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International News Title: Trump gets support from mother of teen slain by illegal... My son was murdered by a Mexican illegal immigrant, just like Kathryn Steinle - it's time people listened to Trump,' says mother of gunned-down teenage football star Jamiel Shaw was murdered in 2008 in Los Angeles by a gang member who should not have been in the country. Brilliant high school footballer was shot twice by Pedro Espinoza because he thought 17-year-old's red backpack was sign he was in rival gang Espinoza was freed from four-month sentence day before murder even though he was wanted for deportation. Anita Shaw, an Army sergeant says death of Kathryn Steinle, who was allegedly murdered at random by illegal immigrant, speaks of anger. She tells Daily Mail Online: 'It makes me angry. Donald Trump, he's trying to do something, and they're trying to shut him down.' The mother of a teenage boy gunned down by an illegal Mexican immigrant in strikingly similar circumstances to how Kathryn Steinle died, has backed Presidential hopeful Donald Trump to 'close our borders'. Anita Shaw, whose 17-year-old boy Jamiel Jr was murdered by gang member Pedro Espinoza in Los Angeles in 2008, says she is 'angry' at the current immigration policy. She told Daily Mail Online: 'It makes me sad, it makes me angry, it makes me frustrated. 'It's amazing to me that the same incident is still going on today. It's like, when will the public wake up and do something. 'And this guy who is running for President, Donald Trump, he's trying to do something and they're trying to shut him down. 'I believe in what he's saying, he's trying to fix the borders and do all the things people should have done a long time ago.' Los Angeles High School football standout Jamiel was shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the head, near his Arlington Heights home in March, 2008. He was targeted by Espinoza simply because he was carrying a red Spider-Man backpack and was mistaken for a rival gang member. The killer, who was aged 19, had been released the day before he killed Jamiel having served four months of an eight month sentence for assault with a deadly weapon and battery on a police officer. He had lied about his immigration status - which if it had been properly checked would have made clear he was wanted for deportation. The case has echoes of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle's death in San Francisco because suspected killer Francisco Sanchez, 45, was deported five times before he allegedly struck. Immigration officials said that they had made him a 'priority' request for any law enforcement officers who picked him up. But when he was arrested over marijuana four months ago in San Francisco he was let go, in accordance with city policy designed to give 'sanctuary' to undocumented migrants. Anita, 50, who was serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq when she was told of her eldest son's death, said: 'I still don't understand why it happened, just like what happened in San Francisco, why wasn't this guy deported after he was released from prison. 'Sanctuary City', that's crazy. 'When I heard about the girl in San Francisco, I said, 'oh no, not again', she was so pretty and so young and to be with her father and her brother when it happened, just enjoying her day, and then all of a sudden no more.' For Army Sgt Anita, who is currently based in Fort Hood, Texas where she works as a supply specialist, the death only brought memories of Jamiel's death flooding back. 'I remember crying a lot when I was told about Jamiel because I was still in Iraq,' she said. 'I was screaming and crying, I wanted to help find the guy, but I felt completely helpless. 'And then when I found out he was an illegal alien, I felt everyone was trying to keep it quiet, I felt like because he was an illegal alien it was alright that he killed my son. 'It felt like an American citizen living in the United States is not worth anything, but my son was worth something.' Los Angeles police officials described the killing as random and senseless - Jamiel was unarmed and had no gang ties. Espinoza had killed a youth who had been doing everything right in his life - from studying hard to never missing church. He was also a talented football player inspiring the Los Angeles High Romans to the 2007 Southern League title. And Mom Anita, who has separated from Jamiel's dad Jamiel Snr and has another son Thomas, aged 16, says she had 'high expectations' of her 'wonderful' son Jamiel. 'A few colleges had been looking at Jamiel for a scholarship. Stanford University had called about him the week before he died and Rutgers University also called,' she said. 'It makes me sad every day and my thoughts and prayers are with the family of her girl in San Francisco.' L.A. Superior Court Judge Ronald Rose sentenced Pedro Espinoza to death in 2012. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
#1. To: nativist nationalist (#0)
I am surprised at the number of people I hear say they are voting for Trump. Even My dentist who is a dyed-in-the-wool straight party line Democratic voter said he is voting for trump. I asked him if he had gone crazy and if so, then I wanted out of the chair before he started work. He said he had not, it was just that he believed Trump was the best person for the job.
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
So am I. Many of my supposedly conservative friends really like him.
I've noticed the same thing. From differing parts of the political spectrum.
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