A little more info on last week's raid:

Dozens of Pakistani Immigrants Arrested
By MATT APUZZOAssociated Press Writer

November 15, 2006, 6:43 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Dozens of Pakistani immigrants who came to the United States posing as religious workers were arrested Wednesday, authorities said, as Homeland Security agents tried to close a commonly exploited avenue for illegal immigration.

Immigrants who were supposed to be teaching or conducting religious ceremonies were arrested across the East Coast, where authorities said many worked as gas station attendants, taxi drivers, landscapers and factory workers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been scrutinizing the religious worker visa program, which a 2005 review found was rife with problems. Homeland Security officials found fraud in one of every three religious visas they reviewed. "What we see are religious institutions such as churches that may exist only on paper but are sponsoring people," ICE spokesman Dean Boyd said.

"Our concern is we don't know who these people are. They're obviously not who they say they are and they don't have religious training." Those arrested include a textile factory worker in Atlanta, a truck driver in Philadelphia and a gas station attendant in New York, officials said. Most of the 33 people were from Pakistan. Though most were not performing religious work, authorities said two Massachusetts imams were arrested for using fraudulent documents.

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