AN INCREDIBLY VOLATILE MORNING
FOR MARKETS.
TRAGEDY IN INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS LINEBACKER EDWIN JACKSON
AND RIDE SHARE DRIVER JEFFREY
MONROE WERE HIT AND KILLED BY A
BOWL.
WITHOUT A LICENSE, TWICE
DEPORTED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2009.
COURTNEY HACKING IS JOINING US,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> MARIA: WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK
CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU'VE HAD YOUR OWN DEVASTATING
EXPERIENCE, YOUR HUSBAND, PETER
HACKING, 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
ELY AND 22-MONTH-OLD SON,
GRAYSON, WERE HIT HEAD-ON BY AN
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DRIVING
WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE.
COURTNEY, WHEN YOU HEAR THIS
STORY ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
EDWIN JACKSON, A SIMILAR DEATH
YOUR REACTION, PLEASE.
>> IT'S A PATTERN.
THE NEWS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU
CAN'T HELP BUT ASK YOURSELF WHY
DOES THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND
IT'S THE RECURRENCE OF THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PART THAT
JUST REALLY, REALLY HITS HOME
EVERY TIME.
>> MARIA: HOW DID YOU FIRST
LEARN THE DETAILS WHEN YOU LOST
YOUR FAMILY TO AN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT?
>> THE DETAILS OF IT ACTUALLY
DIDN'T COME TO ME UNTIL ABOUT A
WEEK AFTER THE ACCIDENT ITSELF.
FINDING OUT THAT IT WAS AN
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, MY HUSBAND
HIMSELF WAS AN IMMIGRANT.
HE CAME FROM ENGLAND.
HE CAME HERE LEGALLY.
BELIEVER IN LEGAL IMMIGRATION,
AS MANY I.
HOWEVER, --
HEARING YOUR STORY AND READING
THE BACKGROUND, THE INDIVIDUAL
AND I FEEL LIKE IF I HAD DONE
GOTTEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE
REMEMBRANCE PROJECT IS?
>> THE REMEMBRANCE PROJECT IS
KIND OF THAT.
IT'S SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE FACT
THAT WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE
CONTINUOUSLY COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY AND THEY'RE CAUSING
CRIMES REPEATEDLY AND THERE'S NO
-- THERE'S A LESSER PUNISHMENT
FOR THEM THAN THERE IS A CITIZEN
ON THEIR OWN.
I KNOW FOR ME, I FEEL THE SAME
WAY.
SERVED THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR
IT.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS
AN ILLEGAL CITIZEN, HE STILL HAS
THE RIGHTS THAT OUR COUNTRY
GIVES TO AMERICAN CITIZENS, YET
HE DOESN'T RECEIVE THE SAME
PUNISHMENT.
SO IT'S KIND OF ABOUT SHEDDING
LIGHT ON WHERE THE SYSTEM FAILS
SYSTEM DOES FAIL?
WE SHOULD POINT OUT, POLICE
IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER WHO KILLED
THE COLTS LINEBACKER AS MANUEL
SAVALA.
HE WAS DRIVING WITHOUT A
LICENSE.
HE WAS DEPORTED TWICE BETWEEN
2007 AND 2009.
>> YES, HE WAS.
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT
KILLED MY FAMILY HAD ALSO BEEN
DEPORTED BEFORE.
THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE SYSTEM
ITSELF WHERE WE HAVE NO
PUNISHMENTS FOR THEM.
THE PUNISHMENT IS YOU GET CAUGHT
DOING SOMETHING WRONG, OKAY,
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
FROM COMING BACK AND THERE'S
NOTHING FROM OUR COUNTRY TELLING
THEM THAT IF YOU DO COME BACK,
THAT AT THIS MOMENT WE DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE THAT
STATES YOU WILL RECEIVE A
MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT OR YOU'LL
RECEIVE A PAR
RECEIVE A HARSHER PUNISHMENT.
WHILE AMERICAN CITIZENS RECEIVE
A HARSHER PUNISHMENT FROM THE
HARSHER PUNISHMENT, WHETHER
THEY'RE HERE ONE, TWICE, THREE
AMERICA BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE
CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU.
AFTER YOU LOST YOUR FAMILY TO AN
ILLEGAL?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MY VIEWS
HAVE CHANGED.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN
IMMIGRATION ITSELF BUT THE LEGAL
WAY OF DOING IT.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN ISSUE WITH
SOMEBODY COMING TO THE COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY AND GETTING THE
BENEFITS OF BEING A CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES, BUT NOT
HAVING TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES
BECAUSE IN THESE CASES IN
PARTICULAR, THESE PEOPLE
MURDERED OTHER PEOPLE AND AT THE
END OF IT, THE MAN WHO KILLED MY
FAMILY GOT TWO YEARS.
AND HE'LL BE OUT IN APRIL AND
HE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO MEXICO
AND TWO DAYS LATER HE'LL COME
>> MARIA: COURTNEY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
YOUR FEELINGS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY