The Republican Willie Horton

This is Michael Caldera De Latorre, or as fingerprints taken from when he was twice captured trying to sneak into the United States from Mexico in 2004 indicate, Ricardo De Latorre.

He is one of the millions of undocumented illegal aliens George W. Bush and many Congressmen and Senators would like to grant amnesty.

Yesterday morning, while driving a Chevy Tahoe reported stolen in Charlotte, Latorre careened across the median of I-40 in Raleigh, and stuck a Kia driven by George Alwyin Smith, a 54-year-old computer programmer at Duke University, before slamming into a car driven by Carolyn Hageman.

Smith died in the wreck, and Hageman was injured. Pulled from the wreckage reeking of alcohol, De Latorre has been charged with DWI, felony death by motor vehicle, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, no operator’s license and careless and reckless driving.

Perhaps if our federal government had done a better job securing our southern border, Latorre would still be in Mexico, and George Smith would still be alive. But our President, our Congress and our Senate seem primed to allow De Latorre and millions more illegals like him to slip across a border they refuse to defend.

As the Smith family suffers, the Senate is pushing an immigration bill that the Congressional Budget Office says will barely make a dent in the number of illegal aliens flowing into our country.

When you look at Ricardo De Latorre's face, I want you to see John McCain. I want you to see George Bush. I want you to see the congressmen and Senators from both parties who want to bankrupt our nation with a continued flow of illegal aliens that fill our prisons and emergency rooms, that sap social programs and educational opportunities designs for native-borne Americans and legal immigrants while driving wages for low-skilled workers ever lower.

This is Ricardo de Latorre, a twice-caught illegal, apparent car thief, and drunken killer.

Until yesterday, President Bush and many RINOS wanted to grant him amnesty.

I wonder how they feel about that now.

Update: Dan Collins says via email that serial killer Angel Resendez would probably be a better example of what our country's pathetic border security allows, and with nine alledged murders and at least five deportations, and an unknown number of illegal borders crossings that likely numbered in the dozens, he makes a strong case.