greater good of the Great Society.
All you smart, responsible people out there need to be prepared to defend yourselves and your families. The police can’t always do it for you.
There just doing the beating that Americans won’t do.
The only way things might change is if one of the spineless politicians have a kid killed…not that I want that to happen…but it’s the truth.
As for the TB test on my youngest, thanks for your prayers, the test came back neegative.
Sooner or later…illegal immigration is going to bite one of this politicians in the a@#, and maybe they will start to see what we already have known
I hate to be a downer, but it’s only going to get worse. Much, much worse. I’m on the phone all the time trying to stop all this crap and will continue to, but somedays I feel like everything I do is for nothing because the people running this country will only give these people citizenship. The future looks very bleak.
This fine person from Honduras is just doing the killing that honest, hard-working Americans are unwilling to do.
The bigger question is how this helps Michelle Obama’s kids.
The stark reality, since Jan 1 2005 through Dec 31 2007 667 Americans were killed in Mexico 128 of them murdered or executed. In that same period in Canada 35 have been killed 2 murdered. Yep no difference in values there, nope none at all. Its all about family values dontcha know.
PP,
That’s great news!
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It didn’t matter when Iofemi Hightower, Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey and Jamiel Shaw were murdered by illegal alien thugs. (For a more comprehensive list go here). And it won’t that this lists continues to grow everyday.
Yep. Maybe this will get some attention now that it’s happening in the nation’s capital…
Perhaps when a thug such as this kills a congressman’s/woman’s son, daughter, wife or husband, something might be done! Our so-called “leaders” are so insulated from the public’s everyday life that they have no way of empathizing the fear and danger these illegal criminals bring to this country. We HAVE to vote the fools out of office that continue to allow illegal aliens free reign in this country! Otherwise, shame on us…
Thank you, Michelle!
Excellent headline and article, “The bloody consequences of illegal alien sanctuary at the White House doorstep.”
Another excellent expose.
Writing the articles the MSM won’t write, about the murders Americans won’t commit.
PP, so happy for your child. I have the germ myself, courtesy of “migrants” I used to teach. Hope she is well.
I agree with most of you who say a “big wig’s” kid or spouse has to be killed before someone takes this seriously. This is ridiculous.
The spitter will say this is a young, poor, child who knows no better and had no other alternative because this is such a racist nation especially against the innocent immigrant. Blah, blah, blah.
Washington Times had a story today about Tom Tancredo. He has to wear a bullet proof vest often because of the “innocent illegals”.
Tired of these stories again and again and nothing being done about it….The Do-Nothing congress and President are useless…why do we even pay them???
By the way , as far as wages being kept down…Get this–was watching Jack Lemmon in movie How to Murder your Wife last week. At one point Jack is questioning a lawyer on the stand….(mind you this movie was made in 1965)…He asks him how much money he makes…the guy says…About $60,000 to $70,000……
This is in 65!!!!
Talk about getting screwed !!
“We WAS ROBBED!!”
Pulchritudinous Patriot
I agree and unfortunately have been begrudgingly posting the same belief here for a long time …
Out of sight out of mind … until some major political office holder gets hit right in their collective family’s face with an illegal immigrant incident like this they will continue to ignore its existence as a problem …
Every time one of these incidents happen, every time a POLICE OFFICER is killed, The defenders of ILLEGALS pray. Please not a MIGRANT. If it is, next PLEASE NOT AN ILLEGAL… Then comes the DEFENSE. WELL, this is just an isolated incident… No matter what the circumstances, their answer, GO ON THE OFFENSE. OUT SHOUT the ANTI ILLEGAL crowd, get as MUCH air time as possible. Then you get MSM, they will write and report in such a way, that after a short while you will believe that the VICTIM somehow brought this upon THEMSELVES. You folks had your chance. You could have picked TANCREDO, you could have picked HUNTER, and to a small extent even ROMNEY. But no, you let MSM pick OL JUAN for you. NOW WHAT YA GONNA DO??? Old chinese saying, YOU GET THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE!!! PROPHETIC HUH???
