As President Trump had observed, Americans have dreams too. And illegal aliens turn them into nightmares.
What authorities uncovered was a 37-year identity theft scheme by an unauthorized immigrant and repeat felon who bilked federal, state and local governments out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits, according to a plea agreement entered in San Diego federal court this week.
I like "unauthorized immigrant". Ever since the Ministry of Information banned the use of "illegal alien", new and exciting euphemisms have to be deployed by the media.
Andres Avelino Anduaga — if that’s even his real name — admitted to assuming the identity of a U.S. citizen in 1980. Armed with a fake birth certificate, he developed a seemingly legitimate persona by applying for a California driver’s license, Social Security number and U.S. passport.
The official documents identified him as Abraham Riojos, born in Alpine, Texas, in 1958.
The documents allowed him to move freely between Mexico and the U.S., and also to receive nearly $361,000 in government benefits over the years.
Those dreamers certainly have big dreams. As big as our budget will allow.
They then learned that another person had tried to sign up for disability benefits in Oceanside under the same Riojos name, using a fake birth certificate with the same date and place of birth, according to the complaint.
The investigators went to the criminal records, finding the initial man claiming to be Riojos had a rap sheet that included 21 different names and six dates of birth, dating back to 1974. They included a firearms violation, forgery, cocaine possession and multiple DUIs, according to prosecutors.
Immigration records rounded out the picture. He’d been deported twice, once in 1994 and again in 2000
So it's the usual story. Identity theft, deportations, casual border crossings, a criminal record and a fortune stolen from Americans. It's a dream all right. The "unauthorized immigrant" dream. And that included helping himself, without any authorization, to taxpayer money.