According to the Associated Press:
In Arizona, the shooting death of a rancher blew the lid off simmering anger over border security and helped solidify support for a tough new immigration law. A similar eruption threatens in Virginia following the death of a Catholic nun in a car accident involving a man in the country illegally and accused of drunken driving....
Apparently AP can't wait for an eruption - they got to be ahead of it.
Of course, Fox News is in on the jump. They're covering immigration like the oil spill - big box at the top, multiple story lines, etc. Fox News predicts:
Push in Virginia to Follow Arizona's Lead on Anti-Immigration Law After Nun's Death
And then there's our very own Huffington Post headline:
Death of Nun, Sister Denise Mosier, Sparks Anti-Immigration Backlash in Virginia
Wow that was fast - from a threat, to a push, to a spark! MSM can't wait for the news that make it!
This "story" was spawned by a statement from Corey Stewart, chairman of Prince William County's Board of Supervisors:
Stewart rushed back into the immigration debate after the Aug. 1 accident, firing off a statement that President Barack Obama, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and members of Congress "all have blood on their hands."
"What I'm hoping is that this situation, which because it involves a nun has drawn the nation's attention, can serve as a catalyst for change and force the administration to come clean about its catch-and-release policies," Stewart said. He also says that the tragedy illustrates the need for Virginia to toughen its drunken driving laws.
Even though Stewart says he's not running for higher office now, he is seen as a possible lieutenant governor candidate in three years. "Regardless of what he says, there is no question people would be interested in seeing him move up within the Republican Party," said Stephen Farnsworth, an assistant communications professor at George Mason University.
This smacks of a "lying-in-wait" story. An ambitious Virginia pol in search of an immigrant crime he could hitch a ride on. And the MSM was happy to pay for the gas. Didn't really matter that the drunk driver, born in Bolivia, had been in this country since the third grade, that he had been apprehended for drunk driving twice in Virgina and only made to serve a fraction of his jail sentence, that he was known to the immigration service and reporting in regularly. And too bad for the Sister Denise's loved ones:
The Benedictine Sisters of Virginia tried to discourage using the death of Sister Denise Mosier as a "forum of the illegal immigration agenda" and pleaded for a focus on "Christ's command to forgive."
This was a tragic drunk driving accident that killed a wonderful person, critically injured two other wonderful people, devastated a family, left two orphans. It's a story about how the legal system failed to protect the community from the ravages of this man's disease. But, heh, MSM can't let anything stand in the way of a good, threatening, about to happen, ready to be sparked anti-immigrant outrage story.