Massachusetts ‘Angel’ parent reflects on son’s death to an illegal immigrant in Milford

Milford resident Maureen Maloney thinks about the what-ifs whenever she sees headlines about illegal immigration Maloney has advocated for a stronger edge and common-sense immigration policies in the years after a drunken-driving illegal immigrant shattered her life on Aug Maloney s son Matthew Denice died at the age of that day when Nicolas Dutan Guaman struck his motorcycle after the Ecuadorian national rolled through a Milford stop sign in a pickup truck Denice was pinned underneath a tire well and dragged a quarter-mile to his death Guaman who admitted to drinking as a multitude of as six beers before the crash was deported in after being convicted in and serving a subsequent jail sentence Nearly years since the tragedy Maloney says she would give anything to have my son back Before the crash Guaman faced prior charges that included assault and battery on a police officer but he was given probation instead of being deported as the charges continued without a finding If we had this kind of enforcement of criminal illegal aliens prior to my son s death my son would still be alive Maloney communicated ther Herald If Massachusetts didn t have the sanctuary policies that it has in place my son would still be alive The town that Maloney has called home for nearly years has revealed itself in the national headlines Agents with U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Milford High School junior Marcelo Gomes da Silva a Brazilian native whose visa had lapsed on his way to volleyball practice last weekend prompting fierce backlash from the region Gomes da Silva came to the U S from Brazil at age with his parents on an F- visa for children of students A federal immigration judge circulated Gomes da Silva on bond on Thursday to the delight of supporters Gov Maura Healey and scores of politicians His lawyer has explained that he could be eligible for asylum and is at this time pursuing a claim which would make his presence in the U S lawful Maloney mentioned she feels bad for this young man Marcelo She blames Massachusetts policies that limit local and state law enforcement from cooperating with ICE and his father Jo o Paulo Gomes Pereira a known community safety threat who the feds were targeting and say is in the country illegally U S Department of Homeland Shield spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin revealed Gomes da Silva s father has a habit of reckless driving at speeds in excess of miles per hour through residential areas The son is unfortunately collateral damage just like how my son was collateral damage in Massachusetts policies Maloney declared The difference though is these parents will be able to see their child again and I will never be able to see my child again There is a very big distinction there After Maloney lost her son whom she described as very well-liked the Milford neighborhood rallied together in backing of her family More than people protested against illegal immigration outside Town Hall just weeks after the death Ecuadorian executives offered condolences to the Maloney family Milford also signed an agreement with the feds to audit its current employees and their legal status Maloney also highlighted how her son s death followed the deaths of two others in Milford due to illegal immigrant drivers Resident Richard V Grossi died at the age of in after being struck by an illegal immigrant from Portugal who was charged with motor car homicide In February -year-old Ashland resident Andrea Agosto also died in a fatal crash in the Worcester County town of roughly people But you know memories fade and life goes on Maloney noted People just move on Within the past week Gov Healey demanded answers from ICE on Gomes da Silva s detention while hundreds of locals protested the feds in town at a high school volleyball tournament and outside the courthouse Maloney pointed out how Milford s population has grown a lot since her son s death Census facts indicates that the town s Hispanic and Brazilian populations have grown nearly twofold since This is tugging at their heartstrings the mother declared of Gomes da Silva s supporters I don t think they re thinking about illegal immigration overall how it impacts everybody on a daily basis It s the Massachusetts sanctuary city policies that enable the illegal aliens and the criminal aliens to stay here in the state she added Massachusetts is a magnet Maloney directly mentioned motels and hotels that have housed local homeless families and movers over the past couple of years across the Bay State Healey communicated in late May that all remaining shelters will be closing this summer The shelters under the state s urgency assistance system have been filled with crime including child rape domestic violence brawls drunkenness drugs and more according to a series of event reports issued earlier this year Ashland resident Jon Fetherston served as director of an urgency shelter in Marlborough in and and has blown the whistle on hotel and motel crime The conservative podcaster reported he has known Maloney for years calling her a true American hero Over the years Maloney has opposed a law that allows illegal immigrants to gain driver s licenses pushed for stronger perimeter prevention while speaking directly with President Trump edge czar Tom Homan ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons and hordes of congressmen and senators The Trump administration has recognized Maloney and her husband Michael Maloney as an Angel family that has fallen victim to illegal immigrant crime When law and order are not enforced citizens safety is compromised Fetherston narrated the Herald That s why I stand firmly with Maureen Maloney in calling for stronger immigration enforcement In response to an inquiry on how the Healey administration is supporting families victimized by illegal immigrant crime a governor s spokesperson directed the Herald to the state Executive Office of Inhabitants Safety and Guard A spokesperson for that agency outlined dozens of aid services for all casualties of crime Maloney stated she wants people to be aware that there are thousands of innocent people victimized by illegal immigration every year She touted ICE s Operation Patriot an enforcement effort in May that resulted in the arrests of illegal aliens including charged with or convicted of crimes in the U S or abroad in the Bay State How a great number of lives do you think will be saved from them being removed from the street she sought How various less children will be sexually abused as a upshot of ICE s work Maureen Maloney whose son Matthew Denice was killed by an illegal immigrant is seen in a family photo taken at Matthew's graduation with sons Michael and Matthew and husband Mike Maloney Maureen Maloney speaks at the Registry of Motor Vehicles as she wears a photo of her son Matthew Denice who was killed in when illegal immigrant Nicolas Dutan Guaman hit him with his truck and dragged him to his death She supports Geoff Diehl Republican candidate for Governor as he held a press conference trying to repeal the law giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants on June in Brockton Massachusetts Staff Photo By Matt Stone Boston Herald