The Obama administration allowed a man convicted in Spain of immigration fraud to escape justice and settle in Florida, where he promptly exploited the immigration system to bring prostitutes into the U.S. to staff his prostitution operation.
The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Miguel A. Hernandez of Miami Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of importing and attempting to import aliens to the U.S. for prostitution purposes.
The Obama administration allowed Hernandez to flee Spain in 2009 to escape from serving six years in prison after his conviction for immigration fraud. He, then, set up a prostitution business in a Miami hotel.
During his sex trafficking operation, Hernandez used the U.S. immigration system to bring additional prostitutes into the U.S., the DOJ reports:
“Hernandez and his associates reserved and paid for plane tickets for foreign nationals to enter the United States, completed immigration paperwork, coached foreign nationals on what to say to customs officials when entering the United States and picked foreign nationals up at the airport. Hernandez openly advertised his business on the Internet and deposited the cash proceeds into multiple bank accounts.
“As part of Hernandez’s enterprise, he engaged numerous individuals, including overseas recruiters to identify more women.”
According to documents filed in the case and evidence presented in court, Hernandez used physical force on at least two occasions against two different women, both Spanish nationals, and prostituted at least three minors for his profit.
Apparently, as Pres. Obama says, the U.S. immigration system actually is “broken.”