Houston, TX: Slain girl’s family demands immigration crackdown


“Family members of a teen gunned down last week railed against America’s immigration policy on Friday after learning one of the suspected gunmen was in the country illegally.

Melvin Alvarado, 22, and Jonathan Lopez-Torres, 18, have been charged with capital murder in the Aug. 7 shooting death of 14-year-old Shatavia Anderson.

Immigration officials have said Alvarado was deported in April 2008 and again in May 2009.

“I would like to see what they’re doing in Arizona done here,” [said Shatavia’s uncle, Joe Lambert]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7152259.html

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