DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE OFFICIALS GATHERED TODAY TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO TWO SATELLITE BEACH POLICE OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OVER THE WEEKEND.SERGEANT EDWARD HARTMANN AND OFFICER PHILIP FLAGG WERE BOTH STRUCK BY A TRUCK WHILE MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER WHILE DRIVING DRUNK.

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FTG FOR A STORY ON VIRGINIA BEACH DRUNK DRIVER ACCIDENT INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALFREDO RAMOS / VARIOUS SPOTS FROM WVEC / NEWSER, PRESSER, PRESS CONFERENCE 15:45:06 Start 15:45:25 Bars 15:47:13 (No picture). Correspondent: Killed while simply sitting at a traffic light. Police say Tessa and her friend 15:47:41 (Picture). Mother: "This is, this is so hard 15:49:46 Mother crying. Her 16 yr old daughter. Still pictures. 15:50:09 Car wreck 15:50:14 Still photo of her 15:50:18 Mother: nothing to drink, had seatbelts on 15:50:31 Wreck 15:50:42 Flowers mark accidents 15:50:48 Sister soundbite. "She was the best person I ever met." 15:51:08 Car wreck 15:51:38 Car wreck (nat sound up full). Shots of firetrucks and car with windshield smashed. 15:52:18 Brother crying 15:52:42 Wreck 15:52:50 Brother crying--soldier back from the Middle East 15:53:02 22 yrd old illegal immigrant photo 15:53:10 Mi Casita Mexican restaurant 15:53:17 Man wants to change law on illegal immigration 15:53:24 Commonwealth attorney sound bite 15:53:44 Wreck 15:53:47 Brother "I'm glad he survived" 15:54:01 Father sound bite 15:54:11 Stills 15:54:13 Wreck 15:54:17 Father sound bite 15:54:31 Brother crying 15:54:36 Still of illegal immigrant 15:54:50 Senator Ken Stolle on the phone 15:55:04 Wreck 15:55:08 Flowers 15:55:11 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:55:32 Stills of two girls 15:55:43 Brother lighting cigarette 15:55:58 Sound bite on friend struck by illegal immigrant 15:56:06 Still of sister and best friend 15:56:12 Still of Alfredo 15:56:19 Father Sound Bite 15:56:26 Wreck 15:56:33 Senator Ken Stole on the phone sound bite 15:56:41 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:57:02 Fox News-Bill O'Reilly's claims 15:58:30 Sound bite mayor 15:58:44 Wreck 15:58:48 Stills of two girls 15:58:57 Wreck 15:59:09 Police chief sound bite 15:59:31 Wreck 15:59:37 Stills of girls 15:59:45 Wreck 15:59:48 Sound bite--city safe 16:01:20 "Good afternoon I appreciate you all coming out today to address a tragedy that happened in our city. Firs tand formeos, I hope we never lose sight of the very human element here. Two beautiful women were lost to their family and their friends. My heart goes out to all those that are hurting from this terrible loss." 16:08:36 "What we can do now is work together to honor Tessa's and ALi's memory. To work to make sure this does not happen to anyone else; that is having their life snubed out by a drunk driver." 16:09:40 Police Chief: "First I want to express my sympathy. My understanding was he was arrested for DUI and was found guilty. He recieved a 90 day sentence and was ordered to ASAP. He was also found guilty of fake identification. He was arrested for drunk in public. He was released from jail on a personal recontance bond. He ultimately pled guilty" 16:10:59 I find it ironic that if he born at Virginia Beach; little notice would have been paid. 16:11:34 I recognize taht there is widespread frustration on adequate controls on illegal immigration 16:12:07 Tessa and Alison were taken from their family and friends because he was consuming alcohol and not because he was an illegal immigrant 16:12:33 The policy of the Virginia Beach Police department---benefit not contingent on immigration or citizenship. Will not inform officials of wherabouts of illegal immigrant. Unless arrested for a felony or charges of terrorism. 16:13:42 Despite what one tv show has suggested no mayor has a part in this policy. My policy. Not only do we not have a capacity to do the work of the fedeeral government in the area of illegal immigration, but neither should we. It's not criminal. 16:14:47 In the case of Mr. Ramos we did notify ICE and they have issued a detainer for him. There are 800,000 illegal immigrants entered annually. None of us want to be asking people for their papers because they had an accident or have a foreign sounding name. 16:15:51 We know illegal aliens are targeted by criminals because they willn ot goto the police. In my opinion, when a crime is commited it does not matter where they are from. 16:17:01 Attorney: Tragically once again my office has to prosecute soemone after they have driven under the influence of alcohol. He will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by my office. As the elected commonwealth attorney, citizenship status is set aside for the federal law. There is no state law. So that is left entirely to the federal government. There is no state or local law that makes it a crime to be in the state of virginia as an illegal alien. 16:19:16 Not for a moment should we forget that these two ladies were lost to their family and friends. 16:20:07 Mr. Ray Trachont: I am a private man and there are three things I'd like to speak out about. I lost a very dear family member Friday night. 16:20:33 If I could go back 16 years ago and would I still have made that decision absolutely. 16:21:26 WE don't border any foreign countries--we don't have huge immigration problems. This man that killed these two beautiful girls. I have all the faith in the word that our attorneys will take care of him. This is ag reat country and a just system. 16:22:12 I have a foreign last name. My mom is a legal alien of this coutnry. It wouldn't really matter would it. If we attack everyone in positive govermennt positions on this problem. ANd we politicize this. And then we're going to have to go to the car salesmans and the restaurants that sell them food--and that's bizarre. 16:22:59 We need to heal. 16:23:14 Question: You mayor were mentioned in the program last night. Are you a vilian? 16:24:20 I think the most importatn thing is we keep the sacred memories of the two girls that died and their families. They deserve the love and support. I had never observed the station or the person that represents the station before last night. Obviously Virginia has such wonderful government. We were called a sanctuary city. I had not heard that before but I can promise you that neither I nor any member of the council have adopted any legislation to make this a sancutury. ALl people will be given the opportunity to be heard and responded to. 16:26:15 I was taken by surprise by the anger and the bitterness of people that took the time to call long distance...to express themselves about their anxiety about folks that weren't born in America. 16:26:50 My name was very mangled. After I thought about maybe he thought it didn't sound or look American. I am a citizen born in American as were my parents. 16:28:41 Question: Experience with ICE. 16:29:01 State code allows us to hold an individual if he has been committed of a felony. They have to return to the country illegaly. Only then does the code give us permission to hold them for 72 hours. Let me make clear none of my remarks were meant to disparage immigration--they are clearly understaffed. They do not have the ability due to their current staffing and funding to find illegal immigrants not involved in felonies. 16:30:29 Most undocumented aliens that come to this country come from countries that have police illegal or corrupt.They don't have much trust in the police. Many of them don't have banks. That is commonly known by criminals. Our policies are directly make sure that memebers of the illegal community are comfortable knowing that if they are victims of a crim they can come to us. 16:31:47 It does not make any difference to me where anyone is from. If they are victims of a crime we want to know. 16:32:09 We know that ICE is not going to come on current circumstances unless it's a felony. So it doesn't make any sense for us to inquire on a traffic stop of the status of an immigrant. 16:33:37 Attorney: Citizenship status is a function of the federal law. Attorney 16:34:50 Can't ask students enrolling in school if they are here illegally. 16:35:22 Multifaceted problems. Are we going to keep them from making a living? What are we going to do with welfare. 16:35:48 Question: Support a law to have some impact on illegal immmigrants? 16:36:03 It's a multifacted problem. You know the state crime commission are going to do a year study. I know from here on Virginia Beach. Illegal immigrants become witnesses, help prosecution. 16:38:00 Police Chief: There is no state statue or local ordinances that would allow us to bring sanctions against a business for hiring undocumented aliens. Question: Fox news interview 16:38:36 Mayor: I didn't recieve a message that the gentleman had called me. I was unaware...until I recieved two long distance calls. I didn't even know what they were angry with me about. Channel 3 told me I had been accused of causing all the problems that caused the death of these two beautiful ladies. Today as I drove home from an appointment, the same discussion was on the radio on 850 16:43:54 We have not had this problem in VIrginia Beach because very candidly there has never been a national television outcry by people who obviously felt when they lived in Texas or in FLorida are not able to cope. 16:44:29 I noticed the television host said you got to put your foot down in Virginia Because it's small enough to control where as you can't do it in Florida and Texas.

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<p><b>**EDITORIAL INFO PROVIDED BY WFOR 03/09/2024** </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Friday</p>\n<p>Miami Beach, FL </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:22-:31</p>\n<p>Christopher Bess</p>\n<p>City of Miami Beach Police Department Spokesperson</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:44-:46</p>\n<p>Michelle Smith</p>\n<p>Tourist</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:56-:59</p>\n<p>Larry Seward</p>\n<p>Car Towed</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:05-1:10</p>\n<p>Jeff</p>\n<p>Tourist</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:16-1:22</p>\n<p>Ru Smith</p>\n<p>Tourist</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:38-1:47</p>\n<p>Bobby Dlite</p>\n<p>South Beach Party Boats Owner</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:59-2:04</p>\n<p>Larry Seward</p>\n<p>Reporting</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>AT THE CITY LIMITS MOST OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S TRAFFIC ROLLED AWAY FROM SOUTH BEACH TOWARD DOWNTOWN MIAMI </p>\n<p>FOLLOWED BY SWARMS OF FLASHING LIGHTS AND FRUSTRATION.</p>\n<p>Ru Smith/Tourist: "This is crazy."</p>\n<p>BETWEEN DRUNK DRIVING CHECKPOINTS, STATE TROOPERS USING LICENSE PLATE READERS TO FIND PEOPLE WITH WARRANTS AND PARKING BANS FOR VISITORS.</p>\n<p>THE FIRST WAVE OF SPRING BREAK'S PEAK CROWDS BARELY CAUSED A RIPPLE.</p>\n<p>Christopher Bess/City of Miami Beach Police Department Spokesperson: "The goal is very simple. Our city is breaking up with spring break and what that means is we're breaking up with the bad behavior, the unlawful behavior that we've seen in previous years."</p>\n<p>LAST MARCH GUNFIRE KILLED TWO PEOPLE ON OCEAN DRIVE </p>\n<p>A YEAR LATER.</p>\n<p>Ru Smith/Tourist: "They're just scaring people away."</p>\n<p>VISITORS SEE 6 P.M. BEACH CURFEWS, ROADBLOCKS, BARRICADES, ARMORED POLICE TRUCKS AND MORE UNIFORMS THAN EVER.</p>\n<p>Michelle Smith/Tourist: "I'm waiting to get my truck from in there and it's like I can't get it." </p>\n<p>PEOPLE PARKED IN THE WRONG SPOT.</p>\n<p>Sebastian Huidobro/Car Towed: "You guys were forced to pay cash, right?"</p>\n<p>MOS: "Yup $547."</p>\n<p>Sebastian Huidobro/Car Towed: "$547?"</p>\n<p>FACE TOWING BILLS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN USUAL.</p>\n<p>Sebastian Huidobro/Car Towed: "The tow was $345."</p>\n<p>Larry Seward/Reporting: "They want cash?"</p>\n<p>Sebastian Huidobro/Car Towed: "They want cash."</p>\n<p>JEFF FROM ORLANDO SAYS A WRECKER TOOK HIS RENTAL AS HE CHECKED INTO HIS AIRBNB.</p>\n<p>Jeff/Tourist: "We came down just saw friends and they parked in the spot in there. We literally went in, checked the place out. Boom gone."</p>\n<p>THE CITY SUGGESTED PEOPLE TAKE UBERS TO AVOID TRAFFIC.</p>\n<p>BUT TOURISTS TOLD US DRIVERS AVOIDED THEM.</p>\n<p>Ru Smith/Tourist: "We have to walk because the Ubers can't even get to the road that we need to get to. So we have to walk and it's not safe at night."</p>\n<p>ON THE WATER PARTIES CRUISED ON.</p>\n<p>Bobby Dlite/South Beach Party Boats Owner: "I want to pull my hair out."</p>\n<p>BUT PARTY BOAT BOBBY SAW CUSTOMERS CANCEL TRIPS.</p>\n<p>MANY SOUND AFRAID OF GETTING STUCK BETWEEN HIS DOCK IN THE VENETIAN MARINA AND MIAMI BEACH.</p>\n<p>Bobby Dlite/South Beach Party Boats Owner: "I think it's important to maintain a safety aspect but to shut down all traffic patterns and people just don't want to come, they are scared to come. They don't want to get caught in the traffic."</p>\n<p>POLICE CAUGHT SOME DRIVING WITH OPEN BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL.</p>\n<p>A CRACKDOWN THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MARCH </p>\n<p>Larry Seward/Reporting: "Expect the same sobriety checkpoint on fifth street, Saturday and Sunday after 7 p.m. And police here plan a similar set up next weekend too in Miami Beach, Larry with CBS News Miami."</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>FLORIDA PEAK CROWDS MINIMUM CRACKDOWN CHRISTOPHER BESS</p>\n<p></p>

