Smuggling ring took illegals to Amish community

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[chance33_98]

Smuggling ring took illegals to Amish community

September 22, 2003 2:35 PM

The Associated Press

Cleveland-AP -- Three men from Guatemala have pleaded guilty to smuggling hundreds of illegal workers to an Amish community in Ohio.

Investigators say the smugglers helped the aliens from Mexico and Guatemala to lie on their identification forms for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol began investigating when employees at the bureau in Holmes County were suddenly overwhelmed.

The U-S attorney says two of the men pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the transportation of illegal aliens. The third man pleaded guilty to transportation of illegal aliens.

They and four others are also accused of racketeering.

The Amish community in Holmes County, Ohio -- about 65 miles south of Cleveland -- is believed to be the world's biggest.

[JustPiper]

What else po's me is that FNC kept showing this story on ther ticker and not one word of it on their site!

[JustPiper]

I looked at several news ources and CNN of all sites is the only one to have this story buried in their 'law' section here:
Here

[Kenny Bunk]

Yo, this could be a secret NIH plot to broaden the Amish gene pool. The NIH maintains a kind of "Amish Stud" book to try and cut down on genetic defects caused by generations of inbreeding amongst the plain folk. What they do (I think) is mix'em and match'em from widely scattered Amish communities in the US, Canada, Australia, Etc.

I sincerely hope these Guatemalans rise to the occasion, and are up to this crucial, federally mandated task. I also hope that their illegal entry into the US was cleared with MECHA, which is in charge of this sort of thing. I would not want the illegal Guatemalans to discomfit in any way the illegal Mexicans, who as you know, are the Chosen People of Karl Rove.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I would not want the illegal Guatemalans to discomfit in any way the illegal Mexicans, who as you know, are the Chosen People of Karl Rove.

It's not only Rove but everyone in government it seems. Laws are just for Americans, everyone else is exempt.

[janetgreen]

GWB has lost my vote. He's allowing the invasion of America without firing a shot.

[PRND21]

GWB has lost my vote.

At least 500 times, in writing.

[janetgreen]

And you've complained about it, 500 times, in writing. Quit your whining.

[PRND21]

pot/kettle/brown
Keep up the hysterics, I'm sure it pleases someone.