U.S. to investigate Secure Communities deportation program

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General plans an investigation of an immigration enforcement program that purports to target "serious convicted felons" for deportation but has ensnared many illegal immigrants who were arrested but not subsequently convicted of crimes or who committed minor offenses, a letter obtained Wednesday shows.

The letter from acting Inspector General Charles K. Edwards to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), who requested an investigation late last month, said the watchdog agency had already scheduled a review of the program, known as Secure Communities. Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency launched the program in 2008 with plans for mandatory nationwide participation by 2013.

The review, Edwards wrote, aims to "determine the extent to which ICE uses the program to identify and remove dangerous criminal aliens from the United States."...

... opponents contend that by sweeping up minor offenders or those never convicted of crimes, the program is dissuading illegal immigrants from cooperating with law enforcement.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) requested DHS's Office of Inspector General conduct an investigation of its immigration enforcement program that purports to target "serious convicted felons" for deportation but has ensnared many illegal immigrants who were arrested but not subsequently convicted of crimes or who committed minor offenses.........

QUESTIONS REP LOFGREN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER Will DHS deport illegals using multiple identities to commit crimes against US citizens?

Illegal Jose Madrigal, the Washington state rapist, had some 30 identities.

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Illegal Manuel Mejia Ordonez ordered to repay $3M in Calif employment fraud
San Francisco Chronicle | June 26, 2010
FR Posted June 26, 2010 by artichokegrower

A former Marysville resident has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay back $3 million in fraudulently obtained unemployment compensation. US Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner said 31-year-old Manuel Mejia Ordonez was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and identity theft. (Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...

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QUESTIONS REP LOFGREN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER How does a citizen of Mexico make $3 million in unemployment claims? A. By establishing multiple identities. The fraudster, Manuel Mejia Ordonez, got eight years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud........and identity theft.

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July 21, 2006----BERGEN RECORD, NJ

Texans accused of selling counterfeit IDs (impoverished illegals "here for a better life" pay several thousand $$$ for fake ID's)

Pelcastre brothers, Angel and Jorge, Dallas, Texas, were a walking threat to US national security, expert document forgers who, for a few thousand dollars, could give anyone a new identity, NJ L/E authorities said.

The Texas brothers were a "one-stop shop" for a myriad of fake US documents, including birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver's licenses---- for any state in the US------ passports and resident alien cards, said state police.

The Texas brothers turned a NJ hotel room into a business office and were readying a massive cache of fake Social Security cards for delivery to a local NJ identity broker. Officers happened upon two cars bearing Texas plates in a NJ hotel parking lot. Authorities wouldn't identify the NJ hotel by name for fear it would spark retribution. The Drug Interdiction Task Force regularly runs checks.

The Texas brothers were followed to a NJ office supply store nearby where they purchased computer supplies. Officers then followed the Texans to a NJ storage facility in Secaucus, NJ, where the Texans loaded several boxes into a car. One of them stood lookout. Authorities approached the Texas brothers when they returned to the NJ hotel and questioned them separately.

The Texas brothers consented to a search. Police recovered laminating sheets with built-in security features, pages of blank documents waiting for fake names and information, finished documents, computers and software to create the fake IDs. All told, the haul was worth about $500,000 on the street when sold to "impoverished illegals." Police also recovered $6,000 in cash, which was the first payment from a NJ fake document broker for a shipment of 500 phony Social Security cards. ####

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QUESTIONS REP LOFGREN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER Will illegals pocketing US govt handouts----free education, EITC, welfare, food stamps, UI, SS, SSI, healthcare, sub-prime mortgages, subsidized bank loans under several identities be investigated?

L/E might be looking at the parameters of criminality including: fiduciary negligence; illegal conversions of govt money; facilitating govt fraud; official acts prohibited; misuse of public funds; misuse of govt position; abuse of govt power; conflict of interest; influence buying; conspiracy to deceive; misuse of govt office, collusion, conspiracy to collude; presenting false instruments for filing; forgery; extortion. Other crimes might include: forgery, extortion, healthcare fraud, and electronic/postal fraud, making false statements to government officials, falsifying government documents and concealment of facts on government documents.

FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)

Report US Postal Fraud: EMAIL PAGE https://postalinspectors.USPIS.gov

REPORT SUSPECTED ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS OF TAX-EXEMPT CALI BOND REVENUE
Enforcement@SEC.gov

REPORT SUSPECTED TAX FRAUD HERE
IRS TOLL-FREE 1-800-829-0433----you may remain anonymous.

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