Cop-Killer in Houston An Illegal Alien

Chief Defends Looking the Other Way on Illegal Immigration Even After One of His Officers is Slain

"The shooting of a Houston police officer has sparked a new battle over immigration. Juan Leonardo Quintero, an illegal immigrant, has been charged with killing a Houston police officer last week after a routine traffic stop. Police Chief Harold Hurtt blamed the federal government for failing to secure U.S. borders," Good Morning America reported. "Quintero was deported in 2004 after a conviction for indecency with a child. 'The subject was deported, and yet he came back, so if the government fulfilled their responsibility of protecting the border we would probably not be standing here today,' Hurtt said." In a separate story, Hurtt is still defending Houston's sanctuary policy for illegal aliens. "After a capital-murder charge was filed against an illegal immigrant in connection with the death of Officer Rodney Johnson, Chief Harold Hurtt firmly defended the Houston Police Department's policy of not enforcing immigration laws," the Houston Chronicle reports. "'The city of Houston has created an atmosphere that it's a sanctuary for illegals,' [Rep. Ted] Poe said. 'They knew that, and that's why [illegal aliens] go to Houston.'"

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