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Woman Sues Denver for Not Enforcing Immigration Laws

I've done the research, and these are impossible cases to win.  I don't blame the plaintiff for trying: An Englewood woman who was inside the Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop in Aurora when an illegal immigrant allegedly caused an accident that killed three people has filed a nearly $1.9 million claim against the city of Denver. Margaret Rains, who was injured in the Sept. 4 crash, alleges that the city shares the blame because Denver police had arrested Francis Hernandez several times before the accident but failed to enforce immigration laws. Hernandez is accused of driving an SUV that broadsided a Mazda pickup truck at nearly 80 mph, sending both vehicles crashing into the ice cream shop on South Havana Street.... Several law enforcement agencies, not just Denver, had arrested Hernandez nearly 20 times altogether in the five years before the accident...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).