Another cop falls victim to our open borders policy

Daily News of Newburyport Online:
"PEABODY — A Salem police officer remained hospitalized and a Brazilian teenager was behind bars yesterday, both of their lives suddenly and dramatically altered when the girl struck the officer with a car Wednesday night."

Fortunately, Salem, Massachusetts, police officer Michael Shea now appears headed for a full recovery after being struck by a car, thrown through the air and splitting his head open on a curb while directing traffic around a utility repair project in the neighboring city of Peabody. But why was his assailant her in the first place?

The young female driver of the car claims to be a 17 years old (look at the photo, she could easily be older) from Brazil and was arrested by US immigration authorities in Texas in the company of a man claiming to be her father. Although it appears from this and other press reports (there is a less-detailed story on WND.com and very sketchy story on the website of a CBS-TV affiliate) the adult male was detained, the Department of Homeland Security, in its infinite wisdom, turned the allleged minor female loose with a paper saying she must leave the US within 30 days. How she was to get back to Brazil on her own is something I suspect even the brilliant Michael Chertoff could not explain.

Apparently it took only about three days for the girl to make her way from Texas to the Brazilian community in Peabody, Massachusetts, make friends with the locals, and borrow a car with which she nearly killed a police officer who has a record of 17 years service protecting his fellow citizens.

This is the only one of the three articles I read which noted that the name given may not be her own. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a fake since a search for the name Leila Lopes (the middle name was not included in the first story I saw) immediately turned up several sites offering photos of a very hot 35-year old Brazilian model and actress of that name who, as near as I can figure applying my meager French to translating Portuguese, was voted most sexy of the millenium. Click here for photos of the other Leila Lopes - WARNING: Brazil has a hot climate and she is not wearing clothes!

On a more somber note, we should remember that it was this same "catch and release" policy, turning illegal immigrant minors loose unsupervised, that allowed John Malvo to go on that shooting spree in the DC area that killed an FBI agent and several civilians. I'm going to keep saying this until something changes: When are we going to get serious about border control? Not only is the current policy mix costing this country a fortune financially, lives are in danger.