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 Editorials | At Issue | February 2006 
False Document Venders, Criminal Aliens, and the Arizona Borders
 John W. Slagle - American Chronicle
| | The dividing wall marking the border between the US and Mexico runs across the Mesa de Otay shantytown on the Mexican side in Tijuana. (AFP/Omar Torres) |
Counterfeit and false document venders have been involved in criminal activities world wide for centuries. Identity documents, birth certificates, bills of sale to any item needed for any purpose is available. At numerous locations in Guatemala City, Guatemala, a person requiring a false identity or legend could obtain photo copies of original birth records, attach a passport size photo and become a citizen of any country desired.
Mexican credulas or credentials were in great demand as well as counterfeit U.S. documents, low quality resident alien cards. In Mexico, false documents are readily available through organized smuggling rings.
Photo substitution on a valid passport, Visa or genuine U.S. alien registration was another method of bogus entry. This rarely passed close scrutiny by any Immigration Inspector. Selling or sending back valid Immigration documents for another foreign national to use has been a standard ploy for years.
The hundreds of trails leading north from the Border is littered with discarded foreign passports and identity links, true as well as assumed names. The only method that establishes who a person might be is the “finger printing” of every illegal alien arrested and entrance into the IAFIS Data base.
The Associated Press reported on February 10, 2006 that seven fraudulent Document rings were shut down in Phoenix, Arizona. 16 people were arrested and charged with producing, selling fake IDs and other records used by illegal immigrants.
Leesa Berens Morrison, police task force leader stated, “The operations sold a package of Driver’s Licenses, Social Security cards, “Green cards” and could produce “three packs” of the documents within 40 minutes of an order”. Fourteen other people arrested will face drug, weapons and other charges not related to forgery per authorities.
Throughout this country, valid driver’s licenses can be issued to any illegal alien using any combination of names in many states long after September 11, 2001. The state of Virginia provided seven of the nineteen Terrorists with valid identification prior to the attack on the World Trade Center. As I’ve found through many years service, names presented are without value. Mother’s or fathers last can be transposed, re-arranged or a complete AKA false presentation from many countries. In the Mid East, a name can be four or five combinations including given first name, ancestor, tribal to father’s name or reversed. Dates of birth can be close, but not factual.
Criminal aliens crossing the United States Border in Arizona continues in 2006.
A CBP/PRESS-RELEASE presents the information. A citizen reported two possible illegal aliens in the Mescal, Arizona area. The U.S. Border Patrol responded and arrested two individuals determined to be illegal aliens.
Both subjects were entered into the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and IDENT systems. Records revealed that one individual; Francisco Alberto-Perez had an active warrant for his arrest In Tampa, Florida. IAFIS revealed that Alberto had prior arrests for Armed Kidnapping, Kidnapping False Imprisonment, Battery Domestic Violence and Cruelty to a Child. Hillsborough County, Florida confirmed a warrant and agreed to extradite.
Since October 1, 2005 through January 22, 2006, Tucson Sector Agents have arrested 8,888 aliens with criminal records in the United States. Nationwide during the same time period, CBP Border Patrol Agents arrested 36,275 criminal aliens in the United States. |
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