Maybe the family should send McCain and the rest of Congress an invitation to the funeral.
…and if he resided in Maryland, he could vote!
maisy - I know this is off topic, but I watched that movie too… I love Jack Lemmon.
Yep, the elites in this country will have to get used to this type of lifestyle as the Mexican Mafia expands its’ influence in this country. Kidnappings of business execs, assassinations of politicians, law enforcement, musicians and artists.
Take a look at what’s going on in Mexico to see the future of this country. Hey you elites: How do you know that illegal immigrant nanny you hired isn’t a scout for a Mexican Mafia kidnapping ring?
I posted this in another thread, but I thought I would reiterate it.
My 4 step plan to eliminate Illegal Immigration:
1)cut off social services to illegals. They can still get truly emergency medical care, but if they can not provide proof of citizenship then make it mandatory that ICE is called.
2)prosecute companies that hire illegals up to and including incarceration and loss of business license.
3)Prosecute Illegal Immigrants who use stolen identies to obtain employment and/or benefits
4)Bill the foreign nation where the illegal alien came from for the costs of the incareration, medical expenses and deportation cost. To collect on the bill, reduce the foreign aid to that country by the amount of the bill.
If we do these four things there will not be any illegal alien problem.
Numbers tell it all:
Oh, and that’s just murder, what about reckless activities, say drunk driving:
So here we are with numbers and facts by someone in our government, yet nothing gets changed. 25 people get killed a day, doing what they usually do, and here is the last stat you need to know:
A quarter million people who go to the park to rape your kids, to ruin their lives. Our government sits there idle.
Ineffective would be a nice word for the state of affairs, I rather use the term Neglectful.
This is SO right-on. There it is, in a nutshell.
This makes me sick. I’m familiar with the business, though i’ve never personally eaten there.
How to deal with this punk:
1. Firing Squad
2. Lethal Injection
3. Hanging
4. Man Eating Tiger
5. Drawn and Quartered.
I’m sure we can find many more examples.
Before anyone goes on the “its a kid!” argument, or before anyone goes over the “thats cruel!” garbage, i would invite you to take 15 strikes to the head with a bat and see how cruel that seems when your skull is caved inward.
This person should be deported.
In a body bag.
Get these illegals out of my country. I dont want their culture or their criminal activity ANYMORE.
It’s the bats fault. If we didn’t have the second ammendment we wouldnt have these problems. Nothing to do with the illegal who was twice deported. Blame it on the inanimate object!
“Only here to do the killing that Americans don’t want to do!” — GWB
I wonder if he got any wood splinters from the baseball bat - he could claim worker’s comp if he did.
[citation needed]
This scum is what the death penalty is meant for. I say fry him.
more good news
I’m sure McCain, Obama, Clinton, Bush, Kennedy, etc. have heard about these things, and I am sure it rolls off them like water off a duck’s butt. They and The Spitter are incapable of comprehending why illegal immigration is a problem. Nor do they care about the manifestations of the problem that are popping up everywhere with increasing frequency. I believe they are morally corrupt and perhaps genetically incapable of understanding why it is wrong to facilitate illegal immigration. It may be the same genetic defect that renders them incapable of distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration and causing them to assume that if you are for the rule of law and against illegal immigration you must be either an Uncle Tom or a racist. They will never change their minds…they have to be defeated at the ballot box and by grass roots uprising.
“Take a look at what’s going on in Mexico to see the future of this country.”
Exactly. That should be tattooed into McCain’s forehead. And Obama’s. And Hillary’s. And every idiot that thinks shamnesty and open borders is a good idea. I hope MM highlights those words and repeats them every opportunity she gets. And if Mexican authorities (at least the few that aren’t corrupted yet) actually succeed in pushing the cartels out of Mexico, guess where those people are going to set up operations instead.
Worse? Yep, getting there every day. It could stop tomorrow, if…(you all know the answer).
These totally preventable deaths do not phase the people responsible for preventing them. They do not feel threatened in the least, so why should they worry?
Answer? Pitchforks, axehandles and torches.
