INVASION BY MIGRATION: Employment Agency & Travel Agency - Tools of the Invaders
Dozens Arrested in Md. Immigration RaidMar 29 09:19 PM US/EasternBy ALEX DOMINGUEZ
Associated Press Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) - Immigration agents arrested 69 people Thursday in raids on a temporary employment agency's offices and places where it provided undocumented workers, including the port of Baltimore, authorities said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents also seized a bank account containing more than $600,000 from the employment agency, Jones Industrial Network.
The company's offices and eight other businesses were searched, including three where the temp agency is suspected of providing undocumented workers, ICE said.
The investigation began last year after immigration officials heard that temp agencies had provided illegal immigrants as workers to the port of Baltimore and other unwitting employers, ICE said.
Having "illegal aliens working and having access to our ports is a major security vulnerability," said James Dinkins, ICE special agent in charge...
BALTIMORE (AP) - Immigration agents arrested 69 people Thursday in raids on a temporary employment agency's offices and places where it provided undocumented workers, including the port of Baltimore, authorities said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents also seized a bank account containing more than $600,000 from the employment agency, Jones Industrial Network.
The company's offices and eight other businesses were searched, including three where the temp agency is suspected of providing undocumented workers, ICE said.
The investigation began last year after immigration officials heard that temp agencies had provided illegal immigrants as workers to the port of Baltimore and other unwitting employers, ICE said.
Having "illegal aliens working and having access to our ports is a major security vulnerability," said James Dinkins, ICE special agent in charge...
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Ariz. Human Smuggling Ring Broken Up
Mar 29 02:38 PM US/EasternBy JACQUES BILLEAUD
Ariz. Human Smuggling Ring Broken Up
Mar 29 02:38 PM US/EasternBy JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press writer
PHOENIX (AP) - A human smuggling ring responsible for arranging transportation for thousands of illegal immigrants has been broken up with the indictments of 14 people who worked in travel agencies, officials announced Thursday.
Six travel agencies were responsible moving at least 6,800 people since 2005, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said.
In addition to the 14 owners or employees of the agencies who were indicted, two people who ran "drop houses" were charged.
"This case underscores our increased commitment to investigate and prosecute human smuggling in Arizona," Goddard said.
PHOENIX (AP) - A human smuggling ring responsible for arranging transportation for thousands of illegal immigrants has been broken up with the indictments of 14 people who worked in travel agencies, officials announced Thursday.
Six travel agencies were responsible moving at least 6,800 people since 2005, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said.
In addition to the 14 owners or employees of the agencies who were indicted, two people who ran "drop houses" were charged.
"This case underscores our increased commitment to investigate and prosecute human smuggling in Arizona," Goddard said.
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