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Rhode Island Judge Joseph Molina Flynn, specializing in immigration law, resigns after FBI raids office
nypost.com ^ | Jan. 24, 2025 | Richard Pollina

Posted on 01/24/2025 7:15:59 AM PST by V_TWIN

The “first formerly undocumented judge in Rhode Island” abruptly resigned hours after the FBI raided his downtown Providence immigration law office on Thursday.

Central Falls Municipal Court Judge Joseph Molina Flynn was being investigated before President Trump’s return to the Oval Office and the raid is unrelated to his recent string of immigration-related executive orders, according to WPRI 12.

Molina Flynn was born in Medellin, Colombia, and arrived in the US on a tourist visa when he was 9 years old, according to his law firm’s website.

He obtained his “lawful permanent resident status and then his citizenship” after spending 15 years in the US as an undocumented immigrant.

Molina Flynn’s bio also states that he is the “first gay person” appointed as the municipal court judge in Central Falls and the “first formerly undocumented Judge in Rhode Island.”

He also teaches “Crimmigration” as an adjunct professor at the Roger Williams University Law School.

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1 posted on 01/24/2025 7:15:59 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

“Crimmigration”....
IOW how to game the system as an illegal and stay here.


2 posted on 01/24/2025 7:18:23 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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To: V_TWIN

What were they looking for ?


3 posted on 01/24/2025 7:22:11 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

Anyone dumb enough to announce themselves as undocumented would be my guess. Low hanging fruit


4 posted on 01/24/2025 7:24:24 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Col Frank Slade

Vanished children?


5 posted on 01/24/2025 7:25:42 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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6 posted on 01/24/2025 7:31:17 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: V_TWIN

Probably a conflict of interest situation where the legal fee would be viewed as a bribe.


7 posted on 01/24/2025 7:33:59 AM PST by Fido969
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To: shotgun

Article says he became a citizen. Him helping illegals hide from the law was probably the issue.


8 posted on 01/24/2025 7:43:24 AM PST by madison10
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To: V_TWIN

Another corrupt judge from Columbia? Who would’ve thunk it.


9 posted on 01/24/2025 8:11:46 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: V_TWIN

Traditionally, the FBI won’t touch it unless it promises a big publicity splash. This guy must be doing something big and wrong. Marriage fraud, and other types of immigration fraud, lend themselves to large rings, with plenty of money flowing from aliens to marriageable citizens and attorneys.


10 posted on 01/24/2025 8:27:50 AM PST by DPMD
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To: V_TWIN

Traditionally, the FBI won’t touch it unless it promises a big publicity splash. This guy must be doing something big and wrong. Marriage fraud, and other types of immigration fraud, lend themselves to large rings, with plenty of money flowing from aliens to marriageable citizens and attorneys.


11 posted on 01/24/2025 8:28:00 AM PST by DPMD
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To: Texas Fossil

Human trafficking?


12 posted on 01/24/2025 9:23:24 AM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning dto all antisemites)
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi

The silence about shutting him down, implies something that bad.

DC needs a total disinfecting. And then to the downstream affect.


13 posted on 01/24/2025 10:22:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi

I had missed reading this:

Molina Flynn’s bio also states that he is the “first gay person” appointed as the municipal court judge in Central Falls and the “first formerly undocumented Judge in Rhode Island.”

This could explain the silence.

We were both on same wave length.


14 posted on 01/24/2025 10:30:04 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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