Undocumented immigrants cause a stir in West University (Houston, TX)

KTRK-TV ABC news ^ | 6-1-05 | eyewitness news

[txdoda]

ABC13 Eyewitness News (6/01/05 - WEST UNIVERSITY, TX) — Residents in West University witnessed a chaotic and unsettling scene as close to 100 undocumented immigrants were released in their neighborhood.

It happened just after 4:30pm Tuesday. Police say a U-Haul truck pulled up to the intersection of Cason and Wakeforest and unloaded the undocumented immigrants. They also say the human smugglers pulled over after the immigrants locked in the back of the truck rocked it back and forth to get their attention.

"They said they'd been in the Houston area for about 24 hours, but they were in the U-Haul truck for about two hours," said Officer Chris Castillo with the Houston Police Department. "It was very hot today. They haven't eaten, haven't drank."

Police say the immigrants were from Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador. They each paid $4,000 to $6,000 to the smugglers to come into the country illegally.

The undocumented immigrants were transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and will likely be deported. (Copyright © 2005, KTRK-TV)

[txdoda]

*poor* illegals PAID 4K to 6K each......LOL

[gubamyster]

ping

[txdoda]

yet *another* use for 'U-Haul' trucks.....

[JesseJane]

Time to find out who wasn't watching the border. Did Rick Perry initiate a 'stand down'? How did they get to Houston? Are there highway roadside van checks for this sort of thing? Are BP agents on duty considered incompetent, negligent in their duties? Will there be a follow up story telling us of their deporatation? How much money did Houston law enforcment spend to assist in this mess? Were other crimes committed at the time taking law enforcment away from their normal responsibilities? Were these criminals fingerprinted and photographed so we can expedite their drivers license when they come back? Did anyone give birth?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

...Next time they'll learn to bring some yard tools with them ...

And the trailer full of pine straw bales.

[Dallas59]

What gets me is that the MSN never interviews or asks the illegals why did they sneak into the United States...

[jsbankston]

Wow, what a place to Dump illegals. The Cheapest House is West U must be 650k.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

...as close to 100 undocumented immigrants were released in their neighborhood.

Gee, what are the odds of 100 immigrants all losing their documents on the same day?

(Oh wait, they never had any "documents" because they are all here ILLEGALLY.)

[txdoda]

Wow, what a place to Dump illegals. The Cheapest House is West U must be 650k.

Thanks.....I was wondering if this was same "million dollar neighborhood" I was thinking it was.

[Sybeck1]

Western Union is an enabler in this also. Their money transfer available to send money south of the border.

[txdoda]

all excellent questions.........probably never to be answered.

[txdoda]

Western Union is an enabler in this also. Their money transfer available to send money south of the border.

Many of US banks also.

As the remittances rise yearly, so do the smugglers fee's

[azhenfud]

400-600k per Haul-U truck is a pretty good haul. I'm sure the "undocumented travel agent" made certain there were no free Ryders aboard.

[JesseJane]

"We have Nicaragua, soon we will have El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Mexico. One day, tomorrow or five years or fifteen years from now, we're going to take 5 to 10 million Mexicans and they are going into Dallas, into El Paso, into Houston, into New Mexico, into San Diego, and each one will have embedded in his mind the idea of killing ten Americans." ~Thomas Borge, Nicaragua Interior Minister as quoted in the Washington Times, March 27, 1985

[fhlh]

HAHAHAAHAHA..... Prolly scared the piss outta that UPPITY, SNOBBISH, flood prone part of town...

[johnb838]

That's my neighborhood. We haven't been in the news since the railroad killer killed the doctor. the illegal railroad killer.

[johnb838]

bite me.

[bayourod]

If a coyote can average smuggling just ten people a night at those fees his annual gross would be between Fourteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars, and Twenty-one Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars.

That more than I usually make. Really.

[azhenfud]

Coyote? What's that?

They're "undocumented travel agents" just offering the tours Americans refuse to offer.