Posted on 09/25/2006 3:11:56 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A Mexican illegal immigrant once embraced by Minnesotans as a deserving charity case pleaded guilty today to breaking and entering in Boston.
Francisco Javier Serrano's plea means his strange American odyssey will end where it began: He will be deported to Mexico.
Serrano, 22, was found last year living inside a Minneapolis high school, his tale of struggle and homelessness galvanizing locals as news of his plight spread. News accounts dubbed him the "Apple Valley High squatter," and Serrano told his newfound friends that he sought to attend a US college and become an inventor. Soon, he had a rent-free downtown apartment, an immigration lawyer, and a wealthy benefactor.
Still, his bid to stay in the United States failed, and he tearfully boarded a plane back to Mexico on Jan. 5. Or so thought his supporters, who came to see him off at the airport.
In April, he turned up in Boston's North End, where police arrived to find Serrano in a struggle with an apartment tenant. He was arrested and charged with breaking and entering. His Minnesota supporters were shocked and disillusioned. Serrano has been held in Suffolk County Jail since on $25,000 cash bail and an immigration retainer.
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His Minnesota supporters were shocked and disillusioned.
Stupid morons.
Yes we got a lot of dem dumb bleedin heart dems here doncha know.
"You can take the illegal out of mexico but you can't take the mexico out of an illegal."
LOL! That IS the problem, isn't it?
I almost felt sorry for this kid when I first read his story. I am glad now I didn't waste my energy and give it that extra effort to give a rip.
You know we have about 1.5 million citizens in jail and no one is defending criminals, whether they be natural born citizens, immigrant citizens or illegal aliens.
"In April, he turned up in Boston's North End, where police arrived to find Serrano in a struggle with an apartment tenant. He was arrested and charged with breaking and entering"
The guy is lucky he wasn't shot by some mafia guy or some old Italian guy in the North End... The neighborhood has changed, but at one point it was the safest in Boston. No one f'd around in the North End...
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