Immigration officials say a gunman who killed his three daughters and a chaperone in a Northern California church was in the United States illegally
The Associated Press
“The person who knows these answers is dead. I think I can safely say, he obtained it illegally,” sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Rodney Grassmann said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Alethea Smock told The Associated Press that Mora was in the country illegally. He overstayed his visa after entering California from his native Mexico on Dec. 17, 2018,
“This unspeakable tragedy highlights the true cost, unintended or not, of sanctuary policies that prevent law enforcement from protecting its citizens,” Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said in a statement. Grisel Ruiz, supervising attorney for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, said gun control and domestic violence appear to be the central issues in the killings, while immigration status had no bearing.