A Tale of Two Immigrants | Be John Galt

Two immigrants lives?intersected recently in St. Paul, MN. One was Clarisse Grime,?a 16-year-old junior-to-be at St. Paul Harding High School. Clarisse, a legal immigrant, was born in Ethiopia and her family spent several years in Italy before?coming to the United States. The other was Carlos Viveros-Colorado, a 50-year-old man in the country illegally. St. Paul is a ?sanctuary city.?

Clarisse had apparently survived quite a bit to make it to St. Paul. She was born in Ethiopia, a place where nearly 20% of children don?t make it to age five. That?s where she learned to speak Amharic, and when her family got out of Ethiopia and moved to Italy, she picked up Italian. In the U.S. for nearly three years, English was her third language, and she was fluent enough to become an honor roll student at Harding.

Clarisse was attending summer school and after Thursday classes, she and her boyfriend of two years were sitting near the football field, waiting for a Metro bus, when her tragic destiny came calling.

It came in the form of a 2001 Ford Expedition, driven by one Carlos Viveros-Colorado, a 50-year-old man who, according to witnesses, was speeding and lost control of the car. It crossed the street, ran over a sign, ran over a fire hydrant and hurtled towards the young couple, who tried to get out of the way. Clarisse?s boyfriend was hit and injured his hip, while she was struck and died with minutes, all the promise of her life erased in not much more than the blink of an eye.

The one person left uninjured was Viveros-Colorado, who was quickly taken into custody, and there?s a story to his life as well. That story includes:

• ? Entering the United States illegally more than a decade ago;
• ? Being convicted of drunk driving in 2001
• ? Never obtaining a Minnesota drivers license
• ? Receiving a series of speeding tickets
• ? Being convicted and fined $100 this past April for driving without a license
• ? Using a false name and stolen Social Security number to maintain his employment

All of which begs the question, ?What was he DOING here?? How do you spend more than a decade in this country without gaining citizenship, have multiple run-ins with the law, illegally obtain a job while 13 million American citizens are looking for work and NOT get thrown out of the country?

Because when it comes to illegal immigration, your government has stopped bothering to protect you, bowing instead to political correctness and the alleged value of ?diversity.?

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One final irony. Little Clarisse had already learned three languages and spoke English after just 2-1/2 years in the U.S. But when Viveros-Colorado was arrested Thursday, he needed an interpreter to talk to police.

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This story repeats itself over and over. U.S. citizens, or in this case, a legal immigrant, are killed by illegal aliens through crime or traffic accidents. Often liquor is involved (although this time it doesn?t appear to be). In any case, the life of a 16 year old with tremendous potential was snuffed out by someone that any rational-thinking city/country would have been deported.?Another irony is that if Clarisse had not been trying to?improve her life?(by attending summer school to improve her ACT scores) she would be alive today.

Hat tip: Tim Droogsma?s Blog

A beautiful young lady with tremendous potential had her life snuffed out because we refuse to enforce our laws.

Source: http://bejohngalt.com/2012/07/a-tale-of-two-immigrants/

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