Criminal gangs were caught on camera selling fake identification cards to illegal aliens in New York City.
The details: A report from The New York Post found at least 10 men stationed on street corners across the NYC borough of Queens selling fake legal documents, including Social Security cards and green cards, with prices ranging between $70 and $250.
Who are the sellers? Police said the men were criminals with ties to gangs like MS-13 and the 18th Street Gang.“They work”: One gang banger told an undercover Post reporter, “They work,” while showing an example of the forged documents on his phone.
- He continued: “I need your name, your whole name, your age… I can take your picture.”
Zoom out: New York City has seen roughly 180,000 illegal aliens arrive since the spring of 2022.
The best case scenario for an illegal to want one of these ID cards is so they can find work with an employer that won’t scrutinize the documents.
The worst-case scenario is laid out by Bruce Foucart, a former special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations in New England, who warned that a terrorist could use the fake ID to “load up a truck with bombs … and bring it underneath the Holland Tunnel and create something major and disastrous.”
- He added: “I guarantee right now, we’re just waiting for another 9/11.”
Big picture: In fiscal year 2023, 169 people on the Terrorism Watch List were caught trying to enter the country through our southern border. How many weren’t caught?
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