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ICE opens info sharing office in Mexico City
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has teamed up with the Mexican government to open an office in Mexico City to share information and cooperate on investigations.
The office — known as a Trade Transparency Unit — will help “identify and eliminate trade-based money laundering systems, which facilitate the illegal movement of criminal proceeds across international borders,” said ICE, in a press release Thursday.
The money often fuels drug smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism, ICE said.
The announcement was made by Julie Myers (pictured), who heads ICE, and her Mexican counterpart, Juan Jose Bravo Moises, administrator general for Mexico Customs.
ICE said that Mexico Customs provided “an incredible volume of trade data - three full years worth of transactions.”
“Mexico’s cooperation has proven unprecedented and is the largest such initiative ICE has undertaken in our efforts to combat the rise in complex and sophisticated financial and trade crimes around the world,” Myers said.
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By Brittanicus
June 12, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this
There is a large criminal mentality, that has spread to America with the gigantic influx of people from across the Southern border. Americans are a compassionate people, but with the 12 to 30 million illegal alien occupation of our country has come the deranged filth of humanity. It doesn’t seem to matter to many of our corrupt politicians, that amongst the cheap labor has come an inventory of unhinged, violent individuals.
The biased media will not reveal the ugly truth? About the incessant murders, female and child violations, the drunken drivers and the carnage that goes on in every community within our borders. Each day their is an incessant small reports of (DUI) intoxicated illegal immigrants, not generally found in the national press. These incidents are mostly suppressed because of the current uproar about the illegal immigration invasion. Our courts are overworked, our jails and prisons full, so many of these individuals are released back into the general public again. Many receive a slap on the wrist and then go out on the roads, to ultimately kill innocent families.
As an example Special Order 40 in Los Angeles county has allowed violent gangs to propagates. This is far from an isolated incident, as the press does not elaborate that this goes on unfettered around the country. The unrestricted evidence about our open border and the pending Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) and the new Presidents AMNESTY.This national law would also begin to remove criminal aliens from our society. It would give extra teeth to all immigration laws now on the books. Demand the SAVE ACT! (2022243121 ) Unsuppressed details at NUMBERSUSA.
By Stephen
June 13, 2008 3:38 AM | Link to this
Our politicians are bought and paid for by foreign governments, corporations, special interest groups, and lobbyists. We must vote against any politician advocating amnesty. The US allows more legal immigrants than all other nations combined. We can’t allow an invasion of illegal aliens into our nation. Why do we have immigration laws? It’s to protect the host nation’s citizens and economy. Legal immigrants must have a job, skill or sponsor to support themself. They must pass a criminal background check. They must pass a physical to insure they don’t have a communicable disease. Most legal immigrants come to the US to become Americans, they assimilate into our culture. Illegal aliens go thru no requirements. They are loyal to their country of origin and come to the US to take advantage of whatever this country has to offer, all at taxpayers expense. They don’t want to become Americans, they take advantage of our generosity and tell us they have the same rights as citizens. It’s time to demand a zero tolerance towards ALL illegal immigration NOW! Wake up America!
By dharc
June 13, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
Little Julie,the generals neice,Bushies little insider will do anything but SECURE THE BORDER. They will count(Chertoffs Metrics) spray paint cans at Wal-Mart to see sales were down 16%.Thus grafitti users (illegals) across the border are down 16%.They will build a few miles of single fence then a stupid vehicle barrier but they will not SECURE THE BORDER.They will give a billion dollars which directly goes to the Mexican Drug Kingpins but they will not SECURE THE BORDER.Why doesn’t someone do their stinking JOB?
By Larry
June 13, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this
HELP STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION…….MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD…….FAX CONGRESS FOR FREE FROM YOUR COMPUTER! http://www.numbersusa.com/dfax?series=vdggl1&gclid=COO0gcLGx5MCFSgtagodA3cbCA
By Stuart Shoemaker
June 13, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
We don’t need a “Trade Transparency Office”.
