{"id":360314,"date":"2026-09-30T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360314\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:04:11","slug":"feds-urged-to-crack-down-on-fake-passports-green-cards-along-roosevelt-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360314\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds urged to crack down on fake passports, green cards along Roosevelt Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fed-up residents are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/video\/video-shows-hustlers-selling-fake-green-cards-and-social-security-cards-to-migrants-in-queens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">illicit sale of fraudulent passports, green cards and Social Security cards<\/a> along Queens\u2019 notorious Roosevelt Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition \u2014 a neighborhood activist group \u2014 sent a letter to DHS on Monday, sounding the alarm over the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/12\/us-news\/notorious-market-of-sweethearts-sex-strip-in-queens-worse-under-mamdani-community-leaders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quality-of-life concern<\/a> on the seedy strip known as the \u201cMarket of Sweethearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounterfeit passports, green cards, and Social Security cards are being sold on Roosevelt Avenue every day. Because these documents appear identical to official identification, they may facilitate additional crimes, help individuals evade law enforcement, and pose a threat to national security,\u201d said Hiram Monserrate, a former state senator and leader of the Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.58007813;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41053424\" width=\"342\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/counterfeit-passports-green-cards-social-143063082.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a blue jacket holds a phone on a city street.\" class=\"wp-image-41053424\"\/>Neighborhood activists are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on the illicit sale of fraudulent passports, green cards and Social Security cards along notorious Roosevelt Avenue. Instagram\/@zombiesinnyc<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33856209;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41053453\" width=\"790\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/counterfeit-passports-green-cards-social-143063080_a0664e.jpg\" alt=\"A smartphone displays an image of a counterfeit green card.\" class=\"wp-image-41053453\"\/>DHS received a letter from the Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition informing the government agency of the risks of illegal documents being sold across the neighborhood. Instagram\/@zombiesinnyc<\/p>\n<p>The coalition released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd0KsDWRHjg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">video<\/a> of an attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/09\/us-news\/gangbangers-openly-selling-phony-green-cards-on-nyc-streets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sale of phony green cards<\/a> on 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis corner 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue has had two stabbings in two weeks. The one last Friday resulted in a murder. Gangs and cartels continue to sell fraudulent documents, traffic women and dump tons of drugs on our local streets. That\u2019s why we keep raising our voices,\u201d Monserrate said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reported this week that the sex trade was flourishing again on Roosevelt Avenue, as prostitution related arrests along the corridor plunged by 60% since Zohran Mamdani became mayor this year. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt Avenue runs through the Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst and Woodside.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reached out to Homeland Security, the NYPD and the mayor\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fed-up residents are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on the illicit sale of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[38674,68,396,133947,57,9,56,63,65,64,62010,5408,122,5565,58],"class_list":["post-360314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-counterfeit","tag-exclusive","tag-fraud","tag-id-cards","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-passports","tag-prostitution","tag-queens","tag-social-security","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}