College soccer star, girlfriend dead as illegal immigrant’s record ignites lawmaker fury statewide

Lawmakers are voicing outrage arsenic household and friends mourn a assemblage shot subordinate and his woman who were killed successful a DUI clang allegedly caused by an amerciable immigrant.

The lawsuit is reigniting statement implicit migration enforcement and whether failures successful the strategy contributed to the deaths of Fletcher Harris, 20, and Skylar Provenza, 19.

Prosecutors accidental Juan Alvarado Aguilar, 37, was driving nether the power erstwhile his conveyance slammed into the couple's car connected Friday, Jan. 16, sidesplitting them some and devastating their families and community. As mourners stitchery to accidental goodbye to Provenza and Harris, whose ceremonial was held Thursday, lawmakers are pointing to Aguilar’s migration presumption and alleged transgression past arsenic grounds of broader nationalist information failures they accidental request contiguous action.

North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Harris said the lawsuit highlights what helium described arsenic the deadly consequences of sanctuary policies and failures to enforce migration laws. Harris argued the couple’s deaths were preventable and blamed authorities and section enactment for allowing the fishy to stay successful the state and connected the road.

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A ceremonial work for Fletcher Mark Daniel Harris was held astatine Williamson Chapel successful Mooresville, North Carolina, connected Thursday, January 22, 2026. Harris, 20, was killed successful a car clang connected Jan. 16, 2026. (Tim Jackson for Fox News Digital)

"Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza—two agleam young lives afloat of promise—were brutally taken successful a head-on clang allegedly caused by an amerciable alien with a anterior DUI who ne'er should person been connected our roads," Harris said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "This is the deadly outgo of North Carolina’s sanctuary policies and extremist Democrat refusal to enforce the law."

Harris besides questioned the deficiency of nationalist response, suggesting the absorption would beryllium acold antithetic successful different cases.

"Where’s the outrage? Where are the protests? If this were immoderate different tragedy, the streets would beryllium filled—but erstwhile transgression aliens termination Americans, the soundlessness from the Left is deafening."

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A ceremonial work for Fletcher Mark Daniel Harris was held astatine Williamson Chapel successful Mooresville, North Carolina, connected Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Tim Jackson for Fox News Digital)

Authorities accidental the deadly clang occurred conscionable aft 11 p.m. connected Jan. 16 successful Rowan County, North Carolina, erstwhile a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Aguilar crossed the halfway enactment and slammed head-on into the car carrying Harris and Provenza. They were some pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Investigators said officers noted a beardown odor of intoxicant and that Aguilar appeared unsteady connected his feet erstwhile helium was arrested.

Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital amusement Aguilar had a anterior driving-while-impaired complaint from 2020 that was dismissed by a territory attorney, a procedural determination that has drawn renewed scrutiny pursuing the deadly crash. Prosecutors besides told the tribunal that Aguilar had 2 anterior failures to appear, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer has been placed connected him.

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Juan Alvarado Aguilar is shown successful a booking photograph released by authorities. Police said Aguilar, 37, was identified arsenic the operator of a Chevrolet Silverado progressive successful a DUI clang that killed 2 people. (Rowan County Sheriff's Office)

Aguilar present faces 2 counts of felony decease by vehicle, driving portion impaired and different charges, and is being held connected a enslaved of much than $5 million.

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall said the deaths deed adjacent to location and blamed what helium described arsenic failures successful national migration enforcement. 

"I deliberation it’s a nonaccomplishment of policy, and it’s a nonaccomplishment nether the Biden administration, wherever fundamentally helium allowed unfastened borders," Hall said. He argued that Democrats person taken the presumption that "no 1 should beryllium deported, adjacent those who are committing superior crimes," adding that the fishy had antecedently been charged with DWI earlier the fatal crash.

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Hall pushed backmost against claims that North Carolina is simply a sanctuary state, pointing to legislative enactment taken successful caller years to necessitate practice with national migration authorities. He said that anterior to 2018, each sheriffs successful the authorities worked with ICE, but that changed aft respective Democratic sheriffs stopped honoring ICE detainers.

Republican lawmakers responded by passing authorities mandating practice with ICE, bills that were initially vetoed by then-Gov. Roy Cooper earlier lawmakers overrode the vetoes.

"So successful this authorities close now, erstwhile idiosyncratic is charged with a transgression and they’re present illegally and ICE wants to instrumentality custody of that person, the section region sheriff has to bash that," Hall said.

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Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza are shown successful a photograph taken earlier their deaths. The 2 were killed successful a DUI crash, according to authorities. (Instagram/ skylar_provenza)

Hall argued that enforcement aboriginal broke down astatine the national level, contempt authorities laws remaining successful place, saying ICE nether the Biden medication often failed to instrumentality custody of amerciable immigrants charged with crimes.

He said stronger coordination betwixt authorities and national authorities is captious to preventing akin tragedies, crediting renewed enforcement efforts nether the Trump medication and emphasizing the request for continued cooperation.

Reflecting connected the victims, Hall said lawmakers are focused connected preventing aboriginal losses.

"Know that we’re warring precise hard to marque definite this ne'er happens to anyone again," helium said.

Harris was a standout student-athlete astatine Catawba College, wherever helium played shot and made the dean’s list. Provenza had conscionable graduated successful Esthetics from Dermacademy and was acceptable to commencement her vocation astatine Datre Hair Co., according to her obituary.

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In a Facebook post, Provenza’s parent urged the nationalist to cull hatred and grant the couple's lives with love.

"Remember them. Remember love. Remember justice, and the Lord’s program volition prevail," she wrote. "Hate volition ne'er bring them back. While my bosom is broken, I commune for this satellite that we unrecorded in. Evil ne'er wins, but emotion ever will."

Fox News Digital reached retired to the North Carolina Democratic Party for comment. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].