I know how this guy can start to repay his debt to society - send him to Iraq to be used as bait, or he can walk ahead of convoys to set off any IEDs.
This is sickening.
But maybe we need to change the focus of our illegal immigration argument. I’m thinking of something along the line of ‘For the Children’. Lets deport the illegals ‘for the environment’ and to ‘reduce our carbon footprint’ etc. We all know that human life takes a back seat to any other species animal or plant.
GOP Presidential Candidate McCain was unavailable for comment.
The chick-ens are coming home…to roooost!
You know, it would probably take just one lawsuit of wrongful death against a politician for not enforcing federal immigration laws to turn the tide… just a thought.
Oops I forgot lets deport them to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and consequentially lower the price of gas.
Rep. Steve King says there are 12 murders a day by illegal aliens. This does not include the drunk driving homicides.
These numbers pale to our losses in recent wars.
What he said…
“These numbers pale to our losses in recent wars.”
Rinoalert, there is a physical war in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is not a physical war being fought on American soil as such, so don’t try comparing chalk and cheese.
hmm.. perhaps I misread that..
The American public has already reached the tipping point on this issue, while our elected officials have abdicated all responsibility with their game of pass the buck. I have heard more excuses for not inforcing the laws against illegals. Let’s face it - american citizenship has been reduced to footing the bills for those who shouldn’t be here. The slowed economy will do more to get rid of illegals than sporatic low enforcement. Every time an illegal gets a job, rents an apartment or get free anything, an american is selling out our country.
Ummmm…who is Keith Oldermann?
According to antiwar.com, there have been 4084 deaths in Iraq since March 2003, or about 816/yr, or 2.25 a day, which is almost 25% of the estimated annual deaths per Rep. King’s statistics.
Pale?
I think the statement should be “The deaths in our recent wars pale in comparison to those caused by illegals”
It is already happening!!! Wake Up! Check out the video link.
KTTV Video
Just saw a Comcast commercial abt their “Community-giving-back day” or somesuch name.
12 min on how they work w/ the national La Raza council.
Oh, joy! OK! They work for the mexican KKK!
On another note:
Now, you guys know I love you all — even the hopeless clueless Liberal/Moderates — but you are greatly mistaken if you think that illegals kidnapping/killing/etc any congress-critter, their families, or even the president. The others would slap-down & marginalize any dissenter[sp?] Look, its already happened. Listen sometime as to how the tone/phrasing of a congress-critters’ speech changes whn they are asked any questions abt “their good friend” if he’s one that has stood up to stem the tide of illegals. This change in demeanor takes place regardless of whether they share the same party.
All that would happen would be a budget increase for the Secret Service.
- martin.musculus
So, in about 30 years he’ll be back in America to cause more harm.
Okay, I, for one, have had enough! I refuse to vote for ANY Republican incumbent. I want term limits for them all! This is one issue with which I am having a very difficult time justifying a vote for McCain. I am terrified of what WILL happen when his shamnesty goes into effect.
NYC123me#43–YES! Your post is a spot-on summation of where we are on this invasion issue.
# 32 True Soldier-your list of must do’s is great!
My Broken Record:
LESSER OF TWO EVILS …..20-30- 40 years of it……slippery -slide to the left…
Anyone else FED UP ?!!!!!!!
Fry the bastard, send a message.
And hopefully the Supreme Court will decide residents of DC have Second Amendment rights too.
He is eligible for Workman’s Comp though, isn’t he?
Let me add 1 thing to your list. BTW, your apporach is very close to “Eliminate the Magnets” and “Attrition” strategies.
5. END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
Illegals and many others who take advantage of this mis-interpretation of the 14th amendment, use it to their advantage. “You are breaking up families” etc. They hide behind these anchor babies to slow or halt deportation. The first thing Jose and Juanita do when arriving is work on an anchor baby (h*ll, many come across legally just to have stupid Americans pay for the birth then collect benefits). This is, in my mind, the very first thing that needs to be corrected. And make it retroactive back to 1986 (when last amensty occurred). We ar ethe only 1st nation country left in the world that allows htis ridicuouls policy to occur. And it is abused by many many people from all over the world. I have witnessed it first hand.
