Posted on 03/21/2009 11:31:31 PM PDT by Scanian
The two cities of El Paso and Denver are 800 miles apart, but they both exist in the rarified world of "sanctuary cities," where mayors and city officials love to proclaim, "We welcome all immigrants, regardless of immigration status." This is PC code for welcoming illegal aliens, but it also means they welcome the prosecution of Border Patrol agents and immigration enforcement agents who take their jobs too seriously.
The prosecution, imprisonment and eventual release of El Paso Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean made headlines for two years, but few Americans outside Denver have ever heard of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Cory Voorhis. Yet, the two stories have something in common.
In El Paso, the two Border Patrol agents' prison terms officially ended March 20, when they were off house arrest. They came home on Feb. 17 after their prison sentences were commuted by President Bush on his last full day in office. They were convicted in 2006 for violating the civil rights of a drug smuggler by shooting him in the buttock after he fled from his 730-pound load of marijuana. The Border Patrol agents testified that they thought the man had a gun, but the smuggler denied it. The sanctuary city jury believed the smuggler, in part because of evidence kept from them and improper jury instructions.
To get the real flavor of El Paso, consider that its mayor recently raised eyebrows by saying his city and Ciudad Juarez, the 1.5 million metropolis across the Rio Grande, are in reality "one city with two cultures." If that were true, it would make his outspoken opposition to the extension of the border fence somewhat comprehensible. However, considering that his neighbors in Juarez witnessed 1,700 murders in 2008
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Cory Voorhis was no ordinary ICE agent. A former Border Patrol agent and U.S. Army veteran, he was one of two lead agents in a five-year investigation that broke up the largest document fraud ring in the nation’s history. The Denver-based operation run by the Castorena family syndicate based in Guadalajara, Mexico, sold more than 18 million fake driver’s licenses, green cards, work permits and Social Security cards to illegal aliens across 18 states.
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Tancredo for Governor
Cory Voorhis PING... a MUST read (imo).
RAMOS/COMPEAN Ping
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I remember this case. There were a couple articles posted at FR (at least):
ILLEGAL ALIEN] Man Sentenced To Prison Running Fake ID Ring
Monday, May 15, 2006 9:23:26 PM · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 12 replies · 180+ views
CBS2CHICAGO ^ | 15 May 2006 | CBS2CHICAGO
Manuel Leija Sanchez Sentenced To One Year (CBS) CHICAGO The man the 2 Investigators exposed as running a multi-million dollar phony document ring here in Chicago was sentenced to a year in prison Monday. Manuel Leija Sanchez pled guilty to possession of a fake ID like the ones the CBS 2 Investigators purchased in an undercover sting. Pam Zekman reported on the brazen sales operations at a 26th Street shopping center in the Little Village area. A spokesman for the state's attorney's office says that after Sanchez serves his sentence, he will be held for deportation. Meanwhile, as Pam reported,...MX: Stepdaughter exposes reported false document human smuggling and Social Security fraud ring
Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:17:05 AM · by NormsRevenge · 36 replies · 1,684+ views
Daily Bulletin ^ | 7/2/06 | Sara A. Carter
Suad Leija has many secrets. The stepdaughter of Manuel Leija-Sanchez -- a key figure in what federal authorities believe is a document fraud organization run by the Castorena and Leija-Sanchez families -- has been in hiding and on the run from her own family. To help U.S. authorities crack down on document fraud, human smuggling and a host of other international crimes, she has revealed her family business, identified relatives and shed light on a series of national security failures. Fraudulent documents allegedly produced by the families include Social Security cards, driver's licenses, passports, hazardous materials licenses, utility bills and...
First Ramos and Compean, now Cory Voorhis. Who’s running the show in Washington...?
