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Jamiel Shaw Sr. urges deportation for illegal immigrants

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Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose son was gunned down on March 2 by Pedro Espinoza,  19, a gang member and an illegal immigrant, appeared at city hall to  urge officials to deport criminals who are in the country illegally.
Jamiel  Shaw Jr. , 17, who attended Los Angeles High School, was shot and  killed in Arlington Heights a day after Espinoza was released from  county jail.
It is reported by U. S. immigration officials that  Espinoza, a member of the 18th Street gang, may have been in the country  illegally.
We have a problem with the system, Shaw Sr. told  reporters.  My son was murdered by someone that was here illegally.  No  matter how you look at it, thats what happened.
Shaw said that  checking the legal status of criminals is not an issue of racial  profiling.
Were after the gang members who are here illegally, and  when theyre released from jail, theyre out in the community, he said.
The  guy who killed my son was in custody. He had a long prison record…and  he was let out without any kind of hearing.  He was let out into the  community on a Saturday night with no supervision and within 24 hours,  he had gotten another gun.
According to authorities, Espinoza was  not detained by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement upon his  release from the county jail.
Jamiel Shaw Jr.s mother, Anita Shaw,  was disturbed that gun warfare was still a real threat on inner city  streets.  Im safer, somewhat, in Iraq than my son is safe on the  streets of the United States.  It doesnt make sense, she told the City  Council.
A standing law, Special Order 40, prohibits Los Angeles  police officers from asking arrestees about their immigration status.   The order is intended to encourage illegal immigrants to report crimes  and assist police.
You have no idea how we feel, said Jamiel Shaw  Sr.  Were not living in Beirut or Iraq.  Were living in a nice  neighborhood.  He thought he was safe.  Im sure in his last minutescan  you imagine how terrified he was?

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