Man who allegedly killed his three daughters then himself was illegal immigrant

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A supervised visit in northern California ended early last Monday when the father pulled the trigger on an illegally obtained firearm and killed his three daughters, their chaperone, and finally himself.

The shooter was David Fidel Mora-Rojas, a 39-year-old Mexican native who had overstayed his visa after last entering the United States in late December 2018, AP News reported.

Further frustrating the situation, the gunman who allegedly opened fire in the sanctuary of The Church of Sacramento had been released from jail on a $15,000 bond just five days prior to the incident after being charged with resisting arrest, drunk driving, and assaulting a police officer. A 2017 California sanctuary state law prohibited law enforcement officials from notifying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in most instances- despite their request to be notified upon his release.

“This unspeakable tragedy highlights the true cost, unintended or not, of sanctuary policies that prevent law enforcement from protecting its citizens,” read a statement issued by Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones on Facebook.

The “California Values Act” prevents state and local law enforcement from reporting illegals to ICE unless they are accused of very serious or violent crimes reportedly because “local entanglement in federal immigration enforcement threatens trust between California’s immigrant community and state and local law enforcement agencies,” State attorneys explained to the Los Angeles Times in 2020, adding that more frequent reporting would cause immigrants to “fear approaching police when they are victims of, and witnesses to, crimes, jeopardizing public safety for all Californians.”

An Immigrant Legal Resource Center attorney asserted that immigration status is irrelevant and pointed her finger at gun control and domestic violence as the root cause.

“Regretfully, we’ve seen tragic incidents politicized in the past, resulting in misguided policies targeting immigrants, which in turn make it harder for immigrant survivors to actually get the help that they need,” Grisel Ruiz said, according to the Merced Sun-Star.

Perhaps unsurprisingly – given that criminals don’t follow laws – the gun used to fire off 17 bullets and kill the man’s 13, 10 and 9-year-old daughters during their weekly supervised visit was obtained illegally. Furthermore, Mora was specifically prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm after the girls’ mother obtained a restraining order due to an April 2021 domestic violence incident.

“The person who knows these answers is dead. I think I can safely say, he obtained it illegally,” the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said without speculating on the gunman’s motive to open fire in the church where he had been residing.

Social media blew up with calls to shore up illegal immigration and be tough on crime.

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