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April 13, 2006
Minnesota's favorite illegal alien getting a break
An illegal alien, used by the pro-illegal immigration forces as a great example of the work ethic and energy they bring to our country, has been arrested for a home-invasion robbery.
A young illegal immigrant who became a cause celebre in Minnesota after secretly living in a high school for weeks has been arrested here on home invasion charges, months after he was supposed to have left the country.
Francisco Javier Serrano, 22, had waved goodbye to supporters and journalists who saw him off at the Minneapolis airport in January, but he apparently never boarded his plane for his home country of Mexico.
Two weeks ago, police arrested him after finding him with a knife in an apartment in Boston's North End, struggling with the tenant, who was unharmed, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. He remained in Suffolk County Jail facing home invasion charges and eventual deportation.
Serrano, who overstayed a 2002 tourist visa to live with his father and attend high school in suburban Minneapolis, was embraced by Minnesotans after he was discovered sleeping in the school's auditorium in January 2005 and told how he had spent weeks hiding there, foraging for cafeteria food and showering in the locker room.
Students handed out "Free Francisco" T-shirts, and a developer gave him a place to live and hired an immigration lawyer for him.
Last fall, a federal judge ruled that Serrano must leave the country but gave him until Jan. 5 to do so. That day Serrano went to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, but his plane ticket was never used.
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A pretrial hearing was set for April 28. The charges against Serrano probably will be reduced to breaking and entering because he has no history of violence and did not hurt the tenant, said David Procopio, spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney.
What bothers more than any other aspect of the case is the statement by the Boston D.A.
Home invasion robberies are incredibly dangerous; someone all-too-often ends up dead, and if we take a look at the beginning of the story, it says that when police arrived, they found the illegal alien, armed with a knife, struggling with the unarmed resident.
"No history of violence"? "Did not hurt the tenant"?
Are they kidding?
First, that a court-ordered deportation did not have the illegal alien in handcuffs and escorted out of the country is pathetic. Apparently, the honor system is good enough for someone who has already shown contempt for our system of laws.
Second, making a misdemeanor out of a serious felony can happen for good reason in Boston -- usually when the founding member of the Chappaquiddick Swim Club is involved -- but the facts as related by the AP don't support giving this mope a break.
Knife, struggle, home invasion; sounds like a recipe for a dead victim, and but for the arrival of the cops, Minnesota's favorite foreigner might be facing a murder rap.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 13, 2006 12:11 PM
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