Serial Plaintiff Drop-Kicked Back To Mexico
Lisa Bartley reports that illegal immigrant Alfredo Garcia was finally shipped back after using the ADA to prey on California businesses to the tune of $1.2 million and court rules to get California taxpayers to pick up his court fees:

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Alfredo Garcia, a notorious serial plaintiff, convicted felon and undocumented immigrant, has been deported to Mexico. Garcia made it his business to sue small businesses, filing more than 800 lawsuits against businesses in the Los Angeles area for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Garcia hasn't held a job since he fell out of an avocado tree while he was drinking and high on cocaine about 18 years ago. Garcia's back was broken, his spinal cord severed. Since then, he's made a living off these lawsuits. It's incredibly profitable, for Garcia and his longtime attorney Morse Mehrban.

Based on previously disclosed settlements, Eyewitness News can estimate that Garcia has collected approximately $1.2 million from business owners since he began filing lawsuits in 2007.

At the same time, Garcia applies for and receives fee waivers from the courts by claiming he is too poor to pay the court fees associated with the lawsuits. That means taxpayers pick up the tab.

...Garcia and other serial plaintiffs look for A.D.A. violations like a bathroom mirror that's mounted too high on a wall or a disabled parking space that doesn't have the required access aisle. His lawsuits rarely go to trial, and Garcia has testified that he typically collects about $2,000 in settlement money per lawsuit.

"These cases amount to legalized extortion," says attorney Jim Link who has defended dozens of local businesses against Garcia lawsuits.

The guy was also guilty of multiple felonies. All that, and it only took 18 years to deport him.

We're awfully, awfully cuddly on illegal immigration.