On May 11, an illegal immigrant walked out of Stateville prison into a work release program, and the sister of the man whose life he ended while driving at more than three times the legal limit is left wondering yet again why Vicente Torres-Vasquez, a Mexican national, is still in this country.
“It’s insane,” Robi Vollkommer told the Lake County Gazette. “I asked them when he was sentenced if he would be deported when he was released from prison, and they told me it depends on who’s in office at the time.”
Torres-Vasquez had a blood alcohol level of 0.288 when in Wauconda on July 24, 2011, he drove his SUV into a motorcycle driven by Gregory Homola, 55, former Marine and father of five. Homola was killed. Two women in another car were also injured in the accident. Torres-Vasquez was sentenced to 18 years, but served 13.