He should have been deported years ago. Update to this previous story.
Via The Hay Ride:
Information is dribbling out about Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, the illegal alien from Honduras who crashed a party bus into a traffic pileup on I-10 in St. John the Baptist Parish on Sunday, killing two people and injuring some 40 others – and none of it is good.
And Amaya’s lengthy history as an illegal running wild outside the law now promises to make a few of Louisiana’s more high-profile public officials look like clowns.
At present, there is a major dust-up afoot between Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu over the issue, as yesterday Landry put out a statement noting how tragedies like the one involving Amaya over the weekend point out the danger in running sanctuary cities like the one Landrieu is running. Here was Landry’s statement…
“It comes as no surprise that Amaya-Rodriguez was living in metropolitan New Orleans, our State’s only sanctuary city. Sanctuary policies encourage the further migration of illegals into communities and cost a grave toll in money and safety, as was shown in the tragic deaths of St. John Fire Chief Spencer Chauvin and Jermaine Starr on Sunday.”
“Sunday’s tragedy highlights the need for a sound immigration policy, including the ban of sanctuary cities. Amaya-Rodriguez has been encountered by law enforcement over a half a dozen times in the last five years, yet he continued to roam the streets until he took two lives.”
That motivated Landrieu to fly into a rage and fling mud in Landry’s direction…
In a response Tuesday afternoon, Landrieu called it “shameful” that Landry “would politicize the fatal traffic accident for his own personal gain.”
“It makes no sense why he would attack our city – the driver of the bus does not live in in New Orleans and the company that employs him is not even permitted to operate here,” Landrieu said. “The old adage of never letting a good crisis go to waste is on full display.”
One suspects there might well be more blowback in Landrieu’s face now that this issue is at the forefront of public discussion, but for now one can only wonder what Landry is doing. After all, the mayor is correct – Amaya isn’t one of his illegals.
Rather, Amaya belongs to the New Orleans area’s other banana republic potentate – that being Jefferson Parish sheriff Newell Normand.