<p><pi><b>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><pi><b>Stations Please Note: This package is being delivered to you for use only in its entirety. This means that if you choose to run any of this package, you must run the entire package, including any standups or tags. You may not cut down, alter or pull clips from this package.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Wednesday</p>\n<p>Miami</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:05 - :09</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto</p>\n<p>FWC Chairman</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:41 - END</p>\n<p>Capt. Mike Brill</p>\n<p>Safety Expert</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>OFFICIALS IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BOAT OPERATOR WHO THEY SAY FATALLY STRUCK A TEENAGE GIRL AS SHE WAS WATER SKIING OVER THE WEEKEND.</p>\n<p>OFFICIALS SAY THE OPERATOR IS A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN AND IS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS.</p>\n<p>PETER D'OENCH SPOKE WITH THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO FIND THAT BOAT.</p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>F-W-C CHAIRMAN RODNEY BARRETO SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE LOSS OF 15-YEAR-OLD ELLA ADLER.</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto / FWC Chairman: "When you are 15 years old, you don't expect to go out on a boat and not come home."</p>\n<p>A NEW PRELIMINARY F-W-C REPORT SAYS ELLA HAD BEEN ON A BOAT WITH 12 OTHER PEOPLE AND WAS BEING TOWED WHILE ON A WAKE BOARD OFF KEY BISCAYNE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED.</p>\n<p>THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THE BOAT WAS BEING OPERATED BY 78-YEAR-OLD CARLOS GUILLERMO ALONSO. </p>\n<p>RECORDS SHOW HE OWNS THE HOUSE WHERE THE VESSEL WAS SEIZED.</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto / FWC Chairman: "The gentleman who was driving the boat who who is cooperating with us is Mr. Alonso. /// We have some physical evidence that we have recovered and we have sent to our state lab for testing."</p>\n<p>BARRETO SAYS OFFICERS USED WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS TO FIND THE BOAT.</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto / FWC Chairman: "To go up and down the canals from basically Coconut Grove to south, and they went up into the canal with the physical description that they had in hand and recognized the boat." </p>\n<p>BARRETO SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE POINTING TO RECKLESS OR DRUNK DRIVING. </p>\n<p>IT'S NOT KNOWN IF THE DRIVER WILL BE CITED OR CHARGED.</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto / FWC Chairman: "Our job is to gather all of the information and present it to the State Attorney's office. That's their job."</p>\n<p>THE LOSS OF ELLA ADLER PROMPTS THIS WARNING FROM BARRETO.</p>\n<p>Rodney Barreto / FWC Chairman: "Make sure you pay attention to the water and you're always looking around. Things can happen on the water and they can happen very quick." /// "We encourage everybody to use a lot of caution. We encourage them to go to boating safety schools."</p>\n<p>CAPTAIN MIKE BRILL TOOK US TO WHERE THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR THE NIXON BEACH SANDBAR.</p>\n<p>HE SAYS THE TRAGEDY IS A REMINDER OF HOW CAREFUL YOU MUST BE WHILE WAKE BOARDING.</p>\n<p>Capt. Mike Brill / Safety Expert: "It's tragic and, and .. it's heartbreaking."</p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p>ELLA ADLER WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE U-S AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM.</p>\n<p>FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN OFFERED HER CONDOLENCES IN PERSON TO THE FAMILY ON TUESDAY.</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>FLORIDA BOAT CRASH WATERSKIING ELLA ADLER TEENAGER AMBASSADOR</p>\n<p></p>

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ARE CELEBRATING THE PASSAGE OF SEVERAL BILLS THAT CREATES TOUGHER LAWS FOR MOTORISTS CAUGHT DRINKING AND DRIVING. THE GROUP WILL BE HONORING THE LAWMAKERS WHO HELPED MAKE AND PASS THE BILLS.

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FTG FOR A STORY ON VIRGINIA BEACH DRUNK DRIVER ACCIDENT INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALFREDO RAMOS / VARIOUS SPOTS FROM WVEC / NEWSER, PRESSER, PRESS CONFERENCE 15:45:06 Start 15:45:25 Bars 15:47:13 (No picture). Correspondent: Killed while simply sitting at a traffic light. Police say Tessa and her friend 15:47:41 (Picture). Mother: "This is, this is so hard 15:49:46 Mother crying. Her 16 yr old daughter. Still pictures. 15:50:09 Car wreck 15:50:14 Still photo of her 15:50:18 Mother: nothing to drink, had seatbelts on 15:50:31 Wreck 15:50:42 Flowers mark accidents 15:50:48 Sister soundbite. "She was the best person I ever met." 15:51:08 Car wreck 15:51:38 Car wreck (nat sound up full). Shots of firetrucks and car with windshield smashed. 15:52:18 Brother crying 15:52:42 Wreck 15:52:50 Brother crying--soldier back from the Middle East 15:53:02 22 yrd old illegal immigrant photo 15:53:10 Mi Casita Mexican restaurant 15:53:17 Man wants to change law on illegal immigration 15:53:24 Commonwealth attorney sound bite 15:53:44 Wreck 15:53:47 Brother "I'm glad he survived" 15:54:01 Father sound bite 15:54:11 Stills 15:54:13 Wreck 15:54:17 Father sound bite 15:54:31 Brother crying 15:54:36 Still of illegal immigrant 15:54:50 Senator Ken Stolle on the phone 15:55:04 Wreck 15:55:08 Flowers 15:55:11 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:55:32 Stills of two girls 15:55:43 Brother lighting cigarette 15:55:58 Sound bite on friend struck by illegal immigrant 15:56:06 Still of sister and best friend 15:56:12 Still of Alfredo 15:56:19 Father Sound Bite 15:56:26 Wreck 15:56:33 Senator Ken Stole on the phone sound bite 15:56:41 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:57:02 Fox News-Bill O'Reilly's claims 15:58:30 Sound bite mayor 15:58:44 Wreck 15:58:48 Stills of two girls 15:58:57 Wreck 15:59:09 Police chief sound bite 15:59:31 Wreck 15:59:37 Stills of girls 15:59:45 Wreck 15:59:48 Sound bite--city safe 16:01:20 "Good afternoon I appreciate you all coming out today to address a tragedy that happened in our city. Firs tand formeos, I hope we never lose sight of the very human element here. Two beautiful women were lost to their family and their friends. My heart goes out to all those that are hurting from this terrible loss." 16:08:36 "What we can do now is work together to honor Tessa's and ALi's memory. To work to make sure this does not happen to anyone else; that is having their life snubed out by a drunk driver." 16:09:40 Police Chief: "First I want to express my sympathy. My understanding was he was arrested for DUI and was found guilty. He recieved a 90 day sentence and was ordered to ASAP. He was also found guilty of fake identification. He was arrested for drunk in public. He was released from jail on a personal recontance bond. He ultimately pled guilty" 16:10:59 I find it ironic that if he born at Virginia Beach; little notice would have been paid. 16:11:34 I recognize taht there is widespread frustration on adequate controls on illegal immigration 16:12:07 Tessa and Alison were taken from their family and friends because he was consuming alcohol and not because he was an illegal immigrant 16:12:33 The policy of the Virginia Beach Police department---benefit not contingent on immigration or citizenship. Will not inform officials of wherabouts of illegal immigrant. Unless arrested for a felony or charges of terrorism. 16:13:42 Despite what one tv show has suggested no mayor has a part in this policy. My policy. Not only do we not have a capacity to do the work of the fedeeral government in the area of illegal immigration, but neither should we. It's not criminal. 16:14:47 In the case of Mr. Ramos we did notify ICE and they have issued a detainer for him. There are 800,000 illegal immigrants entered annually. None of us want to be asking people for their papers because they had an accident or have a foreign sounding name. 16:15:51 We know illegal aliens are targeted by criminals because they willn ot goto the police. In my opinion, when a crime is commited it does not matter where they are from. 16:17:01 Attorney: Tragically once again my office has to prosecute soemone after they have driven under the influence of alcohol. He will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by my office. As the elected commonwealth attorney, citizenship status is set aside for the federal law. There is no state law. So that is left entirely to the federal government. There is no state or local law that makes it a crime to be in the state of virginia as an illegal alien. 16:19:16 Not for a moment should we forget that these two ladies were lost to their family and friends. 16:20:07 Mr. Ray Trachont: I am a private man and there are three things I'd like to speak out about. I lost a very dear family member Friday night. 16:20:33 If I could go back 16 years ago and would I still have made that decision absolutely. 16:21:26 WE don't border any foreign countries--we don't have huge immigration problems. This man that killed these two beautiful girls. I have all the faith in the word that our attorneys will take care of him. This is ag reat country and a just system. 16:22:12 I have a foreign last name. My mom is a legal alien of this coutnry. It wouldn't really matter would it. If we attack everyone in positive govermennt positions on this problem. ANd we politicize this. And then we're going to have to go to the car salesmans and the restaurants that sell them food--and that's bizarre. 16:22:59 We need to heal. 16:23:14 Question: You mayor were mentioned in the program last night. Are you a vilian? 16:24:20 I think the most importatn thing is we keep the sacred memories of the two girls that died and their families. They deserve the love and support. I had never observed the station or the person that represents the station before last night. Obviously Virginia has such wonderful government. We were called a sanctuary city. I had not heard that before but I can promise you that neither I nor any member of the council have adopted any legislation to make this a sancutury. ALl people will be given the opportunity to be heard and responded to. 16:26:15 I was taken by surprise by the anger and the bitterness of people that took the time to call long distance...to express themselves about their anxiety about folks that weren't born in America. 16:26:50 My name was very mangled. After I thought about maybe he thought it didn't sound or look American. I am a citizen born in American as were my parents. 16:28:41 Question: Experience with ICE. 16:29:01 State code allows us to hold an individual if he has been committed of a felony. They have to return to the country illegaly. Only then does the code give us permission to hold them for 72 hours. Let me make clear none of my remarks were meant to disparage immigration--they are clearly understaffed. They do not have the ability due to their current staffing and funding to find illegal immigrants not involved in felonies. 16:30:29 Most undocumented aliens that come to this country come from countries that have police illegal or corrupt.They don't have much trust in the police. Many of them don't have banks. That is commonly known by criminals. Our policies are directly make sure that memebers of the illegal community are comfortable knowing that if they are victims of a crim they can come to us. 16:31:47 It does not make any difference to me where anyone is from. If they are victims of a crime we want to know. 16:32:09 We know that ICE is not going to come on current circumstances unless it's a felony. So it doesn't make any sense for us to inquire on a traffic stop of the status of an immigrant. 16:33:37 Attorney: Citizenship status is a function of the federal law. Attorney 16:34:50 Can't ask students enrolling in school if they are here illegally. 16:35:22 Multifaceted problems. Are we going to keep them from making a living? What are we going to do with welfare. 16:35:48 Question: Support a law to have some impact on illegal immmigrants? 16:36:03 It's a multifacted problem. You know the state crime commission are going to do a year study. I know from here on Virginia Beach. Illegal immigrants become witnesses, help prosecution. 16:38:00 Police Chief: There is no state statue or local ordinances that would allow us to bring sanctions against a business for hiring undocumented aliens. Question: Fox news interview 16:38:36 Mayor: I didn't recieve a message that the gentleman had called me. I was unaware...until I recieved two long distance calls. I didn't even know what they were angry with me about. Channel 3 told me I had been accused of causing all the problems that caused the death of these two beautiful ladies. Today as I drove home from an appointment, the same discussion was on the radio on 850 16:43:54 We have not had this problem in VIrginia Beach because very candidly there has never been a national television outcry by people who obviously felt when they lived in Texas or in FLorida are not able to cope. 16:44:29 I noticed the television host said you got to put your foot down in Virginia Because it's small enough to control where as you can't do it in Florida and Texas.

