Posted on 11/20/2006 6:03:55 PM PST by hoosierboy
A state trooper who pulled over a minivan for speeding on the Indiana Toll Road found 14 illegal immigrants inside.
There were eleven adults and three teenagers in the van. Twelve of the people were from Mexico and two were from El Salvador.
They have since been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
The passengers told police they had not eaten for two days because the minivan driver refused to feed them since they had no money. They said they had paid about $2000 each to be taken to various locations inside the United States.
An immigration judge will decide whether the 14 will be deported.
umm...whats to decide
We have a hog confinement facility in our county. Mexicans work there. The other day a group of them stopped at a friends house to ask directions to the facility. None could speak English, friend didn't speak Spanish. So he finally was able to give directions to the operation. Sure made me wonder how legal these people were. This is in southern Illinois for petes sake.
Feed them airline food. They'll crawl through broken glass to get back to their own countries.
They sure as Hell aren't going to jail but you or I would.
Well, we have drivers from the north also who get involved in accidents with no consequences. A local lady was rammed by a semi from Canada. Promises to pay all bills etc. were made, she finished therapy etc. submitted the bills and nothing is done. This is Canada with 3 drivers in a truck cab. The sheriff says the cab stinks and the drivers stink, they don't bathe for who knows how long. Drive 24 hours taking shifts to drive and sleep in that cab. Won't hold my breath until this lady gets her bills paid. Plus a totaled car.
ping
A judge should really have nothing to do with this....what a stupid country we are!
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