Typical: An invader gets caught and refuses to admit responsibility for his crime. Good invader moral character? One thing invaders are good at is weaving sob stories into their crimes. The good thing is, fewer and fewer Amercans are buying into these invader sob stories.

Milwaukee Police Officer who Faked Citizenship Warns Others

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police officer who took on the identity of a deceased cousin in order to hide his illegal immigration status will be sentenced Monday in federal court. He faces up to a year in prison, possible probation, and will be deported, in accordance with his plea agreement. "I didn't want to be away from my family," said Oscar Ayala-Cornejo, in explaining his actions. "I (didn't) want to go back to Mexico at 15 and have to live with somebody else. I wanted to stay here with my family." Ayala-Cornejo says he and his family moved from Mexico to Milwaukee when he was nine years old. Only when he was 15 years old and told his father of his law enforcement ambitions, did he learn he was in the country illegally. "He tells me, 'You're not a citizen. You cannot become an officer. You cannot go to school any more because you don't have a social security number.' So after high school, my options were pretty limited." Ayala-Cornejo says relatives in Chicago offered the identity documentation of a cousin who was a U.S. citizen and had died at a young age. Ayala-Cornejo assumed the identity of Jose Morales, switched high schools, and soon started his police career. "My family didn't feel safe in the neighborhood that we used to live in (S. 15th Place and W. Lincoln Ave), so if anything, I wanted to make a difference," he said of his desire to become a police officer. Ayala-Cornejo became a police aide after graduation, and a patrol officer in 2004. On May 31, an anonymous tip brought him to the attention of immigration officials. "Me, I might go to prison. I'm going to get deported, I might never come back here for life, my family is going through really hard times because of all this. Not only them, but my friends, my co-workers. I'm sorry I put everybody through this, but I just still don't know why the person who called called." He hopes the judge will look at his years of community service in deciding whether to impose prison time. "My kind of work that I used to do, the person that I am and all the support that I'm getting from the community and friends and family." His older brother, Alex Ayala, was also a Milwaukee police officer and has been fired for his complicity in the case. He is appealing the decision.[/img]