The Washington Times
Federal agents have closed up shop for what they say are eight members of an illegal alien fake-document ring that for years has sold out of an Adams Morgan apartment phony driver's licenses, work papers and green cards to other illegals.
The ring -- thought to be linked to an international organization run by the Castorena-Ibarra family whose kingpin was captured in Mexico this week -- was raided early Tuesday as part of Operation Card Shark, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiative that began in 2002. The investigation has dismantled three other counterfeit document rings and arrested 195 persons in Adams Morgan.
"We're in the process of developing evidence to go forward with our prosecutions," James Spero, a special agent at ICE headquarters in Fairfax, said of Tuesday's raid.
All this was going on practically in the back yard of the White House. This area is quite notorious for this type of crime and Fed Agents have made bust in this area before for the exact same thing.
Illegal aliens know where to get these fake documents and it's practically an open-air market operating in plain view of citizens, police and a stones throw from the White House.
Another operation will be up and running very soon with new illegal aliens to carry on their criminal activity which puts us all in danger.
In fact, I would say that Washington, DC is a sanctuary city just like Houston and New York. Remember, it was an illegal alien who assisted many of the 9-11 terrorist here locally to get driver's license to board those planes that killed thousands and why we are in Iraq today.
And Mayor Anthony Williams and Chief of Police Charles Ramsey were on Capitol Hill yesterday whining about cuts in Homeland Security Fed funds (your tax money) that they will receive less of this year.
Maybe, they should stop being a sanctuary city for criminals and terroist who could do the same thing to us again or even worse.
It appears it was federal agents who made this bust, not local police who know what is going on in this community.
Local police are so scared that this community will riot and burn down the neighborhood like they did about ten years back. So they do not agressively police this area for fake document operations for fear of being un-pc and offending the illegals.
Posted by Tyne at June 22, 2006