Posted on 11/12/2004 10:03:31 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
SAN DIEGO -- Inspectors checking the car of a smuggler at the U.S.-Mexican border found a girl hiding inside a piñata.
They said they've seen all kinds of attempts to smuggle people into the country, but this was an odd case.
Vince Bond of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers at the Tecate Port of Entry found the girl on Nov. 2 when they removed several piñatas from the car and one seemed much heavier than the others.
The girl, who is about 4 or 5 years old, was carefully sealed inside, but she was able to breathe. The girl's mother was curled up inside the car's trunk, and her brother, who is about 9, was underneath the collapsible back seat.
The three family members were voluntarily deported to Mexico. The driver and another passenger in the car, both American citizens, were not arrested.
Bond said the sheer volume of immigrant-smuggling cases far exceeds the government's ability to prosecute all smugglers.
How do you get "voluntarily" deported? As opposed to involuntarily deported? I would think that all deportation is involuntary, since the offenders obviously wanted to be in this country...
Bond said the sheer volume of immigrant-smuggling cases far exceeds the government's ability to prosecute all smugglers.
This is rediculous. SEAL THE FRICKING BOARDERS!
Another story here, with more details:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041112-9999-7m12pinata.html
But but what about our borders?
No fine? Nada? Muy mal.
The fishing boats go out across the evening water;
smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border;
turns the rifles into silver
on the border.
Al Stewart
MV
just damn ping
ISH PING
It's a REALLY good thing that there wasn't a birthday party nearby!
And why not?
Don't be "rediculous."
Verdad. Muy mal.
Powerpuff Girl learns it's a BIG mistake to drop in on the wrong birthday party
Interesting thing is that if you or I run a red light or drive over the speed limit they don't just not prosecute you because of the sheer volume of cases. They at the very least fine you. My niece recently went to court on a ticket for failure to stop at a red light and I was surprised to see that it required a court appearance in the superior court.
I would think that smuggling illegals should warrant at the very least some steep fines and appearance before a judge. How else do you track how many times this person is breaking the law???
Oh my... That picture is something else. Yes, thank God she is still alive.
If the mules were heavily fined, the border patrol function could be self sufficient.
"Border Inspectors Find Girl Sealed In Piñata"
I wonder where I could get the Heather Locklear pinata?
Ten bucks says some lawyer will get her instant citizenship and "government money" for life because she was insulted.
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