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They go -- takes them a couple hours to do it and when they come back, thats when you pay for your i.d. they always recommend a photo place as well. each person will make over $2,000, $2,000 every day. yeah. seven days a week. >> with an estimated quarter million illegal immigrants living in the chicago area, theres no shortage of customers. yet many of them choose to ignore where their money is really going. >> have your guy go get the cards with him, bring them back -- >> then we know where it...

And then unpeel the conspiracy from there. >> two weeks later a tip leads davis and one of his informants to the mexican consulate on chicagos lower west side. there they find another i.d. ring hustling fake green cards out front. >> thats just how bold they are. you know what i mean? the immigrant community keeps their mouth shut so much. theres no fear.

For investigator mike davis, all roads lead to little village, a major distribution hub and home to gangs like the latin kings and the two six. a paid street informant has set up a deal with a phony i.d. ring thats controlled by the latin kings. davis and the sheriffs police are building a case against the ring. >> he gave you a social, too? >> that one looks the best out of the three. >> by purchasing fake green cards, drivers licenses, and social security cards from them. >> right now were jus...

>> i got him. i see him now. hes five cars ahead of me. >> all right, billy. the van is set up and were in a good vantage point. >> okay, great. >> hes going inside the laundromat now. hes going to go get it. >> theyre going to make the exchange right now. there he is, there he is. hes walking out of the building. he just exchanged something with a gentleman who is still in the window. >> 10-4. >> the exchange is already made. everything is done so come back over. >> their target is a middle man...

>> are your lights on? you all got i.d.s? >> let me pull him out. well start pulling him out. step out the car, keep your hands up, man. step to the back. step to the back. step over to this car. pull them out one by one, put them all back over here. >> got anything im going to cut myself with? >> either of you guys got i.d.s? nothing? how about you? >> no, sir. >> who you roll with? >> two six. >> everybody? whole car full of two six? huh? where is your i.d.? where is your i.d.? you got it alre...

>> he says when you walk down 26th street they have people kind of flashing. >> davis is in pursuit of a counterfeit ring that sells fake green cards and drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. its one of many local i.d. rings that altogether reap millions in profits. >> what theyll do is this is like the universal sign for they call them mica which is like license or i.d. >> hes got the help of mexican born informants both on the street and inside the jail, including this man, whom well call jo...

Anything and everything is safe. >> fake green cards, drivers licenses and social security cards, its a market cornered by the gangs of little village. criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is on the trail of one i.d. ring in particular. as he gathers intel from a jailhouse informant, davis launches a sting operation with the cook county sheriffs vice squad that same week. they will use street informants in order to make contact with the i.d. ring. >> maybe we can do a loose tail on...

Okay. he says hes got all the information and he explained hes got a meet at a library at 12:00. he says everything happens in this library and its the same process as what we experienced on 26th street. its like gang activity. its organized crime. and after this group gets brought down, you know what? there will be another group. >> the latin kings rake in tens of thousands of dollars every month from phony i.d. sales. and that money goes towards their guns and drugs. >> they say the west side ...

Lets get this straight. a couple of states saying its not illegal in our state or in our county, within the state, its still a federal offense to distribute and use, to possess marijuana. theres no bank thats going to give a loan. are he they opening themselves up to so much-- >> there is he too much liability. >> and barney frank for one, and probably violates four or five different federal laws so theyre not going to do it. >> the point is that its sad because people can benefit from medicinal...

Lets get this straight. a couple of states saying its not illegal in our state or in our county, within the state, its still a federal offense to distribute and use, to possess marijuana. theres no bank thats going to give a loan. are he they opening themselves up to so much-- >> there is he too much liability. >> and barney frank for one, and probably violates four or five different federal laws so theyre not going to do it. >> the point is that its sad because people can benefit from medicinal...