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License Photo: Plea Agreement and Raphael Sanchez

license photo: In a plea agreement, he said took personal information from immigration files and then forged identification documents, such as Social Security cards and drivers' licenses, in his victims' names, according to Metro News. Sometimes, he said, he used a picture of a murder victim that had appeared in a newspaper as a license photo. Raphael Sanchez, 44, oversaw deportation proceedings in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington before resigning when charges were filed Monday. He used the forged IDs to obtain lines of credit, used credit-monitoring services to determine which of his victims had the best credit, and listed three victims as dependents on his income tax returns. Raphael Sanchez betrayed that solemn responsibility and abused his official position to prey upon aliens for his own personal gain. It is the duty of our federal immigration authorities to ensure the honest enforcement of our nation's immigration laws, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Cronan said in a news release. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.