Posted on 11/04/2009 1:49:18 PM PST by Steelfish
L.A. Doctor Accused of Faking Medical Exams for Immigrants
November 4, 2009 A 72-year-old Los Angeles doctor was accused by state and federal authorities of faking medical exams for immigrants applying for U.S. visas, officials said.
According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Levon Tebelekian allegedly charged immigrants $150 to give them medical clearance papers without giving them medical exams. Such exams are required by the federal government to make sure immigrants don't have any diseases.
It is unclear whether any of the immigrants involved in the alleged scam had any health problems.
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According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Levon Tebelekian allegedly charged immigrants $150 to give them medical clearance papers without giving them medical exams. Such exams are required by the federal government to make sure immigrants don't have any diseases.
Considering 20million+ illegal immigrants never underwent ANY such screening for disease or criminal record, this is but a drop in the bucket.
We wouldn’t even close the border to reduce the spread of swine flu.
My husband went to one of these ‘doctors’ (listed by the US Embassy) in London for ‘immigration screening’. Shady fellow, indeed. He said it seemed like a ‘cash in hand’ setup.
No one ever talks about the primary issue related to illegal immigration:
Once some laws don’t matter, it’s real easy to justify not paying attention to any of the others.
And we have that going on all over this country.
Bingo! And it wasn’t even on the radar in any of yesterday’s pivotal races.
The ‘justifiable’ law-shirking creeps into everything. And the Republicans gave up their right to claim they are the party of “law and order” when they refused to address illegal immigration.
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