ACT OF LOVE: Killer Illegal Immigrant Entered U.S. as ‘Unaccompanied Child’. [archive]
In January 2016, Omaha police arrested Mejia after he crashed into Root’s vehicle, allegedly while street-racing drunk. The crash killed Root. ICE has stated that it did not file a detainer against Mejia because his crimes “did not meet ICE’s enforcement priorities.”
In the letter, Saldana walked back the argument that Mejia’s crimes did not meet the “priority” standard.
“After further review, we believe that further enforcement action would have served an important federal interest in this case, as provided for in Secretary Johnson’s November 20, 2014 civil immigration enforcement priorities memo,” she wrote.