Saturday, February 5, 2011

Haitian Deported by U.S. Dies in Homeland Jail

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Haitian Deported by U.S. Dies in Homeland Jail


It's sad that Wildrick Guerrier, 34, committed a crime that forced his deportation from the United States to Haiti.

And its even sadder that Guerrier died in a Haitian jail after suffering from cholera-like symptoms.

But I will scream if I hear immigration rights activists turn Guerrier into some kind of hero or martyr to promote relaxed immigration rules in the U.S.

It's bad enough that legal U.S. citizens commit crimes here and turn huge parts of our country into hellholes unfit for decent people to live.


When people who aren't legal citizens of this country violate laws, they know they are toying with their privilege of living here. When they get caught, they should be shown the door, as Guerrier was shown last January.

At the time he was sent home, no one knew for sure that Haiti were devolve so quickly and completely. No one knew a leadership crisis would cause international donors to withhold promised reconstruction funds. No one knew international peacekeepers would bring cholera to the island-nation and see the disease kill thousands.



Since the situation in Haiti has fallen apart, our government has stopped the deportation of criminals from Haiti back to their homeland, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.

While I'm far from thrilled they get to stay in this country and continue to prey on American citizens, I understand that sending them back to Haiti would be equal to a possible death sentence.

That would not be right.

But in the case of Wildrick Guerrier, the deportation was correct - even though it ended in his death.

A woman identified as Guerrier's finance was quoted as blaming the U.S. government for his death in a Haitian jail cell. I know she is in pain but she has it all wrong.

It is Guerrier's crimes committed here that caused his death.




 

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