Aerial view of Sand Key Beach in Clearwater, Florida

TWO SATELLITE BEACH POLICE SARGEANTS WERE KILLED LAST NIGHT, WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY 23-YEAR OLD KEVIN O'NEAL OF COCOA BEACH HIT THEIR CRUSIER, WHICH WAS STOPPED WHILE THE TWO OFFICERS WERE QUESTIONING ANOTHER CAR-LOAD OF DUI JUVENILE SUSPECTS. THE PICKUP TRUCK HIT THE POLICE CAR, THEN THE PICK-UP STRUCK THE OFFICER KILLING HIM ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY REPORTS. THE POLICE CAR, NOW IN MOTION, HIT THE OTHER OFFICER KILLING HIM. A THIRD OFFICER WAS SOMEHOW INJURED. O'NEAL WILL BE CHARGED WITH DUI MANSLAUGHTER. THE TWO SLAIN OFFICERS ARE SGT. EDWARD HARTMAN, AND SGT. PHILIP FLAGG.

Beach, ocean coast. Florida, USA.

FTG FOR A STORY ON VIRGINIA BEACH DRUNK DRIVER ACCIDENT INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALFREDO RAMOS / VARIOUS SPOTS FROM WVEC / NEWSER, PRESSER, PRESS CONFERENCE 15:45:06 Start 15:45:25 Bars 15:47:13 (No picture). Correspondent: Killed while simply sitting at a traffic light. Police say Tessa and her friend 15:47:41 (Picture). Mother: "This is, this is so hard 15:49:46 Mother crying. Her 16 yr old daughter. Still pictures. 15:50:09 Car wreck 15:50:14 Still photo of her 15:50:18 Mother: nothing to drink, had seatbelts on 15:50:31 Wreck 15:50:42 Flowers mark accidents 15:50:48 Sister soundbite. "She was the best person I ever met." 15:51:08 Car wreck 15:51:38 Car wreck (nat sound up full). Shots of firetrucks and car with windshield smashed. 15:52:18 Brother crying 15:52:42 Wreck 15:52:50 Brother crying--soldier back from the Middle East 15:53:02 22 yrd old illegal immigrant photo 15:53:10 Mi Casita Mexican restaurant 15:53:17 Man wants to change law on illegal immigration 15:53:24 Commonwealth attorney sound bite 15:53:44 Wreck 15:53:47 Brother "I'm glad he survived" 15:54:01 Father sound bite 15:54:11 Stills 15:54:13 Wreck 15:54:17 Father sound bite 15:54:31 Brother crying 15:54:36 Still of illegal immigrant 15:54:50 Senator Ken Stolle on the phone 15:55:04 Wreck 15:55:08 Flowers 15:55:11 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:55:32 Stills of two girls 15:55:43 Brother lighting cigarette 15:55:58 Sound bite on friend struck by illegal immigrant 15:56:06 Still of sister and best friend 15:56:12 Still of Alfredo 15:56:19 Father Sound Bite 15:56:26 Wreck 15:56:33 Senator Ken Stole on the phone sound bite 15:56:41 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:57:02 Fox News-Bill O'Reilly's claims 15:58:30 Sound bite mayor 15:58:44 Wreck 15:58:48 Stills of two girls 15:58:57 Wreck 15:59:09 Police chief sound bite 15:59:31 Wreck 15:59:37 Stills of girls 15:59:45 Wreck 15:59:48 Sound bite--city safe 16:01:20 "Good afternoon I appreciate you all coming out today to address a tragedy that happened in our city. Firs tand formeos, I hope we never lose sight of the very human element here. Two beautiful women were lost to their family and their friends. My heart goes out to all those that are hurting from this terrible loss." 16:08:36 "What we can do now is work together to honor Tessa's and ALi's memory. To work to make sure this does not happen to anyone else; that is having their life snubed out by a drunk driver." 16:09:40 Police Chief: "First I want to express my sympathy. My understanding was he was arrested for DUI and was found guilty. He recieved a 90 day sentence and was ordered to ASAP. He was also found guilty of fake identification. He was arrested for drunk in public. He was released from jail on a personal recontance bond. He ultimately pled guilty" 16:10:59 I find it ironic that if he born at Virginia Beach; little notice would have been paid. 16:11:34 I recognize taht there is widespread frustration on adequate controls on illegal immigration 16:12:07 Tessa and Alison were taken from their family and friends because he was consuming alcohol and not because he was an illegal immigrant 16:12:33 The policy of the Virginia Beach Police department---benefit not contingent on immigration or citizenship. Will not inform officials of wherabouts of illegal immigrant. Unless arrested for a felony or charges of terrorism. 16:13:42 Despite what one tv show has suggested no mayor has a part in this policy. My policy. Not only do we not have a capacity to do the work of the fedeeral government in the area of illegal immigration, but neither should we. It's not criminal. 16:14:47 In the case of Mr. Ramos we did notify ICE and they have issued a detainer for him. There are 800,000 illegal immigrants entered annually. None of us want to be asking people for their papers because they had an accident or have a foreign sounding name. 16:15:51 We know illegal aliens are targeted by criminals because they willn ot goto the police. In my opinion, when a crime is commited it does not matter where they are from. 16:17:01 Attorney: Tragically once again my office has to prosecute soemone after they have driven under the influence of alcohol. He will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by my office. As the elected commonwealth attorney, citizenship status is set aside for the federal law. There is no state law. So that is left entirely to the federal government. There is no state or local law that makes it a crime to be in the state of virginia as an illegal alien. 16:19:16 Not for a moment should we forget that these two ladies were lost to their family and friends. 16:20:07 Mr. Ray Trachont: I am a private man and there are three things I'd like to speak out about. I lost a very dear family member Friday night. 16:20:33 If I could go back 16 years ago and would I still have made that decision absolutely. 16:21:26 WE don't border any foreign countries--we don't have huge immigration problems. This man that killed these two beautiful girls. I have all the faith in the word that our attorneys will take care of him. This is ag reat country and a just system. 16:22:12 I have a foreign last name. My mom is a legal alien of this coutnry. It wouldn't really matter would it. If we attack everyone in positive govermennt positions on this problem. ANd we politicize this. And then we're going to have to go to the car salesmans and the restaurants that sell them food--and that's bizarre. 16:22:59 We need to heal. 16:23:14 Question: You mayor were mentioned in the program last night. Are you a vilian? 16:24:20 I think the most importatn thing is we keep the sacred memories of the two girls that died and their families. They deserve the love and support. I had never observed the station or the person that represents the station before last night. Obviously Virginia has such wonderful government. We were called a sanctuary city. I had not heard that before but I can promise you that neither I nor any member of the council have adopted any legislation to make this a sancutury. ALl people will be given the opportunity to be heard and responded to. 16:26:15 I was taken by surprise by the anger and the bitterness of people that took the time to call long distance...to express themselves about their anxiety about folks that weren't born in America. 16:26:50 My name was very mangled. After I thought about maybe he thought it didn't sound or look American. I am a citizen born in American as were my parents. 16:28:41 Question: Experience with ICE. 16:29:01 State code allows us to hold an individual if he has been committed of a felony. They have to return to the country illegaly. Only then does the code give us permission to hold them for 72 hours. Let me make clear none of my remarks were meant to disparage immigration--they are clearly understaffed. They do not have the ability due to their current staffing and funding to find illegal immigrants not involved in felonies. 16:30:29 Most undocumented aliens that come to this country come from countries that have police illegal or corrupt.They don't have much trust in the police. Many of them don't have banks. That is commonly known by criminals. Our policies are directly make sure that memebers of the illegal community are comfortable knowing that if they are victims of a crim they can come to us. 16:31:47 It does not make any difference to me where anyone is from. If they are victims of a crime we want to know. 16:32:09 We know that ICE is not going to come on current circumstances unless it's a felony. So it doesn't make any sense for us to inquire on a traffic stop of the status of an immigrant. 16:33:37 Attorney: Citizenship status is a function of the federal law. Attorney 16:34:50 Can't ask students enrolling in school if they are here illegally. 16:35:22 Multifaceted problems. Are we going to keep them from making a living? What are we going to do with welfare. 16:35:48 Question: Support a law to have some impact on illegal immmigrants? 16:36:03 It's a multifacted problem. You know the state crime commission are going to do a year study. I know from here on Virginia Beach. Illegal immigrants become witnesses, help prosecution. 16:38:00 Police Chief: There is no state statue or local ordinances that would allow us to bring sanctions against a business for hiring undocumented aliens. Question: Fox news interview 16:38:36 Mayor: I didn't recieve a message that the gentleman had called me. I was unaware...until I recieved two long distance calls. I didn't even know what they were angry with me about. Channel 3 told me I had been accused of causing all the problems that caused the death of these two beautiful ladies. Today as I drove home from an appointment, the same discussion was on the radio on 850 16:43:54 We have not had this problem in VIrginia Beach because very candidly there has never been a national television outcry by people who obviously felt when they lived in Texas or in FLorida are not able to cope. 16:44:29 I noticed the television host said you got to put your foot down in Virginia Because it's small enough to control where as you can't do it in Florida and Texas.

