An illegal alien, ordered deported from the United States years ago, is now accused of killing 19-year-old college student Lauryn Ni’Kole Leonard in Chesapeake, Virginia.
On February 19, Cruz-Ferrera was driving without a license and no proof of insurance when he allegedly caused a crash that killed Leonard, who was also driving at the time.
Cruz-Ferrera first crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as an unaccompanied alien child (UAC) in October 2016. Two years later, in September 2018, after being released into the U.S. interior, a federal immigration judge ordered Cruz-Ferrera deported when he failed to appear in court.
Despite the deportation order, Cruz-Ferrera was never deported.
In neither instance did police look into Cruz-Ferrera’s deportation order. Had police discovered the deportation order, Cruz-Ferrera could have been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and taken into federal custody.
“I think it’s crazy. Like, how come nobody looked into it … she’s minding her own business, and you come out of nowhere and just turned my life upside down,” Dana Hargrove, Leonard’s mother, told the Virginian-Pilot.
“I don’t want to say anything that sounds, like, far-right or far-left, but I would just say that it’s a possibility that this wouldn’t have happened if the deportation happened when it was supposed to,” Leonard’s brother, Eric Hargrove, said.
Cruz-Ferrera remains at the Chesapeake City Jail. ICE agents have placed a detainer on him, requesting custody if he is released from jail at any time.
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