Senators Seek Information on Driver in Louisiana LODD

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's U.S. senators and the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman are asking the Department of Homeland Security for information about the man identified as the driver of a bus that hit a firetruck and other vehicles in Louisiana, killing two people and injuring three dozen. State police have said Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, 37, a Honduran immigrant, was driving the bus. He entered the U.S. illegally and has no U.S. driver's license, let alone a commercial license to drive a bus, Trooper Melissa Matey has said. She said he also was ticketed Aug. 5 for driving without a license. "Sadly, this is yet another story in a long line of stories where innocent American citizens have been killed or injured by an illegal alien who has complete disregard for the laws of this nation," Republican Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and David Vitter and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana wrote Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. The senators want a wide variety of information, including how and when Amaya Rodriguez entered the United States, and every date on which a law enforcement agency encountered him. The 11-point list of requests also asks whether he ever applied for immigration benefits, whether he was associated with any criminal gang, and for his "complete alien file." "If Rodriguez had been encountered by DHS enforcement officials prior to his arrest for murder, would he have met the requirements to be considered a ...
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