South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is leading the prosecution of an immigrant charged in the hit-and-run death of a University of South Carolina student, told Newsmax on Thursday that his office became involved as part of its ongoing investigation related to illegal immigration throughout the state.

“We’ve been working with local law enforcement throughout the state,” Wilson said on “Wake Up America.” “This case is of particular importance because of our renewed focus on illegal immigration and a lot of the violent crimes that come with it.”

He added that his office has been engaged in “high-level investigations in the drug trafficking operations not related to this particular [case], but just related to Mexican drug cartels. Illegal gangs operating in South Carolina, many of whom crossed the border in the last four years, are now in South Carolina.”

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