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Are Illegal Immigrants Mocking Legal System?
7NEWS Confronts Unlicensed, Uninsured Drivers

POSTED: 2:07 pm MST February 6, 2007

DENVER -- There's an untold number of drivers ignoring the laws and a
legal system that's allowing it to happen.

David Leigh received physical injuries and financial liabilities when he
was involved in a crash with an illegal immigrant.

"I was hit by an uninsured, unlicensed driver," he said. "The lady that
was driving didn't speak any English."
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Police reports show that the other driver had no insurance and no valid
license.

"Really, the only three things she was able to say was, 'I'm sorry. I
have no license. I have no insurance,'" Leigh said.

Leigh was left holding the medical bills, paying the car repair bills and
wondering how many other drivers are out there who are in a similar
situation.

Looking inside Denver's traffic court, 7NEWS learned that the answer is
many.

"You are charged with driving without a license, driving without
insurance. Charges are a three-point deduction. No valid driver's
license," the magistrate explained to Jorge De La Cruz in court.

De La Cruz has offended three different times, and on the day that he was
in court, he pleaded guilty.

Court records show De La Cruz was driving without a license and insurance
in May 2004, driving without a license and insurance in February 2006 and
driving without a license in October 2006.

Minutes after he pleaded guilty in court, he was once again behind the
wheel.

When 7NEWS Investigator Tony Kovaleski confronted De La Cruz as he was
about to drive away from the courthouse, De La Cruz admitted he doesn't
have a license to drive in Colorado.

"I have the Mexican license," De La Cruz said.

(snip)

"You told the officer you'd lived here six years, so how do you plead to
the charge of driving without a valid license?" the magistrate asked
another defendant, Israel Gonzalez.

Gonzalez responded, "Guilty."

Gonzalez's record includes driving without a license twice in 2006.
Minutes after he left the courtroom, 7NEWS found him in the driver's
seat.

That was the same situation with Urbano Bustos. In court he pleaded
guilty to driving without a license. It was his second conviction.

Bustos told the magistrate that he has driven for five years without a
license and without insurance. A few minutes later, he is behind the
wheel again and when asked about why he was driving when he didn't have a
Colorado license, he shrugged.

(snip)

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Whaddya expect?.  The companies that make billions each year off cheap
illegal labor, then pay the govt to leave the illegal criminals alone.