34-YEAR OLD KEVIN O'NEILL WAS SILENT AS POLICE TOOK HIM OFF TO JAIL. HE'S CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF D.U.I. MANSLAUGHTER. JUST MOMENTS EARLIER HE'D BEEN SITTING IN THE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICE, HOLDING HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. (SOT) (SOT) IT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE 2 THIS MORNING WHEN SATELLITE BEACH POLICE STOPPED A CARLOAD OF TEENS ON A 1 A. THEY SAY THE GROUP HAD BEER AND MARIJUANA WITH THEM.WHILE INVESTIGATING THE SCENE, POLICE SAY, O'NEILL'S PICKUP TRUCK, GOING MORE THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR HITS ONE OFFICER WHOSE BODY HITS ANOTHER AND IN A CHAIN REACTION WRECK SGT. EDWARD HARTMAN AND OFFICER PHILIP FLAGG ARE KILLED.A THIRD OFFICER, CHARLES BRADEN WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. BRADEN, ALTHOUGH HE WAS INJURED, IS THE ONE WHO ARRESTED O'NEILL AT THE SCENE. (SOT)POLICE SAY O'NEILL HAD MORE THAN TWO TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BLOOD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HAVING ADMITTED HE WAS DRINKING WITH A FRIEND AT A MELBOURNE NIGHTSPOT. (SOT)THE OFFICERS ARE REMEMBERED IN SADNESS TONIGHT. ONE, SGT. MARTMAN WAS A 22 YEAR VETERAN AND LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO YOUNG BOYS, AGES 6 AND 8. ONE OF HIS CHILDREN'S BEST FRIENDS SPENT THE NIGHT AT HARTMAN'S HOME LAST NIGHT. (SOT) (SOT)THE COMMUNITY WILL COME TOGETHER TO SAY GOODBYE TO HARTMAND AND FLAGG THIS WEEK.

FTG FOR A STORY ON VIRGINIA BEACH DRUNK DRIVER ACCIDENT INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ALFREDO RAMOS / VARIOUS SPOTS FROM WVEC / NEWSER, PRESSER, PRESS CONFERENCE 15:45:06 Start 15:45:25 Bars 15:47:13 (No picture). Correspondent: Killed while simply sitting at a traffic light. Police say Tessa and her friend 15:47:41 (Picture). Mother: "This is, this is so hard 15:49:46 Mother crying. Her 16 yr old daughter. Still pictures. 15:50:09 Car wreck 15:50:14 Still photo of her 15:50:18 Mother: nothing to drink, had seatbelts on 15:50:31 Wreck 15:50:42 Flowers mark accidents 15:50:48 Sister soundbite. "She was the best person I ever met." 15:51:08 Car wreck 15:51:38 Car wreck (nat sound up full). Shots of firetrucks and car with windshield smashed. 15:52:18 Brother crying 15:52:42 Wreck 15:52:50 Brother crying--soldier back from the Middle East 15:53:02 22 yrd old illegal immigrant photo 15:53:10 Mi Casita Mexican restaurant 15:53:17 Man wants to change law on illegal immigration 15:53:24 Commonwealth attorney sound bite 15:53:44 Wreck 15:53:47 Brother "I'm glad he survived" 15:54:01 Father sound bite 15:54:11 Stills 15:54:13 Wreck 15:54:17 Father sound bite 15:54:31 Brother crying 15:54:36 Still of illegal immigrant 15:54:50 Senator Ken Stolle on the phone 15:55:04 Wreck 15:55:08 Flowers 15:55:11 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:55:32 Stills of two girls 15:55:43 Brother lighting cigarette 15:55:58 Sound bite on friend struck by illegal immigrant 15:56:06 Still of sister and best friend 15:56:12 Still of Alfredo 15:56:19 Father Sound Bite 15:56:26 Wreck 15:56:33 Senator Ken Stole on the phone sound bite 15:56:41 Thelma Drake sound bite 15:57:02 Fox News-Bill O'Reilly's claims 15:58:30 Sound bite mayor 15:58:44 Wreck 15:58:48 Stills of two girls 15:58:57 Wreck 15:59:09 Police chief sound bite 15:59:31 Wreck 15:59:37 Stills of girls 15:59:45 Wreck 15:59:48 Sound bite--city safe 16:01:20 "Good afternoon I appreciate you all coming out today to address a tragedy that happened in our city. Firs tand formeos, I hope we never lose sight of the very human element here. Two beautiful women were lost to their family and their friends. My heart goes out to all those that are hurting from this terrible loss." 16:08:36 "What we can do now is work together to honor Tessa's and ALi's memory. To work to make sure this does not happen to anyone else; that is having their life snubed out by a drunk driver." 16:09:40 Police Chief: "First I want to express my sympathy. My understanding was he was arrested for DUI and was found guilty. He recieved a 90 day sentence and was ordered to ASAP. He was also found guilty of fake identification. He was arrested for drunk in public. He was released from jail on a personal recontance bond. He ultimately pled guilty" 16:10:59 I find it ironic that if he born at Virginia Beach; little notice would have been paid. 16:11:34 I recognize taht there is widespread frustration on adequate controls on illegal immigration 16:12:07 Tessa and Alison were taken from their family and friends because he was consuming alcohol and not because he was an illegal immigrant 16:12:33 The policy of the Virginia Beach Police department---benefit not contingent on immigration or citizenship. Will not inform officials of wherabouts of illegal immigrant. Unless arrested for a felony or charges of terrorism. 16:13:42 Despite what one tv show has suggested no mayor has a part in this policy. My policy. Not only do we not have a capacity to do the work of the fedeeral government in the area of illegal immigration, but neither should we. It's not criminal. 16:14:47 In the case of Mr. Ramos we did notify ICE and they have issued a detainer for him. There are 800,000 illegal immigrants entered annually. None of us want to be asking people for their papers because they had an accident or have a foreign sounding name. 16:15:51 We know illegal aliens are targeted by criminals because they willn ot goto the police. In my opinion, when a crime is commited it does not matter where they are from. 16:17:01 Attorney: Tragically once again my office has to prosecute soemone after they have driven under the influence of alcohol. He will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by my office. As the elected commonwealth attorney, citizenship status is set aside for the federal law. There is no state law. So that is left entirely to the federal government. There is no state or local law that makes it a crime to be in the state of virginia as an illegal alien. 16:19:16 Not for a moment should we forget that these two ladies were lost to their family and friends. 16:20:07 Mr. Ray Trachont: I am a private man and there are three things I'd like to speak out about. I lost a very dear family member Friday night. 16:20:33 If I could go back 16 years ago and would I still have made that decision absolutely. 16:21:26 WE don't border any foreign countries--we don't have huge immigration problems. This man that killed these two beautiful girls. I have all the faith in the word that our attorneys will take care of him. This is ag reat country and a just system. 16:22:12 I have a foreign last name. My mom is a legal alien of this coutnry. It wouldn't really matter would it. If we attack everyone in positive govermennt positions on this problem. ANd we politicize this. And then we're going to have to go to the car salesmans and the restaurants that sell them food--and that's bizarre. 16:22:59 We need to heal. 16:23:14 Question: You mayor were mentioned in the program last night. Are you a vilian? 16:24:20 I think the most importatn thing is we keep the sacred memories of the two girls that died and their families. They deserve the love and support. I had never observed the station or the person that represents the station before last night. Obviously Virginia has such wonderful government. We were called a sanctuary city. I had not heard that before but I can promise you that neither I nor any member of the council have adopted any legislation to make this a sancutury. ALl people will be given the opportunity to be heard and responded to. 16:26:15 I was taken by surprise by the anger and the bitterness of people that took the time to call long distance...to express themselves about their anxiety about folks that weren't born in America. 16:26:50 My name was very mangled. After I thought about maybe he thought it didn't sound or look American. I am a citizen born in American as were my parents. 16:28:41 Question: Experience with ICE. 16:29:01 State code allows us to hold an individual if he has been committed of a felony. They have to return to the country illegaly. Only then does the code give us permission to hold them for 72 hours. Let me make clear none of my remarks were meant to disparage immigration--they are clearly understaffed. They do not have the ability due to their current staffing and funding to find illegal immigrants not involved in felonies. 16:30:29 Most undocumented aliens that come to this country come from countries that have police illegal or corrupt.They don't have much trust in the police. Many of them don't have banks. That is commonly known by criminals. Our policies are directly make sure that memebers of the illegal community are comfortable knowing that if they are victims of a crim they can come to us. 16:31:47 It does not make any difference to me where anyone is from. If they are victims of a crime we want to know. 16:32:09 We know that ICE is not going to come on current circumstances unless it's a felony. So it doesn't make any sense for us to inquire on a traffic stop of the status of an immigrant. 16:33:37 Attorney: Citizenship status is a function of the federal law. Attorney 16:34:50 Can't ask students enrolling in school if they are here illegally. 16:35:22 Multifaceted problems. Are we going to keep them from making a living? What are we going to do with welfare. 16:35:48 Question: Support a law to have some impact on illegal immmigrants? 16:36:03 It's a multifacted problem. You know the state crime commission are going to do a year study. I know from here on Virginia Beach. Illegal immigrants become witnesses, help prosecution. 16:38:00 Police Chief: There is no state statue or local ordinances that would allow us to bring sanctions against a business for hiring undocumented aliens. Question: Fox news interview 16:38:36 Mayor: I didn't recieve a message that the gentleman had called me. I was unaware...until I recieved two long distance calls. I didn't even know what they were angry with me about. Channel 3 told me I had been accused of causing all the problems that caused the death of these two beautiful ladies. Today as I drove home from an appointment, the same discussion was on the radio on 850 16:43:54 We have not had this problem in VIrginia Beach because very candidly there has never been a national television outcry by people who obviously felt when they lived in Texas or in FLorida are not able to cope. 16:44:29 I noticed the television host said you got to put your foot down in Virginia Because it's small enough to control where as you can't do it in Florida and Texas.

