There was a time in human affairs when bribery was so routine as to be nearly universal. No business got done, no deals were closed, without some silver in someone's hands. The famous Roman statesman, Cato the Younger, attained his fame in part because of his immunity to bribes, in no small part because it was so unusual at the time. But, these things apparently run in cycles. On Tuesday, we were treated to some footage of bribery involving an Ohio immigration court.
In exclusive footage obtained by Townhall, evidence has emerged suggesting that migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania are exploiting the U.S. immigration and asylum system in Lockland, Ohio, raising serious questions about the integrity and oversight of the process.
The footage includes allegations that some migrants are being coached on how to navigate the asylum system, encouraged to fabricate claims to meet legal thresholds, and informed — according to sources on the ground — that favorable rulings can be secured through illicit means. These claims point to systemic vulnerabilities that make the immigration system susceptible to abuse and corruption.
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At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business. Golder says she takes a portion of the pay given to the Mauritanian migrants in exchange for helping them navigate the system, and she claims she can bribe judges to rule in the migrants' favor. The footage also suggests that many of the migrants involved neither embrace nor intend to adopt core American values, even as they access public resources designed to protect legitimate asylum seekers.
This is taking corruption to an entirely new level.
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This isn't just a cross-your-palm-with-silver kind of thing. This Patricia Golder is alleged to have run this as a business, and a profitable one at that. It's not clear why she focuses on Mauritanian immigrants, specifically; perhaps she did not, and these are just the people captured in this particular incident.
The entire video looks like a how-to for corruption. People enter the country illegally, and allegedly proceed to Patricia Golder. She describes payments to judges, to attorneys, how the money is divvied up between the various parties involved:
"You get the lawyer and you say, 'Okay, we have this sheet of paper. I need you to ask the judge how much to carry these people two more year in this country? Probably until we get this project done.' He say, 'Okay, give me $50,000.'"
That $50,000 will get split up between everybody, Golder says.
This kind of thing is common, of course, in many parts of the world. But if one-fourth of the allegations presented in this video are accurate, then there are a whole bunch of people in Ohio who should be getting fitted for some new stainless-steel bracelets, the kind with a short chain between them. If it's true that there are attorneys and judges involved, they should also be getting similar jewelry; if anything, offenses by such people are even more deplorable because of the betrayal of public trust involved.
Consider also that this kind of operation must have taken years to encroach on all the levels of bureaucracy that are reportedly involved.
Stay tuned. We haven't heard the last of this.
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