MEET THE "GUEST WORKERS"
By Juan Mann
March 30, 2005 08:22 PM
Question: Where do illegal aliens and convicted criminal alien residents go after they’re deported from the United States?
Answer: Right back into the United States again to work illegally.
The Mobile (Alabama) Register [free registration] offered a faint glimpse into the secret lives of two illegal aliens in a story published March 30. Staff reporter Brendan Kirby writes:
<<<
“A pair of Mississippi residents pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegal re-entry into the United States after previous deportations. A judge will determine in July how long they must spend in prison before the government returns them to Mexico.
Federal authorities arrested Eliseo Gomez-Madrigal, 38, of Pascagoula and Juan Valencia-Magana, 34, of Moss Point, in January along with 15 other illegal immigrants who were working for a subcontractor that was installing piping insulation at a Shell chemical refinery in Mobile.”
>>>
At Michelle’s request, I tried my hand at deciphering the rest of the article about these two “Mississippi residents” (AKA: illegal aliens). Here’s the tale of the tape:
Gomez-Madrigal – Deported in December 1996, most likely as a result of a conviction for “assault with a firearm” in Fresno County, California. Reentered the U.S. illegally and apprehended in Mobile, Alabama.
Valencia-Magana – Received lawful permanent residence (LPR) status in the United States, probably through one of the 1986 Amnesty give-away programs, or else through a family petition (but I’m guessing here). Convicted for “illegal discharge of a firearm” in California. Deported from the United States, losing the legal status of a “green card” for good.
Arrested while attempting to enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, at the San Ysidro, California, port of entry, with 86 pounds of marijuana. Ordered excluded and deported from the United States by the Immigration Court system of the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). He remains in the country. He appeals the EOIR Immigration Court decision in 1996, “but immigration authorities [the EOIR’s Board of Immigration Appeals – BIA] did not rule until 2002. Authorities did not serve the paperwork until last year."
Apprehended again working illegally in Mobile, Alabama. It is not clear whether he remained in the United States the entire time following the 1996 Immigration Court order, or if he was physically deported and entered illegally yet again.
Here’s the kicker: Assuming these illegal aliens weren’t arrested at the chemical refinery, since they were hard-working employees of a “subcontractor that was installing piping insulation,” they could have been first in line for the Bush Administration’s “guest worker” Amnesty program. And if the Bush Betrayal were to succeed, when these guys finish their time in federal prison, enter illegally again and get their old jobs back . . . they just might even have another shot at a “temporary worker” status.
michellemalkin.com |
