On Friday, June 9, 2006 The Tennessean reported that a Mt. Juliet couple were killed when a “Madison” man fled from police and crashed his SUV into two cars. Metro police said that Gustavo Rayes Garcia, 27, of 814 Anderson Lane, crossed over Old Hickory Blvd. and killed Sean Paul Wilson and his wife, Donna Lynn Wilson.  The Tennessean further reported that Garcia has been arrested previously on charges of drunken driving, evading arrest and resisting arrest, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving on a revoked license. On Tuesday, June 13, 2006 The Tennessean reported on the last page of the Local News section in an article entitled “ Madison Man Charged in Wreck Deaths”, that Senor Garcia has been charged in the deaths of the Wilsons and that a detainer has been placed on him from  Immigration and Customs Enforcement because Senor Reyes “appears” to be an illegal immigrant. In the first report The Tennessean referred to him as Gustavo Rayes Garcia. In the second article The Tennessean referred to him as Gustavo Garcia Reyes. Which is it? And why is the headline not “Drunk Illegal Immigrant kills two Americans while Fleeing Police”. The whole issue that Senor Garcia a/k/a Reyes is an illegal immigrant is totally downplayed by the press. The fact that The Tennessean has referred to this man under two names is further indicative of the problems caused by illegal immigration. Ergo, who is this man really?  Our government has no idea. One fact is absolutely certain, however, and that is that the government has failed us in this instance and, without a doubt, it has failed the Wilsons. Senor Garcia a/k/a Rayes has come through our court system and he was apparently processed like anyone else who is here legally. Had the courts enforced the law and he had been deported like he is supposed to have been , the Wilsons would be alive today. I made an earlier entry to my blog and titled it “ The Incalculable Cost of Illegal Immigration”. Unfortunately, in this instance the cost of illegal immigration is calculable. The calculable cost of illegal immigration in this instance is the lives of two Tennessee citizens-  Sean Paul Wilson, age 38, and his wife, Donna Lynn Wilson, 47, both of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The deaths of these two Tennesseans was preventable and their blood is on the hands of our federal government. Who will speak for these citizens whose voices are now silenced by an illegal immigrant? It certainly is not our primary daily newspaper  The Tennessean  which has totally missed the story here.