Illegal Gets 25 Years for Vehicular Homicide

(Nashville, Tennessee) A 34-year-old previously-deported illegal alien, Julio Villasana, was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday after being convicted of vehicular homicide.

Last August, Villasana drove with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit and crashed head-on into a motorcycle ridden by Charles Derrington, a Nashville musician. Derrington died as a result, leaving behind a wife and daughter.

Villasana has been illegally living in the U.S. for 17 years during which he earned a long criminal record in Texas and Kentucky, using several aliases, with other convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol. At the time of the fatal crash, Villasana had a suspended Kentucky driver's license. According to an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Villasana had been "deported three times and had the chance to leave the United States on his own 11 other times."

While on the stand, Villasana talked a lot about how great it is to live in the United States and how great the laws are here, but the judge said Villasana refused to obey the laws and gave him a 25 year prison sentence.

Villasana must serve at least 30 percent of his time before he's eligible for parole. Then he'll be deported.

Well, I can see why Villasana thinks the laws in the U.S. are great. They don't seem to apply to him. And now he'll do seven and one-half years (30% of 25 years) for killing an American and then get deported -- again. Hell, why bother? He'll just come back and break more laws with impunity.

And let us not forget that Julio Villasana is only one of hundreds of thousands of illegal alien criminals not being held accountable.

Lastly, tell me there is justice when Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean will still be doing hard time in federal prison even as Villasana returns to the U.S. following his deportation to continue his law-breaking career.