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Page 2A NORTHWEST/NATION East Oregonian Woman wants prison for 3DVFRRI¿FHUVZKRVKRWVRQ GOP leader offers vote to sidestep Homeland Security Dept. impasse By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press KENNEWICK, Wash. $3²7KH¿UVWGD\RI$JDS- LWD 0RQWHV5LYHUD¶V ¿UVW WULS to the United States included viewing the body of her son, who was shot and killed by police in Washington state in a case that has sparked protests and calls for a federal investi- gation. The woman from tiny Par- otita, Mexico, said Tuesday WKH WKUHH RI¿FHUV LQYROYHG should go to prison. Antonio Zambrano-Mon- tes was shot to death Feb. 10 after allegedly throwing rocks at police near a busy intersec- tion in Pasco, an agricultural center along the Columbia River. His death is under in- vestigation. Montes-Rivera, 60, spoke to The Associated Press through an interpreter during an interview at a library. She said she watched vid- eo of the shooting in Mexico and rushed to the television in a futile effort to help her son, one of her 16 children. She said she wished she could take his place. “She saw him lift his hands to stop the bullets,” said Fabi- an Ubay, who translated for Montes-Rivera. “She ran to the TV to try to stop it.” Police say the night of the shooting, Zambrano-Mon- tes was acting erratically and WKURZLQJ URFNV DW RI¿FHUV They said a stun gun failed to subdue the 35-year-old agri- cultural worker. In a bystander’s video re- FRUGLQJ ¿YH ³SRSV´ DUH DX- dible, and Zambrano-Montes can be seen running away, SXUVXHG E\ WKUHH RI¿FHUV$V WKH RI¿FHUV GUDZ FORVHU KH stops, turns and faces them. Multiple “pops” are heard, and he falls to the ground. The Franklin County cor- oner has ordered an inquest into the death, which is being reviewed by a regional task force. Federal authorities are monitoring the investigation. AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios In this Feb. 19 photo, a photo of Antonio Zambrano-Mon- tes, is displayed at a memorial in Pasco at the site where Zambrano-Montes, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by police. Montes-Rivera said Tues- day she was not aware of any erratic behavior in her son’s past. “He was cheerful, a hard worker,” the mother told the AP. He came to the United 6WDWHV D GHFDGH DJR WR ¿QG work and help out his family, she said. 7KH IDPLO\¶V KLJKSUR¿OH attorney, Benjamin Crump, has said Zambrano-Montes was in the country illegal- ly and spoke little English. Crump also represented the family of Michael Brown, a EODFNPDQNLOOHGE\DQRI¿FHU in Ferguson, Missouri. Montes-Rivera arrived in Pasco on Monday and went straight to a funeral home to see her son’s body. Crump said she fainted there. “She hadn’t seen him for 10 years,” said Ubay, who is serving as a family spokes- man. “The next time she’s seen him, he’s dead.” Montes-Rivera has had no contact with law enforcement \HW$V IRU WKH WKUHH RI¿FHUV who are in paid leave, “she GH¿QLWHO\WKLQNVWKH\GHVHUYH to go to prison,” Ubay said, “so their mothers can miss their sons, as well.” The last time Montes-Ri- vera spoke with her son was Dec. 30, when she asked him to come home for a visit. He replied that he needed to make more money to do that. The Mexican government is paying for Zambrano-Mon- tes’ funeral home expenses and to transport the body back to Mexico, according to the Mexican counsel in Seattle. Mexico’s president earlier criticized the shooting. Zambrano-Montes’ death has sparked two weeks of pro- tests in Pasco. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. WASHINGTON (AP) — Days from a Homeland Security Department shut- down, Senate Republicans sought a way out Monday by splitting President Barack Obama’s contested immigration measures from the agency’s funding bill. It was not clear whether the gambit by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would succeed ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline to fund the department or see it shut down. It was far from certain whether it would win any Democratic support, and House FRQVHUYDWLYHV UHPDLQ ¿UPO\ RSSRVHG WR any funding bill for the Homeland Securi- ty Department that does not also overturn Obama’s executive actions on immigra- tion. But with Senate Democrats united against a House-passed bill that funds the agency while blocking the president on immigration, McConnell said it was time for another approach. “It’s another way to get the Senate un- VWXFNIURPD'HPRFUDW¿OLEXVWHUDQGPRYH the debate forward,” McConnell said on WKH 6HQDWH ÀRRU DIWHU D YRWH WR DGYDQFH the House-passed bill failed 47-46, short of the 60 votes needed. Three previous attempts earlier in the month had yielded similar results. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, welcomed McCon- nell’s move, though without predicting its chances of success in the House. “This vote will highlight the irrespon- sible hypocrisy of any Senate Democrat who claims to oppose President Obama’s executive overreach on immigration, but refuses to vote to stop it,” said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. 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