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Officials. we have the latest tonight from los angeles. >> i am not remiss to say there's a blood trail. >> reporter: he says it is a direct result of president obama and california lawmakers failure to enforce immigration law. >> it starts at the very top. >> reporter: ferris was asleep when victor ramirez broke into her house, tortured, sexually assaulted, and beat her to death with a claw hammer. he has been in jail four days prior on a felony. prosecutors pled the case down to a misdemeanor. they did not consider him an enforcement priority, leaving the sheriff no choice but to release him...

Officials. we have the latest tonight from los angeles. >> i am not remiss to say there's a blood trail. >> reporter: he says it is a direct result of president obama and california lawmakers failure to enforce immigration law. >> it starts at the very top. >> reporter: ferris was asleep when victor ramirez broke into her house, tortured, sexually assaulted, and beat her to death with a claw hammer. he has been in jail four days prior on a felony. prosecutors pled the case down to a misdemeanor. they did not consider him an enforcement priority, leaving the sheriff no choice but to release him...

Accused of raping, torturing and killing the 64-year-old woman who was an air force veteran. he is facing a hearing later this week. we'll pick up the story from there. william la jeunesse, following it from los angeles. william, what is happening now? >> reporter: jenna, this murder is no the result of a mistake or loophole. it is cut and dried example what happens when state politicians and federal officials choose not to enforce immigration law. police arrested victoria mir recent six times in the last 15 months. police knew he was here illegally but refused to help deport him. the feds kne...

An enforcement priority despite four prior arrests including a felony for sexually assaulting a woman while on meths last month he was rearrested twice while on probation for carrying a concealed weapon and drugs. instead of jail a judge released him to a drug abuse center. four days later he broke sunny home and raped and beat the woman with a clawhammer. she died a week later. police don't care before the circumstances that ramirez was an illegal. i who could -- illegal immigrant who could have been deported. >> we don't care what the circumstances were. we were going to do what we need to d...

Have the resource and forensic capability and looking at asylum applications are stuck fighting the war on terrorism. the war on drugs. by the way, on top of everything, we want you to handle the immigration problem. elected officials are sleeping. >> michael, here's the thing the guy was brought to san francisco to be prosecuted on an old warrant t. feds not only launch a detainer the feds say we want to make sure this guy gets book to us, because he's an enforcement priority. i don't need a local cop to do anything. plus we give these dirtbags money to house them. >> and it costs $12.5 manyl...