An accused illegal immigrant is being investigated for the murders of two sisters and the shooting death of his daughter, a crime that has shocked the Dallas, Texas, community.
Jose Santiago Chairez, 50, was taken into the Dallas County jail on suspicion of involvement in the shooting spree that occurred in the Farmers Branch, Texas, neighborhood of Dallas, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Following their response to a report at 4:20 a.m. on November 24, police say they have discovered the bodies of 43-year-old Merced Andrade Bailon and 47-year-old Catalina Valdez Andrade.
The heads of both women had been shot.
Meanwhile, Chairez’s daughter was discovered there as well, suffering from an arm wound.
She informed authorities that her father was the one who committed the crime, according to the police report. Later that day, he was taken into custody.
“It unclear how Chairez and his daughter knew the sisters and police have not released a possible motive in the deadly shooting. Some details were redacted from the report,” the Morning News reported.
Though it’s by far the most serious, it’s known that Chairez may not have broken the law initially; according to KDFW-TV, authorities think the 50-year-old was probably in the nation illegally.
Even if he manages to raise the $2 million bond required for his arrest on charges of capital murder of multiple persons in connection with the deaths of the two sisters and aggravated assault causing bodily injury to a family member, he will not be allowed to leave the country because immigration records indicate that he is under an immigration hold.
“Jail records show that Chairez is being held without bond because he is believed to be in the country illegally.” https://t.co/ef7N1ym74x
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) November 30, 2023
Although KDFW mentioned that authorities think his presence in the nation wasn’t legal, an immigration hold doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is in the country unlawfully or that they entered it that way.
So, we don’t know why he shot his daughter or killed the two sisters.
However, we do know that he is probably already a law-breaking individual, at the very least.
Those who assert that illegal immigration does not result in crime conveniently ignore the definition of the term “illegal immigrant,” which refers to someone who has broken the law to be in the United States (or another country).
Some of them have come up with pleasant euphemisms to elide over this fact.
“Undocumented migrant” is a favorite one. “Irregular immigration” is a politically correct genteelism of more recent provenance, but it accomplishes the same purpose: taking the “illegal” out of “illegal immigration.”
Maybe the only crimes committed by illegal immigrants are overstaying their visas or unlawful border crossings. To be honest, there are a lot of those out there.
But that doesn’t mean that illegal immigration is now lawful; it would be absurd to claim that there is no distinction between someone who shows a willingness to break the law and someone who doesn’t.
An immigration hold is a rather strong indicator that Chairez was not authorized to be here, though we can’t be certain of that.
Sadly, that is now the least of his legal concerns. Though everyone is presumed innocent unless proven guilty, one must question how many Jose Santiago Chairezes are being admitted into the country as a result of President Joe Biden’s administration’s de facto open borders policy.