Kansas City Mayor Q Confronts Scathing Rebuke After Illegal Crash

Context . . . 

A semi-truck crashed into stopped rush-hour traffic on northbound U.S. 71 Highway near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, killing a mother and two of her young sons.

Following the crash, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed an immigration detainer (hold) on Eldar Skander at the Jackson County Detention Center. Federal officials stated that Skander is a 39-year-old Ukrainian national who is in the United States without legal authorization. Meanwhile, Skander's defense attorney has publicly disputed the claim that he is in the country illegally.

This story has sparked a sensation amongst right-wing media with only passing mention amongst local MSM and no real reporting . . . Until . . .

Pete Mundo put Mayor Q on record and the answer has only served to further enrage immigration hawks.

Here's the quote and the interview in full . . .  

Pete Mundo: "We've got this fatal crash here in Kansas City, and seeing this, why shouldn't they conclude that stronger immigration enforcement would have prevented this tragedy?"

Mayor Quinton D. Lucas: "You know, I don't know that they could conclude that. I mean, or that they could not conclude that. 

"Frankly, I share the frustration that anybody does. It sounds like this is someone who did not need to be in the country. And it seems like that our failure to apprehend this person prior to that point led to very real harms. 

"A few things that I think are important. Do I think that shooting Renee Pretti or Alex Pretti or Renee Good on the streets of Minneapolis helped resolve this? Not at all. Do I think that the type of dragnets that they've created are helpful to resolving immigration issues we've had? Absolutely not. 

"I do think, however, that making sure that we're actually almost looking at it from a bureaucratic measure, this man seemed to be employed with someone. I look forward to learning more about why that employer had him. What types of qualifications he had? Did he have an American driver's license?  

"There are a lot of other steps that could have helped prevent this. There's, of course, another reality which is that we have many drivers who are distracted, American-born and otherwise. And so I think that I certainly believe that important enforcement is necessary. There could and should have been better enforcement here. 

"Is it the types of which the Trump administration was doing ten months ago? I don't think so. But at the same time, no, I am in no way saying that this is a man who should have been driving up and down 71 Highway in the middle of the United States because his recklessness caused very real harm to three people."

Take a listen via www.TonysKansasCity.com embed . . .