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DUNCANVILLE, TX, In what immigration officials apparently call the "we'll see you again soon" program, a previously deported illegal immigrant is accused of killing a young father while allegedly driving drunk in a stolen Audi the wrong way down a North Texas highway.
Alexander Nunez, 26, allegedly slammed into a vehicle carrying 29-year-old Kenan Ellis and two of his cousins shortly before midnight on September 3 on Highway 67 in Duncanville.
Ellis had recently celebrated his 29th birthday.
Unfortunately, the celebration was followed by what authorities say was an encounter with a previously deported illegal immigrant who had apparently managed to make his way back into the country, acquire access to a stolen luxury automobile, get intoxicated, and drive it directly into oncoming traffic.
Ellis was returning home from a music video shoot for popular rapper BigXThaPlug when the crash occurred, his uncle, Xavier Hicks, told conservative media outlet The Daily Wire. Hicks said the rapper was driving close behind.
Ellis leaves behind a 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter.
Federal authorities had previously deported Nunez, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman told The Daily Wire. Nunez later illegally re-entered the United States without being encountered at the border.
Apparently, "You have been deported" is now less of a legal order and more of a customer loyalty program.
Nunez faces charges of intoxication assault, intoxication manslaughter, and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $110,000 bond.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement also lodged a detainer, asking local authorities to transfer Nunez to federal custody if they release him.
In other words, the federal government would very much like to have another opportunity to deport the man it already deported.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.,” the DHS spokesperson said.
When Hicks learned that Nunez had previously been deported, his reaction was understandably brief.
“Wow.”
There are moments when the English language simply runs out of words.
“Honestly and truthfully, that’s unfortunate. But my faith keeps telling me that it was God’s timing,” Hicks said.
“I hold no malice in my heart for Alexander Nunez,” he added.
That is an extraordinary amount of grace from a man whose family has just been devastated.
Ellis’ cousins were left with multiple broken bones, while one is expected to be in a wheelchair for several months, according to Fox 4. Both are expected to recover.
The three men were roughly five minutes from home when the crash occurred.
Five minutes.
They were close enough to home that the tragedy almost certainly began with thoughts about getting through the front door, taking off their shoes and going to bed.
Instead, one man never made it home.
Authorities determined that Nunez was intoxicated after he failed field sobriety tests, Fox 4 reported.
Ellis’ sister, Siniya Allen, described her late brother as “a great dad,” “an amazing brother,” and “an amazing son.”
“He was there for all his friends. He was just a great person,” she told Fox 4.
Ellis is survived by his 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.
Allen said Nunez’s alleged actions left her family with an overwhelming loss.
“He took something important from us. I lost a brother. My mom lost a son. I have another brother. He lost his sibling. His kids have to grow up without a dad. No kid should have to do that at the expense of somebody else’s actions,” Siniya said.
She is right.
No child should have to grow up without a father because someone allegedly decided that drinking, stealing a car and driving the wrong way down a highway was a perfectly reasonable evening itinerary.
And perhaps the most maddening detail is that this did not involve some mysterious individual who had never crossed the government's radar.
Authorities had already found him.
They had already deported him.
He came back.
Now a young father is dead, two families are dealing with serious injuries, and two children are growing up without their dad.
But at least the government has apparently discovered a bold new immigration policy:
Deport them and hope they don't notice the border is still there.
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