Wisconsin Sheriff Defends Sanctuary Policy After Illegal Alien Is Accused of Killing High School Sweethearts
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John Binder29 Jul 2025662
Dane County, Wisconsin, Sheriff Kalvin Barrett is defending the county’s sanctuary policy that shields illegal aliens from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just days after high school sweethearts 18-year-old Hallie Helgeson and 19-year-old Brady Heiling were killed in a crash allegedly caused by an illegal alien with a criminal record.
As Breitbart News reported, on July 20, illegal alien Noelia A. Martinez of Honduras, 30 years old, was allegedly drunk driving in Dane County when she crashed into Hallie and Brady.
Hallie was killed immediately and pronounced dead at the scene, while Brady was left in critical condition, airlifted to a nearby hospital, and died from his injuries on July 25. Hallie and Brady were high school sweethearts and had recently attended senior prom together.
Hallie Helgeson (Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Home)
Brady Heiling (Wing-Bain Funeral Home)
Martinez, as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have since noted, should never have been in the United States and was able to hide from federal immigration enforcement partly due to Dane County’s sanctuary policy, which refuses to honor ICE detainers. These detainers are requests for custody whenever an illegal alien is released from local custody.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/29/wisconsin-sheriff-defends-sanctuary-policy-after-illegal-alien-accused-killing-high-school-sweethearts/