Thread: Illegal Immigration and Fraudulent Documents

John W. Slagle
St. Louis Law Enforcement Examiner
January 12, 2012


Illegal Aliens crossing U.S. Border

The Kansas City Star reported on January 11, 2012 that "Thousands of illegal immigrants living across the United States used fraudulent paperwork to obtain Missouri driver's licenses in St. Joseph, federal authorities said Wednesday."

Thousands of illegal immigrants obtained Missouri driver’s licenses - KansasCity.com Counterfeit and false document suppliers have been involved in criminal activities world wide for many centuries. Persons with a desire to change their identity can readily find organizations who will provide all required paperwork.

Illegal aliens seeking work, wanted felons to terrorists all need the advantage of "hiding in plain sight" with AKAs, fictional names to fabricated documents establishing residences and background information for employers or authorities.


The state of Virginia prior to the attack on the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 provided seven of the nineteen Terrorists with valid driver's licenses under transposed names. In the Mid East, a name can be presented in many various combinations from given first name, ancestor, tribal to father's name or reversed. True dates of birth are rarely factual.

In official travel to Guatemala, organized human traffickers and false document rings often worked together. Mexican credulas or credentials were in great demand for Central Americans being smuggled into Mexico enroute to the States.

Copies of original Mexican birth cetificates, counterfeit U.S. documents and low quality INS alien resident cards were selling like hotcakes . Valid passports with photo substitutions were also available at higher prices.


Hundreds of smuggling trails leading north from the U.S. Border are littered with discarded foreign passports and items linking true names and country of origin. New names, birth dates are then chosen and used for any encounter with law enforcement.Contacts with false document venders in the United States supply all necessary paperwork for a price.


The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System and IDENT has identified countless persons with criminal records who were using false documents in the United States . Under law, a U.S. citizen or any person that provides false identification or statements to police is subject to arrest and can be held until their true identity is known. In an age of terrorism, Cadres supplying false documents affects the safety and security of the nation. Millions of dollars yearly can be made from the sale of false documents. Identity theft and the use of fraudulent documents is a national problem. This issue affects everyone and every business, and protective measures should be taken to secure individuals’ information.


See: Fraudulent document criminal organizations, national security concerns John W. Slagle, St. Louis Law Enforcement Examiner
March 5, 2011


The Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE investigates and prosecutes organized False document venders in the United States. http://www.ice.gov

Illegal Immigration and Fraudulent Documents - St. Louis Law Enforcement | Examiner.com

Originally Posted by John W. Slagle in the St. Louis Law Enforcement Examiner

... organized human traffickers and false document rings often worked together. Mexican credulas or credentials were in great demand for Central Americans being smuggled into Mexico enroute to the States.

Copies of original Mexican birth certificates, counterfeit U.S. documents and low quality INS alien resident cards were selling like hotcakes . Valid passports with photo substitutions were also available at higher prices...

Contacts with false document vendors in the United States supply all necessary paperwork for a price.

Will someone connect Mr. Obama with a vendor who sells better quality documents?

He is about to be embarrassed about some amateurish counterfeits.