Posted on 01/15/2006 6:31:04 AM PST by Amelia
A traffic stop in Long County [Georgia] on Sunday afternoon put an alleged identification card forger out of business...Dinkins discovered Alejandro did not have a driver's license and called for backup...As he searched the back seat, he discovered a stack of identification cards stuffed under a center arm. Dinkins also found a typewriter, scanner, Polaroid camera, heat shrink, black inkpad and a laminating machine.
In all, Dinkins found 35 ID cards under the armrest....A few of the cards appeared to be Mexican drivers' licenses, while some proclaimed the person whose image appeared on the card to be a resident alien or permanent resident.
The most troubling set of cards Dinkins found was a set of blank Social Security cards....the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has been called in to investigate.
"We have no idea how big this operation is, so we asked for their assistance," he said. "We are very concerned about this because by unauthorized individuals possessing these forged cards gives them access to areas they normally would not be allowed in, such as Fort Stewart."
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Most of the Mexicans, so far as I'm aware, work in the fields up in Glennville growing and harvesting Vidalia onions, but they are increasingly doing manual labor in other places in the area, and I wouldn't be surprised to know that they are doing construction at the bases.
This past week a similar operation was busted in a town west of Huntsville, Alabama.
Just doing jobs American won't.
My family was stationed at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, and Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah several times. Good post and good description of the area as I recall it.
One other thing I remember...all the complaints about the notorious speed traps set for Florida tourists coming and going through that little corner of Georgia. I guess they were a good idea after all :)
Thought some of you might be interested in this article about fake ID cards in coastal Georgia. Apparently most of them were generated for the use of illegal immigrants.
I'd suspect there are a lot of these little things going on that don't make national news. I'm thinking of forwarding this one to Lou Dobbs or Brit Hume.
To an extent that's true, and not always because the employers don't want to pay enough. There's quite an attitude of entitlement among many young people today. Some of the older ones too. ;-)
I think they still don't mind catching a Yankee here & there. ;-)
I was amused at the local sheriff trying to take credit after the arrest was made by the MACE officer:
Long County Sheriff Cecil Nobles said forged drivers' licenses have been confiscated in the past, but was surprised at the number of cards seized. "We hit the jackpot with this bust," he said. "I appreciate MACE helping us with this. We made a good arrest and kept these cards off the street."
There are those who say nothing good or bad happens in the county that the High Sheriff doesn't know about....they probably give him a little too much credit. After all, he's not God. ;-)
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As an aside, I knew a sailor of Hawaiian ancestory who was pulled over by a Georgia State Trooper. The trooper, noting the driver's swarthy appearance, and hearing an accent, asked the driver for his green card.
"Green card? You mean my license", the driver asked.
The cop reportedly was curt and said something along the lines of , "Don't get smart with me".
The sailor produced his military ID card, (which is green), and said , It's the only one I have.
The sailor said he told the cop," I'm not Mexican, I'm from Hawaii, you know, the 50th state, pineapples, hula girls, you've probably heard of it."
He said the cop was so embarrassed, he let him off with a warning.
Alejandro has been charged with possession, display, use, manufacture, alteration, sale, or distribution of false, fictitious, fraudulent, or altered identification document and possession of tools for commission of a crime for the laminating and printing equipment.Nothing to see here, move along people. Alejandro is just another one of those hard working 'immigrants' doing a job that some lazy American refuses to do.
And remember -- family values DON'T "stop at the border".
Thanks, Condor51!
I suspect you are correct, and that most cases just don't make the news other than in small local papers such as this one.
I'm not sure if this is more wage related or more a lack of younger people going into the trades.
According to people I know who hire immigrants, it's a matter of work ethic. They say they know that the immigrants will show up every day on time, and they never know if the American workers will be there or not.
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