Sarah Rae-Anne Root, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sarah Rae-Anne Root

Date of Birth: 01-May-1994

Date of Death: 31-Jan-2016

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Sarah Rae-Anne Root

  • Sarah Rae-Anne Root (May 1, 1994 – January 31, 2016) was killed by drunk driver Eswin Mejia who was illegally in the US at the time and is on the ICE Most Wanted List.
  • His blood alcohol content was 0.241, three times the legal limit.
  • The family’s outrage led to work with politicians to create the Sarah Law.
  • As Mejia crossed the Honduras border illegally in 2013 Sarah’s mother Michelle became an advocate for changing the law on undocumented immigrants.
  • In his Presidential acceptance speech, Donald Trump attacked Obama’s immigration policies referencing Root being “just one more American life that wasn’t worth protecting.
  • Michelle brought the matter to Senators Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst and thereafter President Trump for the implementation of Sarah’s Law.

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