Setting the Wildfires Americans Won’t Set

The California wildfires have killed at least 40 people and caused $billions worth of damage. But media interest will wane if it turns out that the fires were caused not by climate change after all, but rather by loose enforcement of immigration law:

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) issued a detainer request on the Sonoma County Jail for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, who was arrested Sunday on suspicion of arson in Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents. …

Gonzalez, who is homeless and reportedly known by law enforcement to have been living under a nearby bridge, claimed he was cold and had lit the fire to stay warm. But it was a balmy 78 degrees when he and the plume of smoke were first observed.

His bail was set at $110,000, which is steep for a guy who lives under a bridge — unless he might have killed dozens of people.

Sargent Spencer Crum told Breitbart that Mr. Gonzalez is also on a U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) detainer request, despite Sonoma County declaring itself as a “sanctuary county” in May 2014. The county only cooperates with “ICE holds” if the prisoner has been convicted of a felony or any misdemeanor offence that falls within the Trust Act within the last five years. Mr. Gonzalez’s immigration status has not yet been announced.

Don’t tell me, let me guess.

On tips from J and Dragon’s Lair.