Judge's illegal immigrant gun ruling throws 'grenade' into crime fight: former federal agent

A former senior Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives official warns that a federal court's finding that illegal immigrants have gun rights protected by the Constitution could pose a danger to law enforcement. Last week, U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in the Northern District of Illinois ruled that a federal prohibition on illegal immigrants owning firearms is unconstitutional as applied to defendant Heriberto Carbajal-Flores.

DELAWARE BILL REQUIRING GUN BUYERS TO BE FINGERPRINTED, TRAINED, SET TO BECOME LAW According to court documents, Carbajal-Flores is an illegal immigrant who claims that he came to the United States as a young boy and has protected legal status under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order.

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