Illegal alien pastor sentenced in case of unrecognized Indian tribe
By Roxana Hegeman
The Associated Press, June 10, 2008
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A pastor ensnared in the federal prosecution of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe has been sentenced to time served for falsely claiming he was a U.S. citizen to get a Social Security card.
Jaime Cervantes also was ordered to be deported to Mexico.
He was arrested in September as part of the prosecution of the Kaweah Indian Nation and its self-proclaimed chief, Malcolm Webber, in an alleged scam to sell tribal memberships to immigrants under the guise that the documents would give them U.S. citizenship.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson says that investigators now believe that between 10,000 and 15,000 immigrants in at least 15 states, including Oklahoma, were defrauded into buying tribal memberships in the group.
The 45-year-old Cervantes, who pleaded guilty in April, was the first defendant in the case to be convicted.
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The Huddled Masses Have To Get In Line And Go Through The Legal Process Just Like EVERYONE Else!!...Round 'Em Up, Kick 'Em Out, SEAL THE BORDER!!!
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