Well, here we go again. Another tragic story, another round of bureaucratic gymnastics, and another illegal alien with a rap sheet longer than a CVS receipt being treated with more courtesy than the average taxpaying American. Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, a name that should’ve remained on the other side of the border after being deported not once, but twice, is now at the center of a horrifying tragedy and an even more infuriating legal circus.
Back in November 2021, Ortega-Anguiano plowed into the car of a young couple, Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, at nearly 100 miles per hour. He was drunk, high, and driving like he was auditioning for the next installment of Fast & Furious. Only this wasn’t a movie—it was real life, and the cost was two innocent lives. Anya and Nicholay were burned alive in their vehicle. Let that sink in. Their lives ended not because of a freak accident, but because our system repeatedly failed to do its one basic job: keep dangerous, repeat-offender, criminal aliens out of the country.
But wait—it gets worse. Ortega-Anguiano was sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. And now, California—because of course it’s California—was set to let him walk after serving barely a third of that. That’s right. Less time behind bars than most Americans would serve for tax evasion. Six years early, as if he were some misunderstood youth caught selling weed in a parking lot instead of a convicted killer with a history of violating our nation’s laws.
Anya’s father said it best: “It’s disgusting.” And it is. Two young Americans—two future leaders, innovators, parents—dead. And the man who killed them? Given a second, third, fourth chance by a justice system that treats criminal aliens like a protected class. He already defied deportation twice, but sure, let’s believe he’ll play by the rules next time.
Now, after public outrage (which, frankly, is the only reason anything ever gets done in this state), ICE is finally stepping in. An immigration detainer has been placed, and Governor Gavin Newsom’s team—probably sensing the political fallout brewing—announced the state would actually coordinate with ICE. A stunning development, considering California’s usual policy of flipping ICE the bird at every turn.
Still, the fact that it even got to this point is the real scandal. If this were your average American citizen, they’d be staring down the full ten years—minimum. But with Ortega-Anguiano, it’s all excuses and handwringing until the feds are forced to do what the state refused to. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli stepped in to charge him with felony reentry under 8 USC 1326, which could land him twenty years in federal prison. Let’s hope it sticks, because if California’s history tells us anything, they’ll trip over themselves to cut the guy another break the second cameras stop rolling.
My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326.
If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the @TheJusticeDept will. https://t.co/wTuQdun1as
— US Attorney Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) April 23, 2025
And let’s not ignore the ideology driving this. In the world of soft-on-crime, sanctuary-happy California, it’s apparently more important to avoid offending the sensibilities of open-border advocates than it is to seek real justice for murdered Americans. The rights of citizens—especially the ones who still believe in law and order—are treated like a relic of a bygone era. Meanwhile, criminals with no respect for our borders or our laws get coddled in the name of “equity.”
Twice deported illegal alien from Mexico, Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, is serving time after being convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, which resulted in the deaths of an American couple.
His previous criminal convictions include burglary in 2005,… pic.twitter.com/QSTcABpraQ
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 23, 2025
This isn’t just a failure of the justice system. It’s a moral disgrace, a political choice, and a perfect example of why Americans are sick and tired of being told to sit down, shut up, and accept the consequences of failed leadership. Anya and Nicholay deserved so much better. And so does every American who still believes that citizenship should mean something.
