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Governor candidate says Democrats should be blamed for rape and torture of woman because of immigration policies.

Joe Henke and Adrianne Haney, WXIA 6:54 PM. EDT July 10, 2017

A conservative candidate looking to become Georgias next governor is drawing scrutiny for comments on his Facebook, claiming Democrats so-called failed immigration policies should be blamed for two tragic crimes in Gwinnett County.

Candidate Michael Williams is using both examples to push for the statewide expansion of a federal immigration program meant to grant local law enforcement officers the same authority as federal immigration agents.

The program is called 287(g), and Williams believes it could have played a role in stopping two separate incidents which involved illegal immigrants.

On May 12, multiple teens were charged for allegedly breaking into a Gwinnett womans apartment and assaulted and raped her in front of her children. Federal officials confirmed 19-year-old Josue Ramirez, one of those accused in the case, entered the U.S. illegally.

In another disturbing case, Isabel Martinez allegedly stabbed her entire family to death, leaving only one survivor. Homeland security confirmed she was also in the U.S. illegally.

In a statement on his campaign website, the state senator from Forsyth County wrote, It is the Democrat policies that are out there that are opening up our borders allowing illegal immigrants to come into our country at free will. If that hadn't happened that horrible incident in Gwinnett County would have not happened either."

On Monday, 11Alives Joe Henke spoke to Williams. Williams said he isn't trying to gain politically from recent tragic events, but in his opinion, they show a failed immigration system.

"I'm in no way, shape or form trying to politicize these events, he said. But we do need to be made aware that they are happening and it is because of the policies that the democrats and the liberals are pushing.

He said if he were elected governor, he would push for law enforcement agencies across Georgia to expand 287(g), which became federal law in 1996. Currently, ICE has 287(g) agreements with 45 law enforcement agencies in 18 states. Only four counties in Georgia participate in the program Cobb, Hall, Whitfield and Gwinnett.

However, one immigration advocate told 11Alive 287(g) could do more harm than good. Azadeh Shahshahan with advocacy group Project South said expanding a program like it could dissuade undocumented immigrants from talking to police when they witness, or become victims, of crime.

"Immigrants and people of color in our communities are going to feel less safe again talking to the police about anything, if that would mean that they could potentially be placed in deportation proceedings, Shahshahan. That, as a result, would lead to less safe communities for all of us."

Still, Williams believes that if 287(g) were already state-wide, there would be less of these incidents.

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Just over two years ago, while walking on a pier in San Francisco with her dad, Kate Steinle was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant with a criminal past and a record of deportations.

I firmly believe the federal government has limited constitutional responsibilities, but establishing justice and insuring domestic tranquility are among the few authorities that were engraved into our founding documents first sentence. In recent decades, however, the federal government has fallen through on these responsibilities when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws, and the loss of Kate is just one example of the consequences for that.

Kates killer had already been deported five times when he opened fire on July 1, 2015. Certainly, more must be done to secure our border, including building a more robust wall and giving border patrol agents the resources and technologies needed to create a more impenetrable barrier. And without question, the laws already on the books need to be better enforced.

But I also believe our laws could be stronger too.

Shortly before the two-year anniversary of Kates murder, I joined the House in passing Kates Law, which would significantly toughen the punishment for illegal immigrants who re-enter the country. While I believe we could go even farther with these punishments, Kates Law is a good first step.

San Francisco, where Kates murder took place, is also one of more than 300 so-called sanctuary cities that openly refuse to turn over criminal illegal immigrants to federal law enforcement.

Kates killer had seven felony convictions at the time of the murder. Less than four months before Kates death, he was turned over to San Francisco authorities for an outstanding drug warrant. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked that he be kept in custody until immigration agents could get there, but because San Francisco is a sanctuary city, he was released. This should never have happened. So, in addition to Kates Law, I helped pass the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which cracks down on sanctuary cities like San Francisco by withholding valuable federal grants from them.

While the Senate will debate the legislation next, President Trump has already announced his support for both bills.

This is just the beginning. Ive also cosponsored the SMART Act, which would authorize additional personnel and new technologies to help secure the border, and Ive backed legislation to help stop the drug trafficking thats contributed to South Dakotas drug abuse and violent crime increases.

Kate should have never lost her life on that pier in 2015. Her killer should have never been in this country let alone, running free within it. We have to be stronger when it comes to enforcing the laws on the books, but we also have a constitutional responsibility to make sure the laws on the books are strong enough to keep our families and communities safe.

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Progress on the legislative front remains largely at a standstill, but that doesnt mean that things arent getting done. President Trump has been meeting with the leaders of various nations this week and this story from the Washington Examiner makes me wonder whether any of his one-on-one chats included the subject of deportation. In the spring of 2016 there were nearly two dozen countries that were refusing to take back their criminal illegal aliens when ICE caught them here and we wanted to deport them. At this point that number is down to twelve, so clearly some of them have gotten the message.

The Trump administration has bolstered its campaign to deport criminal illegal immigrants by getting countries to stop blocking the transfers and take them back, according to key Homeland Security officials.

Led by its success in getting Iraq to shift gears, the administration is looking to cut the number of recalcitrant nations even further as it speeds up the arrest of illegal immigrants and visa overstayers who have criminal records.

It is big news. It shows that some of these countries see that they cant get away with stiff arming us anymore, that there will be consequences, said Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies.

The situation with Iraq was a bit more complicated since they needed to come off of the travel ban list, but a combination of sticks and carrots seem to have worked with the others who are now taking their criminal illegal aliens back off of our hands. Of the dozen that are left, a few may be tricky, but some of them should be fairly easy calls if Trump is losing patience and wants to do away with the carrot portion of the proceedings.

The remaining recalcitrant countries (as they are called) include China, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan. China is obviously a bit of a tightrope to walk considering how deeply were currently wrapped up with them on the North Korea situation, but Hong Kong very much wants to remain in our good graces. And Bermuda? How much of their tourism trade comes from us? A quick word from the State Department regarding travel there would likely have them reconsidering their position if they suddenly faced the possibility of vacation traffic in that direction becoming more difficult.

The rest of them each have their own complications, but they all need things from us. Two of the biggest are foreign aid and our willingness to continue issuing visas to their own citizens. The latter is a big ticket item because if they wont take back their people who come here and break the law we are under zero obligation to keep issuing more permission slips. And, as I said, they need us far more than we need them in most of those cases.

Theres a ways left to go, but it looks like the needle is moving in the right direction. Tracking down and arresting criminal illegal aliens here in the United States is the first step, but shipping them out is equally important. Countries that dont wish to cooperate must be made aware that there will be a significant price to pay and theyre not dealing with Barack Obama anymore. Get onboard with the plan deal with the fallout.

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Twenty-one cities, several of them sanctuary cities, have pledged to make one million immigrants American citizens by the end of 2017.

TheNaturalize Now initiative is aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from deportation under the Trump administration. President Trump is not against legal immigration, but has promised to crack down on illegal residency in the U.S., especially of criminals.

The cities include New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Jersey City, NJ; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; and Tucson, AZ.

Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles and other progressive elected officials have joined in the path to citizenship effort.

"We celebrate our independence on July 4, and honor the values of freedom, justice, unity, and equality that make us who we are," Garcetti said.

The House of Representatives passed two immigration bills June 29,"Kate's Law" and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. The bills exact harsher penalties on those who re-enter after being deported and put pressure on local governments to cooperate with feds on immigration enforcement.

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