File this one under, you have got to be kidding me.
A Colombian national, Mayling Maya-Giraldo, was just arrested in Miami after allegedly pretending to be a doctor and injecting people with a Botox like substance that is not even approved in the United States. Not licensed. Not certified. Not remotely qualified. Just allegedly running a back alley cosmetic operation and sticking needles into people’s faces.
According to CBS News, Maya-Giraldo, 31, was arrested following an undercover operation conducted by the Florida Department of Health and the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. She is now facing felony charges for practicing without a license, possession of a prescription drug with intent to sell, and misrepresenting a medical license.
Court documents state that she advertised Botox style injections on social media. Because apparently Instagram is now a substitute for medical school. Health department officials checked Florida’s records and determined she does not have a license in the state. That little detail did not stop her from allegedly setting up shop and injecting clients anyway.
The substance in question was something called Toxta, an injectable imported from South Korea and not approved for use in the United States. Investigators say she filled a vial with the product and was about to inject it into an undercover investigator’s forehead when officers gave the takedown signal. That investigator posed as a client to catch her in the act.
Think about how reckless this is. People trust medical professionals with their health and safety. Botox procedures may be cosmetic, but they are still medical procedures. They involve needles, facial muscles, and substances that can cause serious complications if handled improperly. Infection, nerve damage, allergic reactions, long term disfigurement, these are not minor side effects. This is not someone selling fake handbags out of a trunk. This is someone allegedly injecting unapproved drugs into human faces.
And this case highlights a larger issue that keeps getting brushed aside. When immigration laws are not enforced, Americans pay the price. You do not have to look far to find cases of unlicensed operators, fraudulent businesses, and criminal enterprises popping up in communities across the country. Every time it happens, we are told not to generalize, not to connect the dots, not to ask tough questions.
Here is a tough question. Why are American citizens expected to accept the risks created by people who should not be here in the first place?
This woman allegedly came here for a “better life” and decided that meant running an illegal medical practice and injecting banned substances into paying clients. That is not chasing the American dream. That is exploiting it.
If you practice medicine without a license, you should be prosecuted. If you import and inject unapproved drugs, you should be prosecuted. And if you are in this country illegally while doing it, you should be deported after facing justice.
Law and order is not complicated. Enforce the law. Protect citizens. Deport criminals. It should not be controversial to say that Americans deserve safe neighborhoods and legitimate medical professionals. Yet here we are, once again, cleaning up a mess that never should have been allowed to happen in the first place.
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