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del.icio.usWitness: So-called Indian tribe took in $30,000 a day
BY RON SYLVESTER
The Wichita Eagle
Carmen Zamora testified Thursday that $30,000 a day came through the office of the so-called Kaweah Indian Nation from illegal immigrants hoping to attain permanent residency in this country.
Zamora said she handed stacks of checks and money orders to Malcolm Webber while receiving applications for membership in the unrecognized tribe.
The U.S. government contends the Kaweahs never were a real American Indian tribe, as Webber -- who led the Kaweahs -- stands trial on charges including harboring illegal aliens and fraud.
Zamora, a native of El Salvador who was working legally in this country, said she believed Webber's claims, as did thousands across the country hoping to find a permanent home in America.
She remembered Webber saying that people from Latin America were originally from American Indian descent, forced out by European settlers.
"They were American Indians, better than the white Americans," Zamora said she heard Webber say.
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