Black lesbian couple arriving at the beach with their car

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - MARCH 5:(AUDIO OMITTED) People come to enjoy life on the beach on March 5, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Footage by WW News / Getty Images)

1430 WH ANGEL FAMILIES FS23 73 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS AT ANGEL FAMILIES EVENT TRANSCRIPT TRUMP: Thank you everybody. We actually spent some time together, so I didn't mind giving you a second hello. (LAUGHTER) Not at all. We've known each other a long time, we've been friends for a long time from the beginning of the campaign, and this - these are special people. Please sit down. Vice President Pence, thank you very much for joining us Mike. I also want to recognize Acting Director Homan, who's leaving us, he's been truly a star and he's leaving, he's retiring. But where is Tom, is he around here some place? Tom, stand up Tom. (APPLAUSE) Tom has been doing what he's doing for 34 years and doing it with strength and dedication and you are really outstanding and you - your highly recommended replacement is going to do a great job. We know him well, he's going to do really great. Thank you Tom for those years of service. I also want to thank the incredible ICE officers, Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officials who join us here today. If you could stand up please, these people are also special people. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. And they're good looking people, aren't they? (LAUGHTER) Good looking people. Thank you very much for being here and for the bravery, what you do and what you endure is incredible. I also want to stand and have the brave men and women from all over government agencies, we have a lot. Just - maybe just raise your hand or stand, but we really appreciate the job that you've done, especially during the last year and a half because I know you've really put in a lot of extra. So please, thank you very much, thank you. (APPLAUSE) We're gathered today to hear directly from the American victims of illegal immigration. You know you hear the other side, you never hear this side. You don't know what's going on. These are the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones. The word permanently being the word that you have to think about. Permanently - they're not separated for a day or two days, these are permanently separated because they were killed by criminal illegal aliens. These are the families the media ignores, they don't talk about them, very unfair. TRUMP: We have to look at everybody, but this is a very unfair situation and I knew that years ago when we would be together, out campaigning and I said if this ever happens, we're never forgetting you. You know that Laura (ph), everybody. Incredible people, and they're dedicated. These are the stories that Democrats and people that are weak on immigration, they don't want to discuss, they don't want to hear, they don't want to see, they don't want to talk about. No major network sent cameras to their homes, or displayed the images of their incredible loved ones across the nightly news. They don't do that. They don't talk about the death and destruction caused by people that shouldn't be here, people that will continuously get into trouble and do bad things. For years, their pain was met with silence. Their plight was met with indifference, but no more. I told them three years ago, when we were together, day one, just about day one, I would say. I said, "I hear you, I see you, and I will never let you down," and we've been working together, and their loved ones have not died in vain. We all know that. We call these brave Americans "the Angel Families" -- Angel moms, Angel pops. These are the Angel Families. Your loss will not have been in vain. We will secure our borders, and we will make sure that they're properly taken care of. Eventually, the word will get out. We've got to have a safe country. We're going to have a safe country, and your loved ones are going to be playing, and will continue to play a big part of it. You know that, right? You know that. So here are just a few statistics on the human toll of illegal immigration. According to a 2011 government report, the arrests attached to the criminal alien population included an estimated 25,000 people for homicide, 42,000 for robbery, nearly 70,000 for sex offenses, and nearly 15,000 for kidnapping. In Texas alone, within the last seven years, more than a quarter million criminal aliens have been arrested and charged with over 600,000 criminal offenses. You don't hear that. I always hear that, "Oh, no, the population's safer than the people that live in the country." You've heard that, fellas, right? You've heard that. I hear it so much, and I say, "Is that possible?" The answer is it's not true. You hear it's like they're better people than what we have, than our citizens. It's not true. In 2016, more than 15,000 Americans died from a heroin overdose. More than 90 percent of the heroin comes from across the southern border -- 90 percent. As a result of sanctuary city policies, in fiscal 2017, more than 8,000 criminal aliens -- these are really hard-core criminal aliens -- were in police custody, and were released because of our weak laws, weakest in the world, weakest in the history of the world. They were released back into our civilian population, and these gentlemen had to do some of the releasing, and I don't think you were too happy when you knew, because you knew -- they know better than anybody -- you knew what you were releasing. You knew it was trouble, and it often comes back to be trouble. TRUMP: Where is the media outrage over the catch-and-release policies that allow deadly drugs to pour into our country? Where is the condemnation of the Democrat's sanctuary cities that release violent criminals into our communities and then protect them, like the mayor of San Diego, when she warned everybody that "ICE is coming," and they scattered. A big operation, or expensive operation. They were all together. They all scattered. And what are they going to do about looking at her, by the way? I've been asking this question, now, for four weeks. She can do that? And where is the outcry over the savage gang MS-13 and its bloodthirsty creed, "Kill, rape and control"? Because the news media has overlooked their stories. I want the American people to hear directly from these families about the pain they have had to endure, losing not only their loved ones -- great people, great Americans. People that would have been very successful. People that, in some cases, could have been here one day, could have been here. Right? I know the way you feel. Could have been right here, standing here. First, I'd like to ask a friend of mine for, now, a long time, Laura Wilkerson from Pearland, Texas, to come and share her story about her incredible, incredible boy. Right? Come on, Laura. Just say a few words. WILKERSON: We want to tell you a little bit, today, about Josh. He was brutally tortured, strangled over and over. He was set on fire after death. His last hours were -- was brutal. As -- and everyone standing up here, none of our kids had a minute to say goodbye. We weren't lucky enough to be separated for five days or 10 days -- we're separated permanently. Any time we want to see or be close to our kids, we go to the cemetery because that's where they are. We could never speak to them, we can't Skype with them. And I want to thank you so much, in this room, for what you're doing to under -- you -- you guys know the permanent separation. It's the media that won't share it with other people. It's permanent; we can never have him back on this -- this Earth. Thankfully, I'll see him again in Heaven. But I want to thank you, Mr. Trump and -- Vice President Trump (sic) for -- I mean, Vice President Pence -- for keeping their commitment to us. It's -- it's been ongoing, it continues on. And please understand, there are so many more of us than -- than what you see here, that had the same story. Over and over, drunk driving, killed. Over and over, and they don't prosecute it. They let go and blow (ph) bond, they're out in 30 days. It's sad for our country and it's time to take it back, and I want to thank each and every one of you, law enforcement. You know it. You love it. You want to do your jobs. And, thankfully, we have a president who will allow you to do that now. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Thank you, Laura. Next, I'd like to ask Juan Pina from Greenfield, California to speak. Juan, please come up. Thank you. Thank you, Juan. PINA: My name's Juan Pina. First of all, I want to thank the Remembrance Project for bringing my daughter's name out to light. And for President (ph) Trump to let me speak about her. And I've got a lot of people that I need to thank. My daughter was Chrissy (ph) Sue (ph) Pena. Back in 1990, she was kidnapped, strangled, stabbed, raped and sodomized and her nude body was found in an artichoke field. I've been fighting for 28 and a half years. He's been fighting. He was loose for 25. The last 3.5 years, he's been fighting extradition. And on May 3rd, God answered my prayers. Mexico finally turned him loose to us, and he is now in the Monterey County jail and we can start court procedures for my daughter's death. PINA: And I want to thank everybody that was involved in getting him over here. The sheriff department in Monterey County, for their investigator. The sheriff (inaudible) told her, "Don't give up on this. Just stay on it and stay on it." And she pinky-swore that she was going to get him over there, and she did. And I just want to thank the President and everybody, and I just hope everybody can get what I just got. And I'm out here speaking for the thousands of victims that we have here in the United States. And I want to thank you all, thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: So Juan fought for many years and it's hard to believe, but that's actually a great feeling. PINA: Yes, it is. TRUMP: ... that you just - incredible job, incredible job. Hi, Dom (ph). Also here with us today is Steve Ronnebeck from Mesa, Arizona. Steve, if you could come up and share a few words, please? RONNEBECK: Thank you, Mr. President. January 22nd, 2015, Grant was at work on his overnight shift. An illegal alien came in, wanted to buy cigarettes. Jumped a jar of change out on the counter. Grant went to count the change and wasn't counting fast enough, so basically this man pulled a gun, Grant did everything he was supposed to do and gave him the cigarettes. The man went ahead and executed him and shot him point blank in the face. You know, you don't hear these stories and some of our - our media won't - won't talk to you about it. But this is permanent separation. For his birthday I go to his grave, for Christmas, we set up a Christmas tree on Grant's grave. I received something earlier today from Director Homan, it's a challenge coin. And I want to thank you for that. To me this is a sign of integrity. I wish some of our media had the same integrity as our President, our Vice President. Director Homan, all of you in law enforcement, I wish some of our media had the same integrity, and I want to thank all of you, especially our law enforcement for what you do. Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, thank you. Members of voice, Barbara Gonzalez, John Ferry (ph), AVIAC, I want to thank all of them too, cause they - they're helping get the stories out. 63,000 Americans since 9/11 have been killed by illegal aliens. This isn't a problem that's going away, it's getting bigger. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: 63,000 and that number they say is very low because things aren't reported. 63,000, and you don't hear about that. Also here with us today is Michelle Root from Modale, Iowa, great place. Michelle, please come up. ROOT: Thank you Mr. President. My daughter Sarah Root was killed within 24 hours after graduating with a Bachelor's, 4.0 in criminal investigations, out celebrating, stopped at a stop light and rear-ended by Eswin Mejia going 70 plus miles an hour. He was arrested, but then he paid a $5,000 bail and now he has fled. Our separation, like everybody has said, is permanent. Sarah never gets to go on to be a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt. My son does not have his only sibling any longer. My life has been devastated, so has my daughter's family and friends. I want to thank President Trump and Vice President Pence, Barbara Gonzalez, John Ferry (ph) and Director Homan for all their support. They have never given up on us. AVIAC was a group that we started because we were tired of not having anybody else to go to to get information. When Sarah was killed January 31st of 2016, I had nobody, but I was thankful for my politicians in my area, and you know President Trump was one of the first ones to reach out to my family, and he has been there from the beginning. Never left our side, now we just need to get my daughter's killer found. Again, my separation is permanent, Sarah is never coming home. I never get to take a selfie with her again, I have no more pictures of her. So please, thank you guys for everything. Keep up the great work, our police officers, our Border Patrol, please continue to fight. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) MENDOZA: Thank you. My name is Mary Ann Mendoza and my son, Sergeant Brandon Mendoza was killed on May 12th, 2014 on his way home from a work by a three time legal limit drunk who was also high on meth. He had drove over 35 miles the wrong way on four different freeways in Phoenix before slamming head-on into my son's car. As you know, they could fill this stage up every day for the next five months of victims of illegal alien crime and it would just keep going. Unfortunately, we are members of a club of our children or loved ones who have been killed by illegal aliens, but there's hundreds of thousands of victims every year who are affected by illegal alien crime, rape, assault, identity theft. These are things that go unreported, unchecked. You know, if the public would go to illegalaliencrimereport.com and see the magnitude of crimes being committed against your fellow Americans by illegal aliens allowed to stay in this country, you will be sickened because mainstream media does not let you know what's really happening. And we are here, the members of AVIAC are here to educate the public of what's happening. And if anybody's been a victim of illegal alien crime, contact us because we have close connections with Barbara Gonzalez at ICE, John Ferry (ph), we have connections at Department of Homeland Security that we are trying to get people the help that they need and sent in the right direction. President Trump, Vice President Pence, you've just been there for us and there are no words to describe what your support and your caring has meant to each and every one of us, and thank you from the bottom of my heart. