A Milwaukee police officer was arrested Wednesday by federal immigration agents on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant who assumed the identity of his dead cousin a decade ago. The officer, who has lived and worked under the name Jose A. Morales since he was a teenager, was arrested by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The officer's real name as Oscar Ayala-Cornejo. Immigration officials say the real Jose Morales died of cancer and that Ayala-Cornejo stole his identity shortly after the death. According to the criminal complaint the police officer went to Pulaski High School from 1996 until August 25, 1999 under his real name, Oscar Ayala-Cornejo. On August 27, 1999 officials say a person using the name Jose Ayala Morales enrolled at Hamilton High School and graduated in 2001. The criminal complaint says officials compared the yearbook photos and they are the same person but with different names. Morales was hired five years ago as a police aide and became a patrol officer in Dec. 2004. Ayala-Cornejo appeared in federal court Thursday. He is behind bars and is currently suspended from the police department. See: Officer Arrested for Possible Illegal Immigrant Status & Officer arrested; citizenship questioned
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