Kowabunga

It seems like there is a lot of abuse of various systems in this country, now we have two Indian tribes offering memberships in their bands, for a price, and claiming it will but illegal immigrants on the path to legal status. From MyWAy News:

For prices starting at $50, two nonfederally recognized Indian tribes are offering membership to thousands of illegal immigrants, claiming they can achieve legal status by joining the groups.

But immigration authorities insist becoming a tribe member gives no protection against being deported. And immigration advocates condemn the practice, saying it defrauds immigrants of money and gives them false hope.

"You can't just decide to become a member of a tribe and all of a sudden legalize your status," said Marilu Cabrera, a spokeswoman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Sounds like these two "tribes" have found a way to increase their "tribal" coffers by scamming illegal aliens and maybe trying to scam U.S. Law.

The article reports that people have paid as much as $1,200 for membership in the Kaweah Indian Nation, which is not federally recognized, as it has no relationship to the Kaweah tribe that at one time did exist.

There are several others operating, and prosecutors will have difficulties prosecuting them as the victims, illegal aliens, are afraid of coming forward as they may be turned over to immigration officials and subsequently deported.

People who would seek to profit from illegal aliens in such a fashion are despicable, and I hope that investigators are able to secure enough evidence to try and convict these scumbags.

This is yet another reason we have to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws. It is because we have a long history of ignoring border security and the vast number of illegal aliens that such crimes are able to take place and even flourish.

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