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Thank you, darling. Your story is an incredible one. DURDEN: I'm one of your legal immigrants. I came the right way, I paid lots of money, took me five years to become a citizen, a proud citizen, and I didn't drag my son -- he named himself German Chocolate, he was born in Germany. I didn't drag him over borders, through deserts, I didn't place him in harm's way. I protected my child from harm, but I couldn't do that on July 12th, 2012. He was 30 years old. I couldn't protect him because an illegal alien from Guatemala with two felonies, one deportation, two DUIs, he was protected, Riverside, California, sanctuary. The judge, the D.A., they knew who he was. They gave him probation after his second DUI. Five weeks later, he killed my child. And if that wasn't enough to deal with, this is my only child. I have no family. That's it. The public needs to know, and they deserve to know that this could happen to each one of you at any given second. You have your child, you send them off, no matter what age they are, and then you get that ugly phone call that will forever change your life. And thank God our president and vice president, VOICE, my family of AVIAC, they rallied behind us -- they were the only ones -- and gave us a little light. I was going to end my life. I had no purpose. But President Trump, coming down that escalator that day, and talking about illegal immigration stopped me in my track. And I had no clue at that point that I would ever be at the White House, and I thank President Trump, Vice President Pence, everybody behind me. I thank you. I thank everybody out here. Make sure you get our stories out. I brought my son. This is what I have left, his ashes. I wear his ashes in a locket. This is how I get to have my son. So remember, when you go home and hug your kids that there are many of us, thousands of us who don't get to do that anymore. And let's work together and get this done. All politicians -- I do not care what side you're on. You don't want your child in a casket, or in an urn. So get it together, for God's sake, for this country, for our citizens. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRANCHANT: My name is Ray Tranchant, and I retired from the Navy. I flew off of aircraft carriers, and had a great Navy career, and then I started my family in the 90s. I had two little girls, Tessa and Kelsey, and they had a bigger brother, Dylan. And I raised them, and their mother and her mom is Hispanic, and so Tessa was Hispanic. And they lived near the border, as well. Tessa and -- was 16. She was a Dreamer, and so was her friend, Allie (ph) Kunhardt; 17 years old, 16 years old, both beautiful girls, and they just loved talking about the future. They went to WaWa in Virginia Beach get a pack of gum, and they were stopped at a stoplight and Alfredo Ramos was driving at 70 miles an hour. He was three times the legal limit. He had been arrested before for DUI, in which the judge gave him no time or -- or fines. He had a fake I.D. from Florida, bought by the cartels. He had a fake driver's license on his car, and he couldn't speak English, and he needed an interpreter for the last DUI hearing. He was also arrested for drunk in public. Bottom line is he came in through Mesa, and he tried to make it, and he -- he was going -- he was three times the legal limit. So the police told me that at that, it's like wearing almost black-out glasses while you're driving. When he hit the girls from behind it -- it was an explosion. The neighborhood thought a bomb went off. The girls were almost instantaneously dead. They worked on Tessa (ph) for a while, and -- and I got to see her in the hospital. They're -- those are the Dreamers that the United States should focus. I can't -- I can't make an opinion about the young people that are here illegally, because their parents brought them. But, I can guarantee you the government had nothing to do with that. And, everybody wants to blame. But, the parents of those children are to blame. And there was a lot of -- well, maybe they'll feel sorry for them because they're kids -- and -- maybe, if they behave, they'll just magically beat the system. My mom came from Ireland, took her 10 years to get her citizenship. She had a sponsor. If she got in trouble, not only did she get in trouble, the sponsor was in trouble. I would have been speaking Northern Irish right now, if she got out-of-line. That's the way it was with INS in those days. And mom loved being an American. I helped her study for her exam. So, I'm all about legal immigration. But, the invaders and people who come over our borders, and decide to take the law their own hands, and maybe are supported by a group of people that for God sakes I don't know why they would want to do it. It's evil. It hurts people and it costs us billions of dollars a year. And they don't seem to want to pay for it. They want us to pay for it, the other taxpayers. I want to thank President Trump because when my -- those kids died, I was in -- I was a city employee. So, of course, I sued the city, and the judge, and the adjoining city with the judge there; and, of course, you know, they're immune. But, it did not make me really friendly with the city. It didn't make me friendly with ICE, because basically they claim they weren't called. The Sheriff's Department said that we called them. And, it was a back-and-forth. So, no one took responsibility. So, being in that situation where no one takes responsibility in this government at all, means that you're standing in a dark forest at night when it is raining, and it's cold and you're lost. And everybody you talk to -- yes, yes, yes. But, you know, he was. And, you know, we have a lot of drunks here and blah, blah. Let me tell you, the guy shouldn't have been there at that time. He shouldn't have been there and we had many opportunities to -- to get him out. So, what's happening? Our representative is the president and the vice president. They took us in and we're going to fight this battle, and were to win it. And, we're going to clean it up and I'm very proud of that. I'm very proud to be a part of that. And I will support you, as law enforcement, and my president and vice president, as much as they need. I want to thank the Remembrance Project, for standing there when I had no one else. And God bless you and I hope this doesn't happen to you. Thank you, sir. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: You're (ph) -- do you want to (ph)? (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: This is Tom Selleck... (LAUGHTER) TRUMP: ... except better looking, right? Better looking. GIBBONEY: Thank you. My name is Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney. My family legally immigrated from Hungary, they -- we escaped during the revolution. We couldn't come to United States as my mother planned because my father was born in Yugoslavia and they wanted us to stay, and because my mother said no, they didn't allow us to come to -- to the American embassy. We went to -- we had a choice of South Africa, Austria or Brazil. We went to Brazil and lived there 13 years, trying to legally immigrate to the United States. When we immigrated to Brazil, we were stateless. We didn't belong anywhere because the government took our citizenship because we escaped (ph). And when we came to the United States, we were stateless. And I'm very honored and proud to say, this is my home, my country and I will fight for this country until my death. Thank you, law enforcement, border patrol, immigration, Barbara (ph), everybody that got (ph) me here today. And thank you for fighting this fight with us because, trust me, you don't want to walk in our shoes. And, President Trump, thank you for always standing behind us. You were the biggest birthday present I got, and I'm still waiting for that shovel to help build the wall at the border. I live in California. And I would like to ask, if you don't want your state to become a sanctuary state. So I would like to ask President Trump if you would tweet and endorse us, to fightsanctuarystate.com, to help us so we're not going to go down. Because if California continues on this path, the rest of the country will follow. And I am so proud and honored of you, Mr. President. The integrity and character that you have shown us, pulling the daggers out of your back every day is not -- it hasn't been fair. But I want you to know that I'm very honored to call you my president. And God bless you and your family always, and Mr. Pence. And God bless this country. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) ROSENBERG: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. This is my son, Drew (ph). He was in law school in San Francisco in 2010, when Roberto Galo tried to make a last-second left-hand turn and hit him. Instead of stopping, he tried to flee so he accelerated, drove over his body. My son was on a motorcycle. His helmet came off, wedged under one of his tires. He backed up, driving over him a second time. And then, trying to get away, went forward. By that time, a guy had gotten out of the car and stood in front of Galo and he stopped, with his rear tire on my son's abdomen. And five -- five people had to lift the car off of him. But I want to talk about somebody else. And you -- you heard Agnes mention fightsanctuarystate.com. In April of this year, I filed with the State of California, an initiative to overturn the sanctuary state. There's just way too many deaths, way too many traffic collisions. I should just add on an aside, you know, we got -- we gave out driver's licenses in 2015. And in two years -- the first two years of that -- traffic fatalities on what was supposed to be safer roads have gone up 19 percent. Hit-and-runs have gone up 26 percent. Yet they're still telling people the roads are safer because of that. But there are so many other -- and then somebody who's not here, a woman named Veronica Cabrera Ramirez -- give you an example of what happens with sanctuary. She was a -- was a domestic violence victim, called the Santa Rosa police. They arrested the perpetrator. He was -- had been deported previously. ICE filed a detainer and then the day that they decided to release him, instead of calling ICE and giving ICE a chance to show up, they were an hour and a half away, they gave him 16 minutes to show up and they released him. And 16 days later, he murdered Ms. Ramirez (ph). And according to Kevin DeLeone (ph), who was the author of the sanctuary bill, that makes the state safer. If you keep the federal police, the federal law enforcement over here and you keep the state law enforcement here, that makes the state safer. That's absurd, it's outrageous and something has to be done, and I hope that as -- as Agnes (ph) said, if this -- if we don't kill this in -- in California, it will spread and I already know it is in some places. It's a death sentence for American law abiding citizens. Anyway, I'd like to thank the President and the Vice President and everybody else who's here. Director Homan, thank you so much, you've become an incredible friend. John Ferry (ph), Barbara Gonzalez and my new friend today Kirstjen Nielsen. Anyway, thank you all very much, particularly law enforcement. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: And I just said would you like to speak, and you said no. I -- I cry, too. (LAUGHTER) She said I've been crying for too long for too much, so it's fine, right? That's good. Well I just want to thank everybody for being here. I've -- I know these families, I know many more families that have gone through the same thing and I can not imagine it being any worse. But we pledge to act with strength and with resolve and in the memory of those who have been lost so needlessly. And it's because of families like yours that my administration created the new office of DHS, the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement, which has been doing I hear a fantastic job. We call it VOICE so that your voices can be heard. Today we have released the first VOICE report within the first months of VOICE. We've opened more than 2,800 victims registered to receive information on their perpetrator. We're following these people, we're following them so it can't happen again by that individual. VOICE assisted hundreds of families already, connected them to crucial services such as grief counseling, followed up their cases and helped ensure that the criminal aliens that harmed their families so egregiously were detained, removed and deported. Our first duty and our highest loyalty is to the citizens of the United States, we want safety in our country, we want border security. We don't want people in our country that don't go through a process. We want people in our country based on merit, not based on a draw where other countries put their absolute worst in a bin and they start drawing people. Where -- you think they're going to put their good ones? They don't put their good ones, they put their bad ones. And then when they commit crimes, we're so surprised. We'll not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe and we finally end the immigration crisis once and for all. We want safety in our country, we want strong borders. We want people to come in, but we want them to come in the proper way. So thank you all for being here, these are incredible families, incredible people. Your loved ones have not died in vain. Much of what we're doing today is because of what you've had to endure, and we just thank you all very much for being here and God bless you all. Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much, thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. List of Speakers PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP JUAN PINA STEVE RONNEBECK MICHELLE ROOT MARYANN MENDOZA AGNES GIBBONEY RAY TRANCHANT DAN ROSENBERG LAURA WILKERSON SABINE DURDEN

