Posted on 05/01/2007 1:43:51 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Work is under way on the construction of a security wall that will surround a parking lot used by Cameron County state district judges and the district attorney.
County workers on Monday used a backhoe to break up the concrete in the parking lot at the Cameron County Courthouse on Harrison Street as they readied it for rebar.
The construction will take from 60 to 90 days depending on the weather, said County Administrator Pete Sepulveda Jr. Although the estimated cost of the wall is $240,000, Sepulveda anticipates it will be “much less than that” because the work is being done in house.
State District Judge Leonel Alejandro approached county commissioners in December asking commissioners court to approve the wall because the judges are seeing an increase in gang-related activity and cited a court sentencing case that involved a Texas Syndicate gang member convicted of murder.
“We obtained information that they (gang members) had been surveying the courthouse,”Alejandro told the court in December.
The sheriff’s department had also received reports that individuals might try to free the Texas Syndicate gang member and the court agreed to fund the wall.
The 12-foot concrete barrier will be made of concrete blocks and will have an electronic gate entrance to it that only the judges and the district attorney will have access to.
There will be additional parking places for the district and county clerks who will have access as well.
Ping!
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You've got to be kidding me! I'd like to see if this judge has had any rulings giving the country away to aliens.
Yeah, that's the ticket, overrun the country with 3rd world criminals and the elites do what they always do, lock themselves away from the 'commoners'.
This is a heavy day for irony. First I hear the Latino leader of these silly marches demanding Bush be impeached. Idiots!
I guess I'll be rooting for the Texas Syndicate to get over, under or through this new fence.
It gets worse!
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/10/illegal_workers.php
State District Judge Leonel Alejandro owns Port Fabricators, a company that allegedly supplied U.S. Department of Defense contractor AMFELS with undocumented immigrants arrested in an early morning raid Wednesday.
The case continues under federal investigation, The Herald found.
Alejandro, who presides over the 357th District Court, had been AMFELS’ attorney prior to his election to the bench in November 2002. He took office in January 2003.
Alejandro and Port Fabricators Vice President Amelia Ortiz of Rancho Viejo were not available for comment. But Brownsville Navigation District Commissioner Luigi Cristiano, Ortiz’s son-in-law, defended Ortiz and Alejandro.
“They have the highest ethical standards and we just have to see what is going on,” said Cristiano, Alejandro’s nephew by marriage. “It is a concern. It’s extra stress in life that nobody needs, but there is nothing that was done inappropriately.”
The Herald could not determine if all the undocumented immigrants arrested Wednesday were supplied by Port Fabricators, but Cristiano said it’s “not the only company that (federal officials) are looking at.”
Forty-one suspected undocumented immigrants—all men—were apprehended Wednesday morning at AMFELS at the Port of Brownsville and charged with false representation of Social Security numbers, said U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby.
This is a felony offense, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison without parole and a $250,000 fine upon conviction.
Shelby said the defendants—40 Mexican nationals and one Guatemalan—would appear before a U.S. Magistrate Thursday and today.
Commenting on this case and a second case in McAllen, Shelby said in a press release issued Thursday: “Both cases represent our continuing commitment to assure our nation’s security through the consistent enforcement of our laws. We cannot allow our long-term security to be thrown away for short-term gain.
“Today, the stakes are too high.”
AMFELS, which repairs and builds oilrigs, was chosen for a $73 million federal defense contract in October to equip a Boeing Co. platform at the port with anti-missile systems and radar.
Shelby said some of the undocumented immigrants were performing jobs such as welding.
“If those welds are not performed correctly then you have potential for failure,” he told the Associated Press. “With some of these projects that are worked on there can be absolutely no room for failure.”[snip]
You want irony? See post 5
Brownsville’s own Green Zone.
you might want to look into some general info and news re the Texas Syndicate....
http://www.insideprison.com/prison_gang_profile_TS.asp
Irony of the day ping! Be sure to see post 5 after you read the article.
If I’m reading that correctly the judge wants to make money off illegals yet is afraid and willing to make himself secure while the rest of us just have to learn to live with it.
You got it!
Hey, Texas, this is an elected judge! Get rid of him!
Hard to believe!!
District Judge, 357th Judicial District
Leonel Alejandro DEM 27,210 100.00%
A platoon of guard's overtime is lot less than a wall.
Just about every town and city on the Rio Grande in Texas is populated by illegals.
The best security around, is that provided for attorneys and their courtrooms.
Meanwhile, has construction on the 700 mile fence started yet?
Oh! Well now, THAT's different now isn't it! When it's their butt that is fixing to get attacked all of a sudden walls DO work.
Amazing!
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