U.S. nabs immigrants working for military contractor (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. nabs immigrants working for military contractor
Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:53PM EDT

By Tim Gaynor

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - U.S. police arrested nine illegal
immigrants working for a contractor at a California military
base on Thursday, in an operation underscoring a threat to
national security from fake identity documents, authorities
said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in San
Diego said the employees worked for a contractor at
Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, and had used fake
permanent residency cards obtained on a thriving black
market in the city to gain work.

The operation was the latest in an ongoing sweep by ICE
that has discovered more than 850 undocumented workers
using fake identity cards to work at sensitive military
bases and airports in San Diego County.

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The arrested employees were all Mexican nationals working
for Classic Party Rentals, an events-management firm that
has access to the base, one of a dozen or so military
installations in the San Diego area.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1945660620070420

[silverojo]

1. K&R

I feel so safe, with the Bushies in charge of our national security. :sarcasm:

[Thothmes]

2. Military Contractors

In the mid 90's INS arrested and deported 21 Koreans who were sandblasting and painting the bottom of a U.S. Navy vessel. They worked for a sub contractor the prime contractor had hired to do the bottom work.