1430 WH ANGEL FAMILIES FS24 74 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS AT ANGEL FAMILIES EVENT TRANSCRIPT TRUMP: Thank you everybody. We actually spent some time together, so I didn't mind giving you a second hello. (LAUGHTER) Not at all. We've known each other a long time, we've been friends for a long time from the beginning of the campaign, and this - these are special people. Please sit down. Vice President Pence, thank you very much for joining us Mike. I also want to recognize Acting Director Homan, who's leaving us, he's been truly a star and he's leaving, he's retiring. But where is Tom, is he around here some place? Tom, stand up Tom. (APPLAUSE) Tom has been doing what he's doing for 34 years and doing it with strength and dedication and you are really outstanding and you - your highly recommended replacement is going to do a great job. We know him well, he's going to do really great. Thank you Tom for those years of service. I also want to thank the incredible ICE officers, Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officials who join us here today. If you could stand up please, these people are also special people. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. And they're good looking people, aren't they? (LAUGHTER) Good looking people. Thank you very much for being here and for the bravery, what you do and what you endure is incredible. I also want to stand and have the brave men and women from all over government agencies, we have a lot. Just - maybe just raise your hand or stand, but we really appreciate the job that you've done, especially during the last year and a half because I know you've really put in a lot of extra. So please, thank you very much, thank you. (APPLAUSE) We're gathered today to hear directly from the American victims of illegal immigration. You know you hear the other side, you never hear this side. You don't know what's going on. These are the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones. The word permanently being the word that you have to think about. Permanently - they're not separated for a day or two days, these are permanently separated because they were killed by criminal illegal aliens. These are the families the media ignores, they don't talk about them, very unfair. TRUMP: We have to look at everybody, but this is a very unfair situation and I knew that years ago when we would be together, out campaigning and I said if this ever happens, we're never forgetting you. You know that Laura (ph), everybody. Incredible people, and they're dedicated. These are the stories that Democrats and people that are weak on immigration, they don't want to discuss, they don't want to hear, they don't want to see, they don't want to talk about. No major network sent cameras to their homes, or displayed the images of their incredible loved ones across the nightly news. They don't do that. They don't talk about the death and destruction caused by people that shouldn't be here, people that will continuously get into trouble and do bad things. For years, their pain was met with silence. Their plight was met with indifference, but no more. I told them three years ago, when we were together, day one, just about day one, I would say. I said, "I hear you, I see you, and I will never let you down," and we've been working together, and their loved ones have not died in vain. We all know that. We call these brave Americans "the Angel Families" -- Angel moms, Angel pops. These are the Angel Families. Your loss will not have been in vain. We will secure our borders, and we will make sure that they're properly taken care of. Eventually, the word will get out. We've got to have a safe country. We're going to have a safe country, and your loved ones are going to be playing, and will continue to play a big part of it. You know that, right? You know that. So here are just a few statistics on the human toll of illegal immigration. According to a 2011 government report, the arrests attached to the criminal alien population included an estimated 25,000 people for homicide, 42,000 for robbery, nearly 70,000 for sex offenses, and nearly 15,000 for kidnapping. In Texas alone, within the last seven years, more than a quarter million criminal aliens have been arrested and charged with over 600,000 criminal offenses. You don't hear that. I always hear that, "Oh, no, the population's safer than the people that live in the country." You've heard that, fellas, right? You've heard that. I hear it so much, and I say, "Is that possible?" The answer is it's not true. You hear it's like they're better people than what we have, than our citizens. It's not true. In 2016, more than 15,000 Americans died from a heroin overdose. More than 90 percent of the heroin comes from across the southern border -- 90 percent. As a result of sanctuary city policies, in fiscal 2017, more than 8,000 criminal aliens -- these are really hard-core criminal aliens -- were in police custody, and were released because of our weak laws, weakest in the world, weakest in the history of the world. They were released back into our civilian population, and these gentlemen had to do some of the releasing, and I don't think you were too happy when you knew, because you knew -- they know better than anybody -- you knew what you were releasing. You knew it was trouble, and it often comes back to be trouble. TRUMP: Where is the media outrage over the catch-and-release policies that allow deadly drugs to pour into our country? Where is the condemnation of the Democrat's sanctuary cities that release violent criminals into our communities and then protect them, like the mayor of San Diego, when she warned everybody that "ICE is coming," and they scattered. A big operation, or expensive operation. They were all together. They all scattered. And what are they going to do about looking at her, by the way? I've been asking this question, now, for four weeks. She can do that? And where is the outcry over the savage gang MS-13 and its bloodthirsty creed, "Kill, rape and control"? Because the news media has overlooked their stories. I want the American people to hear directly from these families about the pain they have had to endure, losing not only their loved ones -- great people, great Americans. People that would have been very successful. People that, in some cases, could have been here one day, could have been here. Right? I know the way you feel. Could have been right here, standing here. First, I'd like to ask a friend of mine for, now, a long time, Laura Wilkerson from Pearland, Texas, to come and share her story about her incredible, incredible boy. Right? Come on, Laura. Just say a few words. WILKERSON: We want to tell you a little bit, today, about Josh. He was brutally tortured, strangled over and over. He was set on fire after death. His last hours were -- was brutal. As -- and everyone standing up here, none of our kids had a minute to say goodbye. We weren't lucky enough to be separated for five days or 10 days -- we're separated permanently. Any time we want to see or be close to our kids, we go to the cemetery because that's where they are. We could never speak to them, we can't Skype with them. And I want to thank you so much, in this room, for what you're doing to under -- you -- you guys know the permanent separation. It's the media that won't share it with other people. It's permanent; we can never have him back on this -- this Earth. Thankfully, I'll see him again in Heaven. But I want to thank you, Mr. Trump and -- Vice President Trump (sic) for -- I mean, Vice President Pence -- for keeping their commitment to us. It's -- it's been ongoing, it continues on. And please understand, there are so many more of us than -- than what you see here, that had the same story. Over and over, drunk driving, killed. Over and over, and they don't prosecute it. They let go and blow (ph) bond, they're out in 30 days. It's sad for our country and it's time to take it back, and I want to thank each and every one of you, law enforcement. You know it. You love it. You want to do your jobs. And, thankfully, we have a president who will allow you to do that now. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Thank you, Laura. Next, I'd like to ask Juan Pina from Greenfield, California to speak. Juan, please come up. Thank you. Thank you, Juan. PINA: My name's Juan Pina. First of all, I want to thank the Remembrance Project for bringing my daughter's name out to light. And for President (ph) Trump to let me speak about her. And I've got a lot of people that I need to thank. My daughter was Chrissy (ph) Sue (ph) Pena. Back in 1990, she was kidnapped, strangled, stabbed, raped and sodomized and her nude body was found in an artichoke field. I've been fighting for 28 and a half years. He's been fighting. He was loose for 25. The last 3.5 years, he's been fighting extradition. And on May 3rd, God answered my prayers. Mexico finally turned him loose to us, and he is now in the Monterey County jail and we can start court procedures for my daughter's death. PINA: And I want to thank everybody that was involved in getting him over here. The sheriff department in Monterey County, for their investigator. The sheriff (inaudible) told her, "Don't give up on this. Just stay on it and stay on it." And she pinky-swore that she was going to get him over there, and she did. And I just want to thank the President and everybody, and I just hope everybody can get what I just got. And I'm out here speaking for the thousands of victims that we have here in the United States. And I want to thank you all, thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: So Juan fought for many years and it's hard to believe, but that's actually a great feeling. PINA: Yes, it is. TRUMP: ... that you just - incredible job, incredible job. Hi, Dom (ph). Also here with us today is Steve Ronnebeck from Mesa, Arizona. Steve, if you could come up and share a few words, please? RONNEBECK: Thank you, Mr. President. January 22nd, 2015, Grant was at work on his overnight shift. An illegal alien came in, wanted to buy cigarettes. Jumped a jar of change out on the counter. Grant went to count the change and wasn't counting fast enough, so basically this man pulled a gun, Grant did everything he was supposed to do and gave him the cigarettes. The man went ahead and executed him and shot him point blank in the face. You know, you don't hear these stories and some of our - our media won't - won't talk to you about it. But this is permanent separation. For his birthday I go to his grave, for Christmas, we set up a Christmas tree on Grant's grave. I received something earlier today from Director Homan, it's a challenge coin. And I want to thank you for that. To me this is a sign of integrity. I wish some of our media had the same integrity as our President, our Vice President. Director Homan, all of you in law enforcement, I wish some of our media had the same integrity, and I want to thank all of you, especially our law enforcement for what you do. Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, thank you. Members of voice, Barbara Gonzalez, John Ferry (ph), AVIAC, I want to thank all of them too, cause they - they're helping get the stories out. 63,000 Americans since 9/11 have been killed by illegal aliens. This isn't a problem that's going away, it's getting bigger. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: 63,000 and that number they say is very low because things aren't reported. 63,000, and you don't hear about that. Also here with us today is Michelle Root from Modale, Iowa, great place. Michelle, please come up. ROOT: Thank you Mr. President. My daughter Sarah Root was killed within 24 hours after graduating with a Bachelor's, 4.0 in criminal investigations, out celebrating, stopped at a stop light and rear-ended by Eswin Mejia going 70 plus miles an hour. He was arrested, but then he paid a $5,000 bail and now he has fled. Our separation, like everybody has said, is permanent. Sarah never gets to go on to be a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt. My son does not have his only sibling any longer. My life has been devastated, so has my daughter's family and friends. I want to thank President Trump and Vice President Pence, Barbara Gonzalez, John Ferry (ph) and Director Homan for all their support. They have never given up on us. AVIAC was a group that we started because we were tired of not having anybody else to go to to get information. When Sarah was killed January 31st of 2016, I had nobody, but I was thankful for my politicians in my area, and you know President Trump was one of the first ones to reach out to my family, and he has been there from the beginning. Never left our side, now we just need to get my daughter's killer found. Again, my separation is permanent, Sarah is never coming home. I never get to take a selfie with her again, I have no more pictures of her. So please, thank you guys for everything. Keep up the great work, our police officers, our Border Patrol, please continue to fight. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) MENDOZA: Thank you. My name is Mary Ann Mendoza and my son, Sergeant Brandon Mendoza was killed on May 12th, 2014 on his way home from a work by a three time legal limit drunk who was also high on meth. He had drove over 35 miles the wrong way on four different freeways in Phoenix before slamming head-on into my son's car. As you know, they could fill this stage up every day for the next five months of victims of illegal alien crime and it would just keep going. Unfortunately, we are members of a club of our children or loved ones who have been killed by illegal aliens, but there's hundreds of thousands of victims every year who are affected by illegal alien crime, rape, assault, identity theft. These are things that go unreported, unchecked. You know, if the public would go to illegalaliencrimereport.com and see the magnitude of crimes being committed against your fellow Americans by illegal aliens allowed to stay in this country, you will be sickened because mainstream media does not let you know what's really happening. And we are here, the members of AVIAC are here to educate the public of what's happening. And if anybody's been a victim of illegal alien crime, contact us because we have close connections with Barbara Gonzalez at ICE, John Ferry (ph), we have connections at Department of Homeland Security that we are trying to get people the help that they need and sent in the right direction. President Trump, Vice President Pence, you've just been there for us and there are no words to describe what your support and your caring has meant to each and every one of us, and thank you from the bottom of my heart. