Why, oh why, is the first sentence of this story causing me pause: An illegal immigrant from Ecuador has died from his injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Central Avenue Tuesday night. It is, I’m assuming, factually true, though the “proof” of the that was not well-conveyed in the story. “Colonie Police Sgt. Robert Donnelly said his department couldn’t find any records of [Segundo G.] Zamora entering the United States with federal immigration personnel.” The possiblity of USCIS making an error is at least in the realm of the possible.
Maybe it’s because of “comment” #2 to this post, so filled with rancor. Or maybe it’s just the reductivist nature of that paragraph, that his legal status was as important as his death.