Below is an excerpt from a news article concerning an upcoming documentary from a TV station in North Carolina. I have nothing to add, but I hope that you will read it.

Focal Point: “Crossing the Line” also looks at the challenges law enforcement agencies and the court system face in trying to punish undocumented immigrants for driving drunk

“Crossing the Line” also profiles the case of Scott and Tina Gardner, a couple from Mount Holly, N.C., who was hit by an illegal immigrant on their vacation in July 2005. Tina Gardner was left severely brain-damaged, and Scott Gardner was killed.

The driver, Ramiro Gallegos, had a blood alcohol concentration of .22, nearly three times the legal limit.

“My son didn’t have to die,” his mother, Emily Moose, said. “The man that drove the truck and took his life had been in front of a judge five times. He had been deported from this country twice.”

Read the entire post from WRAL in North Carolina, USA here.