Two Texans guilty of selling illegal immigrants entry to fake Native American tribe

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Two Texans have pleaded guilty in federal court to selling illegal immigrants admission to a non-recognized Native American tribe, telling them it would allow them to remain in the United States, officials said on Thursday.

Humberto Reveles, 60, who claimed to be the "grand chief" of the Yamassee Tribe, and Maria Isabel Lerma, 32, face up to 20 years in a federal prison for their fraudulent activity.

A lawyer for the two was not immediately available for comment.

The pair sold naturalization certificates, identification cards and driver’s licenses for the non-recognized tribe, adorning their fraudulent documents with phrases such as "U.S. Department of State Authorization," federal prosecutors in Texas said.

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. ...by the power vested in me by the State of Inebriation....

[jwirr]

2. Little history: there really was a Yamassee tribe living in the south along the coast. In 1727 they

were attacked by the British and most were slaughtered. Survivors join in with other tribe such as the Seminole tribe and their tribe disappeared from historical records. When the tribe is called non-recognized it means that they were never recognized by the US government.