"It seems to be almost a daily occurrence where an illegal alien driving kills innocent Americans," Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "All of these deaths are preventable because these illegal aliens should have never been in our country."
In Louisiana, 31-year-old Juan Alfredo Chavarria Lezama is accused of slamming into a bicycle-riding 15-year-old boy in Livingston Parish on Thursday at around 7 p.m.
The unnamed child victim was airlifted to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries, according to the sheriff's office. Chavarria faces charges of vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, driving without a license and other charges. He was the subject of a detainer request from Immigration and Custom