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Feds Break Up Alleged Amnesty Scam
AP ^ | 5/23/6

Posted on 05/23/2006 1:04:48 PM PDT by SmithL

ATLANTA -- A clergyman and five others are accused of taking more than $200,000 from illegal immigrants in exchange for helping them gain amnesty by lying about when they entered the United States.

An indictment unsealed May 18 says the defendants held meetings related to the scam in Brockton, Mass.; Boca Raton, Fla.; and at least twice at a Marietta, Ga., church where one of them, Ruy Silva, was the pastor.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; godfathers
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1 posted on 05/23/2006 1:04:53 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Just doing the bribing that Americans won't do...


2 posted on 05/23/2006 1:06:12 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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3 posted on 05/23/2006 1:07:01 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: SmithL
Feds break up alleged amnesty scam

So they arrested the Senate?
4 posted on 05/23/2006 1:07:31 PM PDT by The Lumster (USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
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To: SmithL
Nope,I'm sorry...I can't believe this.We've been assured by that paragon of virtue,Ted Kennedy,that "undocumented workers" are honest,hard working and always play by the rules.

Well,at least all the rules except the Federal Immigration "rules".

5 posted on 05/23/2006 1:08:57 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: The Lumster
So they arrested the Senate?

As the old saying goes..."If it sounds too good to be true, it probably
isn't."
6 posted on 05/23/2006 1:16:43 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Gay State Conservative

Is it the message or the messenger you disagree with? President Bush has been the saying the same for months.


7 posted on 05/23/2006 1:20:52 PM PDT by blaquebyrd (Allegiance to country before party)
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To: blaquebyrd
Is it the message or the messenger you disagree with? President Bush has been the saying the same for months.

Although I didn't make it clear,I was being sarcastic. I can,in fact,easily believe that illegals,both individually and in groups,would engage in further illegal acts in order to get that coveted Green Card and all the keen government cash that can go along with it.

I also believe that numerous organizations,as well as the democRAT Party,would engage in questionable (if not illegal) acts to bring this about.

8 posted on 05/23/2006 1:26:54 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: SmithL
re: Marietta, Ga., church where one of them, Ruy Silva, was the pastor)))

I've been harping on this church/coyote connection for quite some time now, and taken a fair bit of abuse, too, I might add.

If there's a "Iglesia Bautista Evangelista" in your town, keep on eye on who's running things. Ask other ministers if there's any scuttle about funneling the illegals in and ruling over them once they arrive.

9 posted on 05/23/2006 1:27:56 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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ATLANTA -- A clergyman and five others are accused of taking more than $200,000 from illegal immigrants in exchange for helping them gain amnesty by lying about when they entered the United States.

Really good, foolproof, can't be abused program, huh?

What a stinkin' load.

Jeezz, I can't believe this entire nation is one vote away from total invasion.

10 posted on 05/23/2006 1:30:06 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA, Minuteman Project AZ 2005, Texas Minutemen El Paso, Oct and April 2006)
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To: TLI
Anyone know when they intend to start on the border fence ? Not that it matters , the illegal flow has increased dramatically since the big comprehensive speech. I will never forget the Prez looking right into the camera and lying about border security. Nothing will be done.
11 posted on 05/23/2006 1:40:56 PM PDT by fantom
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To: The Lumster

My thoughts exactly!!


12 posted on 05/23/2006 1:43:09 PM PDT by griswold3 (Ken Blackwell, Ohio Governor in 2006- No!! You cannot have my governor in 2008.)
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To: SmithL

Like this will be a rare occurrence if the Senate bill becomes law.


13 posted on 05/23/2006 2:07:18 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: fantom

I will never forget the Prez looking right into the camera and lying about border security.


Don't be surprised, that's what politicians do.


14 posted on 05/23/2006 2:07:52 PM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: SmithL

Yeah, it certainly is easy to see how those that call those concerned "chicken little's" have a real basis for argument. /s

And just praytell, how many other American citizens are making money off of helping illegals enter the country?

So what! The FBI caught five people. Might as well stand under Niagara Falls with a five-gallon pail to ebb the flow of water.

BFD


15 posted on 05/23/2006 2:10:48 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: wolfcreek
I will never forget the Prez looking right into the camera and lying about border security.

Don't be surprised, that's what politicians do.

It didn't use to be what conservative politicians did.

Not saying or agreeing that Bush lied on that however, other than believing his own boneheaded plans for amnesty and the rest of his rot. All I know however is that if what we're now getting under ownership of both houses and the WH, then it's very sad. The Libs with full control would be running circles around the GOP. Yet, we can barely seem to eke out ten rounds with them under the same circumstances.

16 posted on 05/23/2006 2:14:07 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: SmithL

If they break the law coming here in the first place, I had no confidence they wouldn't lie about how long they'd been here... just long enough for amnesty, but not so long they have to pay much in the so-called fine McCain is fond of mentioning.


17 posted on 05/23/2006 2:30:24 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: SmithL

Of course no one else would ever think of doing this.


18 posted on 05/23/2006 2:30:45 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: SmithL

There are gonna be a ton of these.


19 posted on 05/23/2006 2:34:35 PM PDT by BW2221
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To: The Lumster

LOL. how pathetic and true.


20 posted on 05/23/2006 3:12:56 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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