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Thank you, darling. Your story is an incredible one. DURDEN: I'm one of your legal immigrants. I came the right way, I paid lots of money, took me five years to become a citizen, a proud citizen, and I didn't drag my son -- he named himself German Chocolate, he was born in Germany. I didn't drag him over borders, through deserts, I didn't place him in harm's way. I protected my child from harm, but I couldn't do that on July 12th, 2012. He was 30 years old. I couldn't protect him because an illegal alien from Guatemala with two felonies, one deportation, two DUIs, he was protected, Riverside, California, sanctuary. The judge, the D.A., they knew who he was. They gave him probation after his second DUI. Five weeks later, he killed my child. And if that wasn't enough to deal with, this is my only child. I have no family. That's it. The public needs to know, and they deserve to know that this could happen to each one of you at any given second. You have your child, you send them off, no matter what age they are, and then you get that ugly phone call that will forever change your life. And thank God our president and vice president, VOICE, my family of AVIAC, they rallied behind us -- they were the only ones -- and gave us a little light. I was going to end my life. I had no purpose. But President Trump, coming down that escalator that day, and talking about illegal immigration stopped me in my track. And I had no clue at that point that I would ever be at the White House, and I thank President Trump, Vice President Pence, everybody behind me. I thank you. I thank everybody out here. Make sure you get our stories out. I brought my son. This is what I have left, his ashes. I wear his ashes in a locket. This is how I get to have my son. So remember, when you go home and hug your kids that there are many of us, thousands of us who don't get to do that anymore. And let's work together and get this done. All politicians -- I do not care what side you're on. You don't want your child in a casket, or in an urn. So get it together, for God's sake, for this country, for our citizens. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) TRANCHANT: My name is Ray Tranchant, and I retired from the Navy. I flew off of aircraft carriers, and had a great Navy career, and then I started my family in the 90s. I had two little girls, Tessa and Kelsey, and they had a bigger brother, Dylan. And I raised them, and their mother and her mom is Hispanic, and so Tessa was Hispanic. And they lived near the border, as well. Tessa and -- was 16. She was a Dreamer, and so was her friend, Allie (ph) Kunhardt; 17 years old, 16 years old, both beautiful girls, and they just loved talking about the future. They went to WaWa in Virginia Beach get a pack of gum, and they were stopped at a stoplight and Alfredo Ramos was driving at 70 miles an hour. He was three times the legal limit. He had been arrested before for DUI, in which the judge gave him no time or -- or fines. He had a fake I.D. from Florida, bought by the cartels. He had a fake driver's license on his car, and he couldn't speak English, and he needed an interpreter for the last DUI hearing. He was also arrested for drunk in public. Bottom line is he came in through Mesa, and he tried to make it, and he -- he was going -- he was three times the legal limit. So the police told me that at that, it's like wearing almost black-out glasses while you're driving. When he hit the girls from behind it -- it was an explosion. The neighborhood thought a bomb went off. The girls were almost instantaneously dead. They worked on Tessa (ph) for a while, and -- and I got to see her in the hospital. They're -- those are the Dreamers that the United States should focus. I can't -- I can't make an opinion about the young people that are here illegally, because their parents brought them. But, I can guarantee you the government had nothing to do with that. And, everybody wants to blame. But, the parents of those children are to blame. And there was a lot of -- well, maybe they'll feel sorry for them because they're kids -- and -- maybe, if they behave, they'll just magically beat the system. My mom came from Ireland, took her 10 years to get her citizenship. She had a sponsor. If she got in trouble, not only did she get in trouble, the sponsor was in trouble. I would have been speaking Northern Irish right now, if she got out-of-line. That's the way it was with INS in those days. And mom loved being an American. I helped her study for her exam. So, I'm all about legal immigration. But, the invaders and people who come over our borders, and decide to take the law their own hands, and maybe are supported by a group of people that for God sakes I don't know why they would want to do it. It's evil. It hurts people and it costs us billions of dollars a year. And they don't seem to want to pay for it. They want us to pay for it, the other taxpayers. I want to thank President Trump because when my -- those kids died, I was in -- I was a city employee. So, of course, I sued the city, and the judge, and the adjoining city with the judge there; and, of course, you know, they're immune. But, it did not make me really friendly with the city. It didn't make me friendly with ICE, because basically they claim they weren't called. The Sheriff's Department said that we called them. And, it was a back-and-forth. So, no one took responsibility. So, being in that situation where no one takes responsibility in this government at all, means that you're standing in a dark forest at night when it is raining, and it's cold and you're lost. And everybody you talk to -- yes, yes, yes. But, you know, he was. And, you know, we have a lot of drunks here and blah, blah. Let me tell you, the guy shouldn't have been there at that time. He shouldn't have been there and we had many opportunities to -- to get him out. So, what's happening? Our representative is the president and the vice president. They took us in and we're going to fight this battle, and were to win it. And, we're going to clean it up and I'm very proud of that. I'm very proud to be a part of that. And I will support you, as law enforcement, and my president and vice president, as much as they need. I want to thank the Remembrance Project, for standing there when I had no one else. And God bless you and I hope this doesn't happen to you. Thank you, sir. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: You're (ph) -- do you want to (ph)? (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: This is Tom Selleck... (LAUGHTER) TRUMP: ... except better looking, right? Better looking. GIBBONEY: Thank you. My name is Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney. My family legally immigrated from Hungary, they -- we escaped during the revolution. We couldn't come to United States as my mother planned because my father was born in Yugoslavia and they wanted us to stay, and because my mother said no, they didn't allow us to come to -- to the American embassy. We went to -- we had a choice of South Africa, Austria or Brazil. We went to Brazil and lived there 13 years, trying to legally immigrate to the United States. When we immigrated to Brazil, we were stateless. We didn't belong anywhere because the government took our citizenship because we escaped (ph). And when we came to the United States, we were stateless. And I'm very honored and proud to say, this is my home, my country and I will fight for this country until my death. Thank you, law enforcement, border patrol, immigration, Barbara (ph), everybody that got (ph) me here today. And thank you for fighting this fight with us because, trust me, you don't want to walk in our shoes. And, President Trump, thank you for always standing behind us. You were the biggest birthday present I got, and I'm still waiting for that shovel to help build the wall at the border. I live in California. And I would like to ask, if you don't want your state to become a sanctuary state. So I would like to ask President Trump if you would tweet and endorse us, to fightsanctuarystate.com, to help us so we're not going to go down. Because if California continues on this path, the rest of the country will follow. And I am so proud and honored of you, Mr. President. The integrity and character that you have shown us, pulling the daggers out of your back every day is not -- it hasn't been fair. But I want you to know that I'm very honored to call you my president. And God bless you and your family always, and Mr. Pence. And God bless this country. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) ROSENBERG: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. This is my son, Drew (ph). He was in law school in San Francisco in 2010, when Roberto Galo tried to make a last-second left-hand turn and hit him. Instead of stopping, he tried to flee so he accelerated, drove over his body. My son was on a motorcycle. His helmet came off, wedged under one of his tires. He backed up, driving over him a second time. And then, trying to get away, went forward. By that time, a guy had gotten out of the car and stood in front of Galo and he stopped, with his rear tire on my son's abdomen. And five -- five people had to lift the car off of him. But I want to talk about somebody else. And you -- you heard Agnes mention fightsanctuarystate.com. In April of this year, I filed with the State of California, an initiative to overturn the sanctuary state. There's just way too many deaths, way too many traffic collisions. I should just add on an aside, you know, we got -- we gave out driver's licenses in 2015. And in two years -- the first two years of that -- traffic fatalities on what was supposed to be safer roads have gone up 19 percent. Hit-and-runs have gone up 26 percent. Yet they're still telling people the roads are safer because of that. But there are so many other -- and then somebody who's not here, a woman named Veronica Cabrera Ramirez -- give you an example of what happens with sanctuary. She was a -- was a domestic violence victim, called the Santa Rosa police. They arrested the perpetrator. He was -- had been deported previously. ICE filed a detainer and then the day that they decided to release him, instead of calling ICE and giving ICE a chance to show up, they were an hour and a half away, they gave him 16 minutes to show up and they released him. And 16 days later, he murdered Ms. Ramirez (ph). And according to Kevin DeLeone (ph), who was the author of the sanctuary bill, that makes the state safer. If you keep the federal police, the federal law enforcement over here and you keep the state law enforcement here, that makes the state safer. That's absurd, it's outrageous and something has to be done, and I hope that as -- as Agnes (ph) said, if this -- if we don't kill this in -- in California, it will spread and I already know it is in some places. It's a death sentence for American law abiding citizens. Anyway, I'd like to thank the President and the Vice President and everybody else who's here. Director Homan, thank you so much, you've become an incredible friend. John Ferry (ph), Barbara Gonzalez and my new friend today Kirstjen Nielsen. Anyway, thank you all very much, particularly law enforcement. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: And I just said would you like to speak, and you said no. I -- I cry, too. (LAUGHTER) She said I've been crying for too long for too much, so it's fine, right? That's good. Well I just want to thank everybody for being here. I've -- I know these families, I know many more families that have gone through the same thing and I can not imagine it being any worse. But we pledge to act with strength and with resolve and in the memory of those who have been lost so needlessly. And it's because of families like yours that my administration created the new office of DHS, the Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement, which has been doing I hear a fantastic job. We call it VOICE so that your voices can be heard. Today we have released the first VOICE report within the first months of VOICE. We've opened more than 2,800 victims registered to receive information on their perpetrator. We're following these people, we're following them so it can't happen again by that individual. VOICE assisted hundreds of families already, connected them to crucial services such as grief counseling, followed up their cases and helped ensure that the criminal aliens that harmed their families so egregiously were detained, removed and deported. Our first duty and our highest loyalty is to the citizens of the United States, we want safety in our country, we want border security. We don't want people in our country that don't go through a process. We want people in our country based on merit, not based on a draw where other countries put their absolute worst in a bin and they start drawing people. Where -- you think they're going to put their good ones? They don't put their good ones, they put their bad ones. And then when they commit crimes, we're so surprised. We'll not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe and we finally end the immigration crisis once and for all. We want safety in our country, we want strong borders. We want people to come in, but we want them to come in the proper way. So thank you all for being here, these are incredible families, incredible people. Your loved ones have not died in vain. Much of what we're doing today is because of what you've had to endure, and we just thank you all very much for being here and God bless you all. Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much, thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. List of Speakers PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP JUAN PINA STEVE RONNEBECK MICHELLE ROOT MARYANN MENDOZA AGNES GIBBONEY RAY TRANCHANT DAN ROSENBERG LAURA WILKERSON SABINE DURDEN

WHEN THESE FLORIDA POLICE PULL OVER A CAR FOR ERRATIC DRIVING THEY ARE SHOCKED TO SEE THE DRIVER IS A 13-YEAR OLD GIRL. HER PASSENGER IS A 30-YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE. IF THAT’S NOT ODD ENOUGH COPS ALSO FIND DRUGS IN THE CAR. THEY ARREST THE OLD GUY AND LET THE GIRL GO HOME.

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