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There are other sources besides World Net Daily for this story. This is the first I’ve heard of this prosecution.

Here’s a radio interview:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=24244

Government version:
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:FVXLWU1AyN0J:www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/2005/Aleman.sen.pdf+Noe+Aleman+border+agent&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=18&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Border Patrol Agent Noe Aleman Latest Victim of Johnny Sutton
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/002198.html
[snip]Noe and his wife Isabelle planned to adopt their three nieces aged 13, 14 and 16. They hired an immigration attorney and over the course of the adoption they spent a total of $40,000 to adopt the three girls. Soon they were together and had a happy family.

Noe would head off to work everyday putting his life on the line in the El Paso sector patrolling the border and stopping illegal aliens, coyotes and drug smugglers. Time passed and they were required to file more papers regarding the immigration visas of the girls. Now here’s where the story takes a wrong turn. It seems that the immigration attorney they hired was incompetent. So much so that the ages of the three girls were listed as 19, 20 and 21.

Things were a complete mess due to this error and the fact that it made all three legal adults and therefore the adoption questionable. The immigration office continued stalling for 6 months on their case and eventually their visa records expired. The girls were listed as illegal aliens.

One day when Noe went to the immigration office to find out what was going on he was arrested on the spot and put in jail with charges of harboring illegal aliens. The family was devastated and the three girls were picked up and placed for deportation.

The girls were sent back across the border and delivered to what they call “a dip” which is a Mexican orphanage. Noe and Isabelle have not seen the girls for over 2 years and Noe has been convicted by Johnny Sutton and now faces 6 months in prison at Yazoo City - the same prison where Ignacio Ramos is being held. He is expected to start his sentence within 30-45 days.

I looked this man and his wife directly in their eyes as they told me their story. I could see the sorrow in them. When I asked Noe about his thoughts on prison he did not show weakness, but only a sense of despair for the three girls and what they are going through. I could feel the sense of loss as they spoke about the lovely family they had while the three girls were with them.

Noe Aleman: Another Casualty of Johnny Sutton’s War on the Border Patrol (with photos) June 6, 2007

http://freedomfolks.com/blog/2007/06/06/noe-aleman-another-casualty-of-johnny-suttons-war-on-the-border-patrol/

Meet Noe Aleman. In just 9 days, this former Border Patrol agent is scheduled to begin a 6-month prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud the U.S., harboring illegal aliens, and encouraging and inducing aliens to remain in the U.S.

Meet the “illegal aliens” Noe was convicted of harboring…three nieces of his wife, Isabel, whom they legally adopted in April of 2004, with the blessing of their mother, and with hopes of providing them with a better life here in America.

From Noe’s statement via Friends of the Border Patrol: We enrolled our daughters in school as ordered by Judge Macias. At no time could we ever have imagined what would soon take place.

My wife Isabel asked me to look at our I-94 visa to see when the standard 90-day visa would expire so we could renew it. I was surprised, having been too excited when we picked them up at the El Paso Port of Entry with Juarez, MX to note that the document had provided one sole business day for their permission to enter the United States on legal business.

Mr. Ramirez has investigated and informed me that the standard practice when issuing entry visas at the ports of entry is to provide for 90 days.

I reported what I thought was a typo error at the Hawkins (TX) Citizenship and Immigration Services office. I was advised by an immigration attorney while at the CIS office to ask for an adjudication officer and seek an extension of the “parole” as it is known. I did exactly as I was advised, which I was informed by the immigration attorney, who guaranteed me that it would not be a problem having already gone through the adoption process with the Texas State District Court in El Paso.

The Aleman’s family’s reward for Noe contacting immigration officials and attempting to get things straightened out legally?

After a number of contacts with the Hawkins office, I was advised that our visa had been approved and to come and pick up the paperwork, and bring your daughters and identification for them, which we did. I was then arrested and later charged with harboring illegal aliens.

Aleman provides more details. The girls were questioned without counsel by government agents, during which interrogators attempted to get the girls to admit to being abused. Their immigration appeal based on the fact that they are the legally adopted daughters of the Alemans was denied; the girls were subsequently deported. Despite the fact that the girls are, in the eyes of the law, the Aleman’s daughters, the Department of Justice denied all visitation and communication throughout the process.

Aleman was prosecuted by none other than U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, with an assist from Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Kanof, and with sentencing provided by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone.

If this “team” sounds familiar, you’ve probably heard about the case of Ramos and Compean. And Gilmer Hernandez. And Gary Brugman. And the list goes on.(&David Sipe)

Apparently, the team’s mission is to single out Border Patrol agents and aggressively prosecute and punish them for “crimes” that aren’t even a blip on the radar for anyone else, especially anyone who was in the country illegally in the first place.

This travesty will be our lead story on this week’s episode of the Blogs for Borders Video Blogburst. Be sure to click over and check it out on Tuesday. We’re also coordinating with Noe to get set up on PayPal for anyone who wants to help the family, who is already hurting, but will be in an even worse position when Noe begins serving his sentence in just over a week.

Stay tuned for more.