Well even our failed urban gutters haven’t quite reached 3rd world status just yet. For example:
El Paso - 10 murders last year
Chicago - complete One Party thug rule for decades got us 510 murders last year
Ciudad Juarez - sister city of El Paso just across the border - 1700 murders last year
Chicago, of course, is a huge sanctuary city. You could take the 3 cities above as step 1, step 2, and finally step 3...
“First Ramos and Compean, now Cory Voorhis. Who’s running the show in Washington...?”
The Globalists who run the Republican and Democratic parties.
I can't stand this! I'm so sick of this upside down handling of illegals. I going to send some money to Voorhis' legal fund because here in San Diego we NEED our Border Patrol to act like agents and not be bullied into closing their eyes.
More from the Chicago sanctuary city:
Cardinal George pushes for immigration reform
March 22, 2009
BY CHERYL V. JACKSON Staff Reporter
Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George Saturday called for an end to deportation raids and pledged his support for immigration reform.
“Our Church teaches that the family is scared. It is the cradle of life, the core institution of society. To separate families, wives from husbands, children from parents, is to diminish what God has joined,” he said before more than 2,000 people packed into Our Lady of Mercy Church in Albany Park.
Cardinal Francis George, center, prays with fellow priests and parishioners at the Immigration Prayer Service and Witness event.
(John J. Kim/Sun-Times)
George called on Pres. Obama to fix immigration laws that are “inadequate.’’
“This will be a clear sign that this administration is truly about change, change in a situation that has already weakened and separated too many family members from one another,” he said.
More than 360,000 families have been split up due to deportation over the past year, organizers of the immigration reform event said.
An 11-year-old girl, born in Chicago, told the crowd that she fears her undocumented parents could be deported.
“What would happen with my sisters and I? Where would we live or where would we go?” she asked.
Peter Derezinski, 17, told of how police detained his father, Andrzej, while his father was on his way to pick up his pregnant mother in 2006. Andrzej Derezinski, who had been in the states since 1990, was deported to Poland.
“He had a great life built up. He lost it all — his business, his house, and his family. I believe that is not just.
“All I want is for my father to return.”
Immigrant families are commonly subjected to harsh conditions and brutal treatment in the border territories, George said. They often face discrimination and are exploited by employers and unscrupulous lawyers, he said.
“There is a darkness cast upon many families living among us who have been caught between the need for cheap labor and badly broken immigration laws,” he said. “We . . . are called to be that light for those forced onto the shadows.”
“Denver Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Cory Voorhis thought the citizens of Colorado should know about the practices of a former Denver District Attorney, Bill Ritter, who allowed 121 illegal aliens to minimize their risk of deportation through generous plea bargain deals. Mr. Ritter demanded an investigation and ICE Agent Voorhis was prosecuted in federal court. The jury saw through the political character of the prosecution and took only two hours to acquit Mr. Voorhis of all charges. The story should have ended there, but Mr. Voorhis lost his job because the federal government would not accept the jury verdict.”
“First Ramos and Compean, now Cory Voorhis. Who’s running the show in Washington...?”
It used to be Bush and Mexico (same thing). Now it’s Obama and Mexico.
“The socialists want votes from a dependent class.”
This is such a disgusting part of this whole mess. Our elected officials selling out this country for their own power hungry selfishness.
Governor Rittter and his liberal legislators think they now own Colorado because they had a victory in the last election. Ritter places illegal aliens above American Citizens and he hangs around with the open borders crowd. He loves illegal aliens and wants to give them the farm at taxpayer expense. Hopefully, he is a one term governor - can’t see anyone in their right mind giving this guy a second chance. With him in charge, Colorado is the next California. What he did to Agent Voorhis is unforgivable. This man destroyed an entire family with his witch hunt - that’s who governs Colorado - sad, isn’t it? Cory Voorhis is a man of honesty and integrity. Ritter could learn from him.
The link: www.corylegaldefense.com/info/donate
These are both working for me:
http://www.corylegaldefense.com/
http://www.corylegaldefense.com/info/donate.html
Thanks, cg.
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