The Trump administration has made no secret of its plans to pursue and deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the United States, and judging by an announcement on Friday from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that promise is being kept.
As Breitbart reports, an illegal alien from Colombia, convicted in the 2024 death of Kaitlyn Weaver in Colorado, is now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and will be deported, another win for DHS and Secretary Kristi Noem.
It was last July in Arapahoe County, Colorado, that 24-year-old Weaver was making her way home from work when her vehicle was struck by a teen driver who was reportedly traveling at 90-mph in a 45-mph zone.
Weaver had stopped her car at a stop sign when the other driver -- unnamed due to age shield laws -- slammed into her while racing a Jeep in a residential neighborhood, as Fox News noted.
Suffering from catastrophic injuries, Weaver remained on life support for two days before donating her organs.
In the aftermath of the crash, the illegal immigrant, an unlicensed Colombian teen, was arrested and was initially charged with vehicular homicide, with Weaver's grieving family receiving assurances that the case would be treated as a “no plea offer” scenario.
However, the shock and outrage of Weaver's family and the broader community, Democrat District Attorney Amy Padden offered the driver a lenient plea agreement involving a mere two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
At the time of the plea agreement, John Weaver, the victim's father, lamented not just the district attorney's decision to opt for leniency, but also the Biden administration's open-border policies, but amid news of the perpetrator's arrest, at least some measure of justice may finally be served.
According to the Friday announcement from ICE the driver who killed Weaver was arrested, along with members of his family, was arrested and is now in federal custody.
ICE officials made the news public in a post on X, blasting the prior outcome in Weaver case, declaring that for the local district attorney in Arapahoe County, “justice is no jail time and probation for this criminal alien who killed a young woman while driving more than 90 mph.”
Marking a sharp contrast in approach, the post continued, “For ICE, justice is arrest and removal.”
The agency went on to state that the individual is slated to remain in ICE custody until an immigration hearing can be held, with President Donald Trump taking to Truth Social to declare that the offender and his family will be deported, as CBS News noted.
Grieving dad John Weaver told Fox News Digital that he was made aware of the impending action from ICE against his daughter's killer, and he was quick to express his gratitude.
“I appreciate ICE taking enforcement action, and I really appreciate the outpouring of support from everyone,” Weaver said, though there is no remedy -- legal or otherwise -- that can ever erase the pain resulting from the needless, utterly avoidable loss of his daughter.
