JUST IN: Red State Judges Bribed To Give African Illegals Asylum, Woman Claims In Bombshell Footage

In exclusive footage obtained by Townhall, disturbing new evidence suggests migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania are exploiting the U.S. asylum system in the Cincinnati-area town of Lockland, Ohio, raising serious questions about oversight, enforcement and potential corruption.

The 26-minute undercover video includes claims that migrants are being coached on how to game the asylum process, encouraged to fabricate stories to meet legal standards and told that favorable rulings can be bought. The allegations point to deep vulnerabilities in the immigration system that critics say invite fraud and abuse.

At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who appears on camera describing how she profits by guiding Mauritanian migrants through the system. Golder says she takes a cut of their pay in exchange for helping them secure work permits and navigate immigration paperwork. She also claims she can bribe judges to rule in their favor.

“She gets them their papers. She does,” Cindy Reis, identified as a friend of Golder, tells the undercover reporter. “He knows about Mulberry Street.”

“I try to work with them the best I can,” Golder says.

When the reporter asks whether the migrants have legal status, Golder replies, “Some of them have papers, some don’t.” For those without documents, she adds, “we pay them cash.”

She goes on to describe how she creates employment authorizations, telling the reporter, “we can make an authorization where you say they volunteer, and you pay them.”

Golder admits the work must stay hidden. “You gotta work under the radar,” Reis says. “They don’t have the paperwork,” Golder adds. When the reporter says, “I thought they were legal,” Golder laughs and replies, “No.”

Golder explains that migrants cross the border illegally, claiming they travel through Panama and trek on foot. “They come through the Panama Canal, and they walk under the ground,” she says. “Many people died, many people lived.” She estimates the journey costs as much as $5,000.

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“You have to pay the Mexican to navigate across the border,” she adds.

Later, Golder outlines how she runs her operation, requiring workers to sign agreements promising not to contact police or ICE. “Anything that happen here, stay here,” she says. “If you call ICE, I’m shipping your a** back to Africa.”

One Mauritanian national interviewed on camera says he worked at Walmart for four months earning $18 an hour and details his route to the U.S., listing multiple countries before crossing at Tijuana.

Golder explains how she fills out immigration forms, secures Social Security cards and obtains state IDs for migrants, telling the reporter, “So all cards come to me.” She says she distributes the cards on payday.

She also claims to know how to bypass safeguards when applications are flagged, including sending paperwork to different offices using the same identities and Social Security numbers.

“If you know…this guy is not named that person, but he’s using that person’s name, if you send this to Cleveland, you’re going to have to send the other one to Cincinnati,” she says.

Golder says she profits directly from migrant labor. “Hospital pays $24 an hour, I pay $20. Every $4 off of every hour is mine,” she says. “That’s how I get my pay.”

She also claims to take a cut of veterans’ benefits. “Just anything they get, me get 30,” she says. “A third of everything to me come home.”

But the most explosive allegations involve Ohio judges. Golder claims she can bribe judges to secure favorable outcomes.

“If I can get to the judge,” she says, “You know, that’s the only person you want to talk to is the judge.”

She describes approaching judges at bars and offering large sums. “Okay, $50,000 I send everybody to you,” she says.

When the reporter asks, “The judge says that?” Golder replies, “He ain’t scared of nothing.”

She explains how migrants are forced to pool money to raise bribe payments, adding that she uses payment apps and prepaid cards to conceal transactions. “And you can’t track it…nobody gonna watch that,” she says.

Golder also claims lawyers participate in bribery schemes. “You has to have a lawyer who can go to the judge,” she says. “You get the lawyer and you say, ‘Okay, we have this sheet of paper. I need you to ask the judge how much to carry these people two more year in this country?’ He say, ‘Okay, give me $50,000.’”

The video raises sweeping concerns about the integrity of the immigration system, the vulnerability of local institutions and the potential exploitation of migrants. Golder’s on-camera statements describe a web of fraudulent paperwork, identity manipulation and alleged pay-to-play access to the courts.

At minimum, the footage underscores how easily a broken system can be abused,  and how little oversight exists to stop it.

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