U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor in Wisconsin, debuted a scathing ad that contrasts Democratic Party nominee David Crowley’s refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and a number of brutal crimes that have happened in the state due to illegal alien perpetrators.
The ad opens with Crowley stating, “And when it comes down to the immigrants,” followed by the line “I will be with you.” It then displays a Fox News citation dated July 28, 2025, reading that the Department of Homeland Security said two teens would “still be alive” if not for sanctuary policies protecting an illegal immigrant.
Crowley is then shown saying, “I’m an accomplice,” which repeats after subsequent stories cited in the ad.
Subsequent frames cite an NBC 26 report from August 2025, stating that Juan Carlos Rocha-Mejia “then tied up and sexually assaulted the 12-year-old,” and a Wisconsin Right Now item from September 29, 2024, stating that an illegal immigrant in Milwaukee killed a Special Olympian in a crash.
The advertisement closes with the text “David Crowley stands with illegal immigrants.”
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NEW AD: @DavidCCrowley said it himself. He’ll be an “accomplice” to illegal immigrants.
From taxpayer-funded benefits to his goal of making Wisconsin a sanctuary state, David Crowley puts illegal immigrants first.
As governor, I’ll enforce our laws and ban sanctuary policies. pic.twitter.com/kBSgeSTm61
— Tom Tiffany (@TomTiffanyWI) October 5, 2026
The first case referenced concerns Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila, a Honduran national whom federal authorities identified as being in the country illegally, who drove the wrong way on Interstate 39/90/94 while intoxicated near DeForest in Dane County, Wisconsin in July 2025. Martinez-Avila struck a vehicle, killing 18-year-old Hallie Helgeson at the scene and 19-year-old Brady Heiling days later.
The second case involves Juan Carlos Rocha-Mejia in Fond du Lac County, who tied up and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. He was ultimately convicted on charges related to kidnapping, human trafficking and more.
The third case centers on Juan Felix-Avendano, a Mexican national in the country illegally, who on January 1, 2023, drove with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.147 after using methamphetamine and crashed at high speed into a vehicle carrying Special Olympian Craig Schimming and his parents. Schimming was killed in the crash, while both parents were seriously injured.
Felix-Avendano told officers he had never held a driver’s license and was found to be traveling at 110 mph.
Crowley has stated publicly that he does not see “any scenario” in which he would partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he has said Milwaukee County does not operate under an ICE detainer program. He has opposed contracts that would allow local agencies to identify and hold individuals for federal immigration authorities, and he has said he would prevent law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status.
Separately, he has supported driver’s licenses and taxpayer-subsidized in-state college tuition for people in the country illegally. While serving as Milwaukee County Executive, the county government also lobbied in favor of legislation that would have created taxpayer-funded grants for legal assistance to illegal immigrants.
In the remarks used in the advertisement, which were made in response to a question about how he would respond to ICE, Crowley said, “I’m not an ally. I’m an accomplice. I’m going to be with you no matter what.”
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