Illegal Immigrants: Tragic Hit-and-Run Death of 8-Year-Old Boise Girl Highlights Sanctuary Failures

In a heartbreaking reminder of why Idaho needs ironclad enforcement, 8-year-old Mora Gerety was killed on November 11 in a Boise hit-and-run by Elvin Ramos-Caballero, a Honduran illegal immigrant with a 2016 deportation order ignored by federal laxity.

Ramos-Caballero, released into the U.S. under Obama-era policies, even held an Oregon-issued driver's license from that sanctuary state - proof of how blue-state handouts enable crimes crossing into red Idaho.

Boise PD rushed Mora to St. Luke's, but she succumbed to blunt force injuries after the driver fled without aiding her. ICE finally detained him, but not before our streets turned deadly. This isn't isolated. Idaho saw ICE arrests explode 797% in 2025 amid "public safety" surges, yet special interests stall E-Verify to keep cheap labor flowing. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean's "welcoming city" rhetoric rings hollow when kids pay the price.

Demand HB 83-style coordination now—contact your reps to end this nightmare.

“8-year-old Mora Gerety’s precious life was taken by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country, let alone issued a driver's license by the sanctuary state of Oregon,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Mora Gerety’s classmates, teachers, friends, and our nation will carry this loss forever. We ask every American to lift this family up in prayer and we ask God to grant them the courage as they face the hardest days a family can endure. Decades of open border polices have turned every community into a border town. These policies have deadly consequences.”