{"id":1745554,"date":"2022-11-20T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745554"},"modified":"2022-11-20T08:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T13:48:01","slug":"former-border-patrol-agent-charged-for-hiring-illegal-aliens-as-truck-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-border-patrol-agent-charged-for-hiring-illegal-aliens-as-truck-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Border Patrol Agent Charged for Hiring Illegal Aliens as Truck Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-border-patrol-agent-charged-for-hiring-illegal-aliens-as-truck-drivers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former U.S. Border Patrol agent, his wife, and a male accomplice have been charged with unlawfully hiring illegal aliens as drivers for their trucking company and fraudulently obtaining immigration permits,\u00a0prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdtx\/pr\/former-border-patrol-agent-indicted-hiring-undocumented-individuals-drivers\">said in a statement<\/a> that former Border Patrol agent Ricardo Gonzalez, his wife Natalia Gonzalez, and Alex Lopez were arrested on Nov. 17 and charged for their roles in a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>The three accused conspirators, who were responsible for running the day-to-day operations at Gonmor Inc., a Laredo-based commercial trucking company, allegedly prepared fraudulent paperwork allowing the illegal immigrants to obtain an I-94 permit to stay in the United States longer than 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The paperwork allegedly included a letter from a fake Mexican trucking company stating that the individuals were employed there as truck drivers and requested that they receive an I-94 permit so they could travel into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal aliens seeking entry were allegedly instructed by the conspirators to present the letter to border officials in Laredo and apply for the permit. Once the individuals received the I-94, they were hired by the conspirators to transport cargo throughout the United States even though they were not legally eligible to work in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGonzalez is a former BP agent and allegedly utilized his knowledge, training, and experience to facilitate the employment of undocumented individuals and obtaining the I-94 permits,\u201d prosecutors said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>A conviction on the lesser charge of conspiracy to fraudulently obtain immigration permits can result in a penalty of up to five years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The more serious charges of conspiring to encourage an illegal alien to remain in the United States or conspiring to shield them from detection each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid what many have described as a crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/5-5-million-illegal-aliens-crossed-us-border-since-biden-took-office-report_4844013.html\">millions of illegal immigrants<\/a> having crossed into the United States since President Joe Biden took office last year, drawing Republican condemnation and accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The influx has seen Texas\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Greg Abbott\u00a0turn to busing illegal aliens out of the state and toward predominantly Democrat-run areas of the country in a bid to relieve\u00a0overwhelmed Texas communities.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/texas-governor-declares-invasion-at-us-mexico-border_4864506.html\">has invoked<\/a> \u201cinvasion clauses\u201d in response to the border crisis,\u00a0allowing his administration to use the National Guard to repel illegal aliens, construct a border wall, and deploy gunboats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-tom-ozimek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_TomOzimek-_1.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Ozimek\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Ozimek has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education. 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