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Homeland Security Dept. sued for documents on illegal alien who killed nun

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caption id alignalignleft width210 captionThe illegal alien killer and his victim. Photo CBSimg srchttpcdn2b.examiner.comsitesdefaultfilesstyleslargehashf531carlos4.jpg altThe illegal alien killer and his victim. Photo CBS width210 height170 captionOn Friday,a Washington, DCbased,public interest group filed a Freedom of Information Act FOIAlawsuit against the Obama Department of Homeland Security to obtain documents related to an internal investigation of Carlos MartinellyMontano.Montano,a Bolivianillegal alien, struck and killed a Virginia nun in a drunk driving accident on August 1, 2010. Montano had been arrested on two prior drunk driving charges. He was placed in the custody of federal immigration officials in 2008 and was scheduled for deportation but was released on his own recognizance pending a deportation hearing that never took place, according to officials at Judicial Watch, an organization that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.Homeland SecuritySecretary Janet Napolitano had ordered an investigation on August 2, 2010, to determine why Montanos removal process took so long. However, DHS now refuses to release a report documenting the results of its probe.As reported in emThe Washington PostemblockquoteemThe Montano inquiry is complete, but Homeland Security does not plan to make the results public, according to the senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter.ememIts a document that includes law enforcement sensitivities, so it will not be made public, the official said. He declined to discuss the nature of those sensitivities.emblockquoteAccording to officials, Judicial Watch requested the DHS report on October 12, 2010. DHS acknowledged receipt of the request on October 21, 2010, and granted itself a 10day extension to respond.By law, a response was due to Judicial Watch by November 26, 2010. However, to date, DHS officialsare stonewallingthe requestand have failedto demonstrate why the records should be withheld, prompting Judicial Watchs December 2lawsuit.Montano, who entered the country illegally as a child from Bolivia, killed Sister Denise Mosier and critically injured two other nuns while driving drunk in Prince William County, Virginia, on August 1, 2010.The illegal alienwas arrested andcharged with drunken driving, involuntary manslaughter and felony driving on a revoked license after his car crossed a median and strucktheautomobile carrying three nuns, police say. One nun, 66year old Sister Denise Mosier died at the scenewhileher companions, Sister Charlotte Lange and Sister Connie Ruth Lupton,were rushed tothe hospital.divMontanos arrest in the case and his history of driving while intoxicatedhave provoked angry words from the law enforcement community and many citizens organizationsover the governments mishandling of illegal alien case and illegal immigration in general.The young man originally from Bolivia has been arrested twice before and charged with drunk driving, and has other arrests for other trafficrelated offenses, say police.divIn October 2008, Montano was arrested for another drunken driving incident and placed in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was scheduled for deportation. However, Montanos deportation hearing was delayed three times and never took place.The Obama administration claimsit ordered federal immigration agents to focus deportation efforts on illegal aliens suspected of terrorist activity and those convicted of violent crimes.Now we see the deadly consequences of the Obama administrations decision to fail to enforce federal immigration laws. The Obama administrations irresponsible policy led to the death of Sister Mosier and critical injuries to two other nuns, stated Judicial Watch President Tom FittonThe Department of Homeland Securitys refusal to release the results of its investigation of Montano smacks of a coverup. The American people deserve to know why a repeat criminal illegal alien scheduled for deportation was allowed to roam free in the United States for almost two years and ultimately kill a nun. And once again, Judicial Watch is forced to go to court to force the transparent Obama administration to follow the open records law, Fitton said.