Troopers find 15 aliens in I-20 bust

STar-Telegram.com ^ | Dec. 23, 2003 | Gale M. Bradford

[putupon]

Fifteen wet, cold undocumented immigrants were found padlocked in the back of a refrigerated 18-wheel tractor-trailer rig

Kewl!

[GovernmentShrinker]

"The driver said he was paid $200 a head for transporting the immigrants," Evans said. "He said he made about $200,000 this year doing this." When he stopped the truck for not having mud flaps, Evans said, the driver appeared nervous and could not produce a logbook. "He said he'd lost it," Evans said.

He's making $200,000 a year and can't afford mud flaps?

[Texas Eagle]

I hope they ship them back to Mexico in time for Christmas.

Come on, now. Where are these people going to come up with 200 dollars for the trip back home?

[gubamyster]

ping

[AzSteven]

Disappointed - from the headline I was hoping they found the Alien Guy from the Weekly World News was smuggling his family into the country.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Troopers find 15 aliens in I-20 bust

She must have had some big bust.

Any before pictures.

[DumpsterDiver]

There is an article from the 22nd here on the same subject.

"Two of the immigrants were from Mexico and the rest from Brazil, he said. Immigration authorities took the 15 men and women into custody, Evans said, and they will be returned to Mexico."

"The driver said he was paid $200 a head for transporting the immigrants," Evans said. "He said he made about $200,000 this year doing this."

Is anybody out there looking for some extra money? Taking some illegal aliens sight-seeing seems to pay rather well.

[nhoward14]

Authorities from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services took the immigrants into custody, Evans said.

They are not immigrants!

[Cowboy Bob]

Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I think that President Bush needs to slap ole' Presidente Fox up side the head and say "Yo, Fox, babe, quite f*cking your people!"

I, for one, cannot understand why Mexico, with all its natural resources, cannot have a standard of living equal to, if not better, the US.

[B4Ranch]

Edited version:
Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I think that Presidente Fox needs to slap ole' President Bush up side the head and say "Yo, Bush, babe, quite f*cking your people!"

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"We found 13 illegal Mexicans and hispanics, 11 males and two females, age 20 to 50," Kavakich said. "None of them spoke English."

so he called the Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Pittsburgh.

An agent at the service surprised Kavakich when he told the police officer to release the bunch.

[Kay Soze]

They are all looking for Bush!

[LittleRedRooster]

Disappointed? You think your disappointed I live in Arlington and now how will I ever get my house cleaned and my yard mowed.

[Robe]

I wondered where these guys were

[Truth29]

"...how will I ever get my house cleaned ..."

Don't worry. You know they were released with a letter telling them to report to a deportation hearing at some future date.:-) They will never show up and there will be no followup.

[MissAmericanPie]

Now they will be given a court date for which they will never show up and be released into the nation.

[joesnuffy]

And no toilet...in the produce truck...
lettuce spray

[Stonewall Jackson]

Were there any Klingons or Wookies in there with them?

[montag813]

"He picked them up in El Paso. They'd probably been in there about 10 hours," Evans said. "They were very cold, wet and scared.

Better get 'em back to the warmer climate of Ciudad Juarez ASAP.