Instead:
Support your local sheriff: Deport your local Chamber of Commerce
By Bobby
June 14, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this
Myers is nothing more than a Buah operative, employed to keep the borders open. Yes, I really do believe this. Why do we need to consult with Mexicans on anything having to do with the security of this nation. Mexicoa is a corrupt Narco-controled state with no integrity what so ever. Besides, this traitorous government has already allowed umpteen Mexican embassies on U.S. soil. Can they find one to consult in with Narco State? Sickening what Americans allow without the slightest protest.
By annieoakley
June 14, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this
So Washington’s ICE Princess Missy Myers has “teamed up” with Mexico’s Juan Jose Bravo Moises, ( is that his alias?) J.J. is the Administrator General for Mexican Customs. I’ll bet that’s a pretty cushy, yet tricky kinda job. Wonder what J.J.’s resume reads like? Educated at ?- Harvard/Yale, International Association of Chamber of Commerce King Pin, U.N. Special Inspector of Generally Nothing, Grande Perks Operator for Diplomatic GobbledeGook, Secretary of the Robert Pastor Fan Club of San Miguel de Allende, etc, blah, blah, blah. Anyway ol’ J.J. Bravo Moises and Princess Julie are now joining hands in Mexico for more government waste at the office of Trade Transparency Unit. To check on Mexico’s sordid launderings…. Oh My! Ain’t that excitin! Let’s all do the Mexican Hat Dance! Wave your Mexican flags now like good little NAFTA peons. Mexico’s drug cartels are surely ecstatic over this new appointment and office in their dominion. The Mexican Godfathers of drugs and vice now have an official Mexican ICE agent, Juan Jose Bravo Moises, to go to for their much needed advise on money laundering, etc. With Juan Jose in place the Mexican cartels will have an official guide to help them more effectively negociate the twisted pathways and bloated assortment of ICEdom’s hidden agendas and slight of hand tricks, as well as ICE’s gargantuan inefficiencies, and short comings. Perhaps we U.S. citizens can pay the Mexican Mafia to tell we U.S. citizens some of the truths about ICE operations and the propaganda and agendas produced and approved by Myer’s and Chertoff’s. Unfortunately our free-spending , tax dollar wielding bureaucrats are sure offer the Mexican drug cartel and thuggery more dollars to keep quiet…Leading to more buy offs, and more official laundering by our inept Immigration and Customs Department bureaucracy. This new Mexican Customs “Enforcement” partnership may result in rather more unseemly sides to Mexico’s outlaws and money launderers. Hope our little, ICE Princess Julie doesn’t find an uglily, pugily Mexican surprise on her doorstep. If her “counterpart and pal Juan Jose doesn’t play the Mexican cartel way and cooperate the way they see fit, then according to recent Mexican Mafia custom his official head may arrive on the doorsteps at ICE’s Washington office. The Mexican drug cartel honchos might be tired of the same old routine head deliveries they carryout all over Mexico. They might decide it would be fun be make an international delivery! They certainly won’t have to worry about U.S. Customs and Immigration stopping them! But never fear ICE Princess Julie, if the the big bad Mexican thugs do this bad, bad thing, the illegal alien janitors will have all the blood and guts cleaned up before your pretty pink shoes come pitter pattering over the threshold and into your Cinderella office. Homeland Security wizard Chertoff is no doubt thrilled with this latest Mexican ICE “partnership”. I would imagine he was smacking his wicked lips, gurgling gleefully with anticipation of more gummy Mexican arrangements-Probably popped the cork on some of his reserve pink champagne to celebrate another goal accomplished in his quest to destroy U.S. sovereignty. Whoopee! Cheers!- Another giant leap forward towards the globalist wet dream.
By ordie
June 16, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
The key in any anti-organized crime efforts is to cut the flow of arms and cash from the US. The opening of ICE office in Mexico City will go a long way in apprehending and prosecuting the Cartels.