NEW ORLEANS, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

This illegal alien has been deported THREE times

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking North Carolina officials to not release from jail a criminal illegal alien charged withcausing a car crash that killed a 6-year-old girlin Pitt County.

According to local reporting, the crash occurred on July 3 whena truckran a stop signand struck an SUV. The driver of the SUV was a mother who had her two children with her, ages 6 and 4. The mother and the 4-year-old were taken to the hospital with serious injuries,...