I’m reminded of when we petitioned the ciy to put up a traffic light at a dangerous intersection. They surveyed it for years and when the traffic deaths reached a certain percent, they installed the light. I guess the politicions are waiting for the death rate to go into the millions before they put a handle on illegal immigration.
Agreed.
Based on the gun thread from last week or so, i’ve made a decision on the weapons of choice.
Mr. Mossberg and Mr. Glock will be defending my house after this coming weekend.
There are so, so many groups singularly fighting illegal immigration. What needs to be done…as I’ve said here before…is for them to gather together, leave their egos at home and form one single massive group of AMERICANS determined to put an end to this insanity. Michele, Pat Buchanon, Glen Beck, Mike Savage, and a multitude of other prominent persons to assemble like they did during the fight against the amnesty bill and the formation of the Fire coalition. This needs to bring all concerned Americans together in one Massive march on Washington. I don’t want to hear …we have to work….If you don’t do it , getting a job will be the least of your problems.
Michele -you can rally these people…Strength in numbers…WE ARE IN A WAR for our country and if we don’t do something now whomever wins the election will give this country over to imopoverished illegal Invaders.Europe is finally smartening up while stupid America does nothing! It is NOW OR NEVER!!
Build the fence. Enforce the law.
Very good plan. I think we need to get behind this one.
Look at this inside job.
Meaning of Citizenship
The value at the heart of citizenship and Americanization policy is exactly that: citizenship. We have to realize that the idea of citizenship as a core American value and citizenship as a legal definition must not be detached from one another. The unique virtue of American citizenship is that it is centered around the embrace of core American values and principles. For newcomers, it would include the renunciation of foreign allegiances, and for all Americans it means becoming part of our national community.
I just read on the Drudge Report that Spanish is becoming (or has already become according to the article) the primary language in Miami so much so that people (U.S. citizens born and bred) who don’t speak Spanish are leaving in droves. This is where we’re heading folks. Sooner or later the illegals will get their way, be legalized, millions more will follow and continue taking over our cities and towns, and that will be the end of this country. Canada better watch out. They do have a lot of uninhabited land. I wonder how many of us they could take in?
If increase in spanish doen’t drive citizens out of Miami, the crime rate will. It’s not just Miami. There are other areas where the same thing is happening. When all the legal taxpayers leave, who will pick up the tab for the social programs illegals use? Liberals want to keep the illegals in their districts for job security. Remember, we’re going to have a census in 2010 and these same liberals will want every person counted regardless of status.
This is all that concerns Bush…a business modernizing and taking advantage of the new opportunities afforded by marrying Mexican labor with American capital. Free trade that is win-win.
I think he’s this ESPN guy who went to some channel with Microsoft and non-stop shows abouts pedophiles. He also seems to have a huge crush on Mrs.Malkin and brings her up a lot.
Keith, buddy, she’s married, get over it.
There are times, not often, when I wish we had the old San Francisco Vigilante Committee again. Ring the bell, gather the members, haul out the guy and hang him. I know that’s wrong, but there are times when you wish justice was served that way to a few people.
So why was this punk thug walking around downtown with a baseball bat? Sounds like first degree murder and the death penalty are in order here.
He got it from the victim. Which reminds me - on the gun thread a few days ago I meant to mention that if you have a weapon and the perp heads toward you rather than away, you’re going to have to shoot, otherwise they will use your own weapon against you or your family. That needs to be in your head when you decide to arm yourself.
Just wait until the rest of the country starts going through what we go through in South Texas. Then there will be an outcry.
Got a request from GWB for a donation.
Got a request from John McCain for a donation.
I told both of them if they want money from me,
#1 I have to see the fence built, and
#2 they have to give NO amnesty.
How much you want to bet I get to keep my money.
If I ever see geraldo in person my first reaction will be to SPIT on him!!!
Anyone ever notice how those pro-illegal immigrant people that like to refer to Michelle et al as “restrictionist,” “nativist,” “hardliner,” etc., never have the guts to show up for threads like this?
Cowards.