President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested a 16-year-old illegal immigrant from Columbia last week, who was convicted of killing a 24-year-old Colorado woman while speeding in July 2024 but was let off with no jail time by Colorado's Democrat Attorney General.
ICE agents in Colorado arrested the teen, whose name was not given, and expect to deport him after a hearing.
The teen was offered a plea deal and given two years probation and 100 hours of community service despite an initial charge of vehicular manslaughter.
He admitted guilt in killing Kaitlin Weaver as she drove home from work, crashing into her while driving 90 miles per hour when the speed limit was 45 miles per hour.
"Arrest and removal"
“For the [Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office] justice is no jail time and probation for this criminal alien who killed a young woman while driving more than 90 mph,” ICE officials wrote on X. “For ICE, justice is arrest and removal. A 16-year-old citizen of Colombia, with a conviction for reckless driving resulting in death was arrested by ICE Denver officers last week and will remain in ICE custody pending an immigration hearing.”
News of the arrest was greeted with approval by Weaver's family, including dad John Weaver, who were outraged by the lenient sentence the teen migrant received.
“Immigration and the criminal justice system and all these things landed together one day in Aurora and now I sit here today without a daughter,” Weaver previously said.
The reversal
“I appreciate ICE taking enforcement action, and I really appreciate the outpouring of support from everyone,” John Weaver told Fox News Digital after the arrest.
According to Breitbart, the Weavers were told that their daughter's killer would not qualify for a plea deal in the case.
Months later, however, he was offered the sweetheart deal.
Weaver lamented the reversal at the time and said if the case had involved a firearm, it would have been prosecuted differently.
“Why the change? If he had taken a firearm and recklessly just shot it and killed someone, this would be a different case. They would be pushing it completely differently,” John Weaver previously said. “There’s no deterrence.”
But that was before Trump took office and the official posture toward migrants who commit crimes changed. Now, justice will be done.
