The photo source spells his name “Bien-Aimé”—French for “well loved.”
Posted on 04/09/2026 5:51:05 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
The video covers the case of Felipe Bename (also referred to with variations like Philip Bianame or Phipe Benemy), the former mayor of North Miami, who has been exposed for a long-running immigration fraud scheme and is now facing deportation and revocation of his U.S. citizenship under the Trump administration.
Key Details from the Case
Entry into the U.S. (1997): He allegedly arrived from Haiti at Miami International Airport using a fake passport under the name Jean Phipe Jeanvier. In 2000, an immigration judge ordered his deportation after he lost an appeal, but he ignored the order and stayed in the country.
Fraudulent Path to Citizenship: He used aliases, a fake birth date, and sham/fraudulent marriages (including allegations of bigamy) to multiple U.S. citizens to obtain permanent residency and eventually naturalized U.S. citizenship under the false identity.
Political Career: Despite the outstanding deportation order, he ran for and won a seat on the North Miami City Council (serving ~6 years starting around 2013), then became mayor in 2019. He later campaigned for Miami-Dade County Commissioner, promoting policies on safety, economy, housing, and community issues.
Discovery: The fraud was uncovered through the Historic Fingerprint Enrollment Project, where fingerprint matches linked his two identities. This led to a Justice Department case to revoke his citizenship and ICE involvement for deportation.
Additional Consequences: His wife (Sarah Jane Turner) was also arrested and faces deportation for her role in the immigration fraud. They have three children. There are concerns about potential fraud in city documents he signed as mayor (e.g., checks) and questions about how he passed background checks and voter registration for years.
The video uses news clips, court record references, and commentary to highlight the scandal, raising broader questions about immigration enforcement, vetting for public office, and similar undetected cases. It's framed as a major political embarrassment for North Miami and an example of immigration system failures now being addressed.
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He has to go back home.
He will.
The photo source spells his name “Bien-Aimé”—French for “well loved.”
Hilariously, it translates to “liked”.
They need to do the same with Ilhan Omar.
She shouldn’t be escaping justice because she’s a congressional representative.
Meet Zul Mohamed. He pleaded guily to 106 felony voter fraud charges for forging mail-in ballot applications.
He's now running for mayor in Carrollton, Texas and wants to be in charge of passing laws.
CRAZY AS HELL
Entry into the U.S. (1997): He allegedly arrived from Haiti at Miami International Airport using a fake passport under the name Jean Phipe Jeanvier. In 2000, an immigration judge ordered his deportation after he lost an appeal, but he ignored the order and stayed in the country.
Fraudulent Path to Citizenship: He used aliases, a fake birth date, and sham/fraudulent marriages (including allegations of bigamy) to multiple U.S. citizens to obtain permanent residency and eventually naturalized U.S. citizenship under the false identity.
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There have been discussions about denaturalization on this site.
The law is clear and applies to only limited cases.
This is a textbook example of legal denaturalization.
He obtained his citizenship using fraud (multiple frauds as it appears).
Just deliver him halfway there...
A Calculated Fraudulent Path to US Citizenship:
Bien Aime used at least two identities, aliases, a fake birth date,
and sham/fraudulent marriages (perhaps bigamy) to multiple US citizens.
He was able to obtain permanent residency, and,
eventually naturalized US citizenship under false identities.
Now there are concerns wrt:
<><>potential fraud in his official mayoral activities
<><>city documents he signed as mayor (eg, official documents and bank checks)
<><>questions about how he passed background checks,
<><>and how he was able to vote for many years no questions asked.
Zul Mohamed pled guilty to 106 felony voter fraud charges for forging mail-in
ballot apps. He's running for Carrollton, Texas mayor----to be in charge of passing laws.
Remember just the last few elections liberals said illegals didn’t vote... Now they are running the government in places that tend to vote very liberal.
Not looking good for Omar...
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