butterbean
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: Killer lived nearly 20 years in U.S. as illegal alien |
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HOLLIDAYSBURG — For 18 years, Miguel Padilla lived in the U.S., attended public schools, fathered three children and was married once. A self-employed contractor, he maintained his child support and wheeled around in a silver Jaguar.
He also racked up a criminal record in Cambria County with at least two run-ins with the law in the Cresson area.
Yet, as a native of Mexico, his legal status in this country is as confusing as the briefcase containing $19,600 in cash that authorities linked to him shortly after he murdered three Altoona men in August 2005.
Padilla, 27, was sentenced to death Thursday for the killings.
Officials of the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement do not discuss individual cases, but court documents show Padilla is considered to be an illegal alien from Mexico.
In 1989, Padilla’s mother, Maria Braun, crossed the border with Miguel and his two brothers. She became a legal citizen shortly after marrying Timothy Braun, an American citizen.
She maintains she went through the citizenship process for her sons, Miguel, Oscar and Christian, who all were minors at the time.
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http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_035234537.html |
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