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4 Charged With Hiding 76 Illegal Immigrants
Associated Press ^ | May 9, 2006
Posted on 05/10/2006 8:28:31 AM PDT by kingattax
COVINGTON, Ky. — Four men who work for a Kentucky-based construction company were charged Tuesday with harboring illegal immigrants after federal investigators found dozens of undocumented workers at three of the company's construction sites.
A raid Tuesday at home sites in Hebron, Union and Florence revealed 76 undocumented workers laboring as subcontractors at the sites.
The arrests were the result of a yearlong investigation into the home-building company by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the IRS-Criminal Investigation Division and local authorities.
Timothy Copsy, Doug Witt, William Allison and Bill Ring each face one count.
The men _ who work in supervisory roles for Fischer Homes, part of the Fischer Group in Crestview Hills, Ky. _ were arrested and charged in U.S. District Court. They face up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. All four men posted bond and were released.
The workers may face federal misdemeanor charges and others could face administrative immigration violations, said Dean Boyd, a spokesman for ICE.
According to the complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities visited several Fischer home sites in January claiming to be searching for a Hispanic male wanted in Texas for murder.
When officials interviewed workers on the site, many admitted to being in the country illegally. The complaint alleges the managers at each of the sites knew they were using undocumented workers. The investigation is ongoing, Boyd said.
Tuesday's arrests were the latest in recent efforts by ICE to stop companies who knowingly employ undocumented workers.
I wish the guys would have stopped in Greenville, SC! it was on the way....sniff.
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Three cheers for the Minutemen!!!!
Unrelenting boos for the feds that have so shirked their responsibility regarding illegal immigration that the Minutemen even exist.
November is going to be....as Arte Johnson used to say...."verrrry interesting."
If it is President Bush, he should be impeached!
...And this from a Broken Glass Republican!
I heard on the radio this morning that the minutemen rally was scheduled for the downtown courthouse plaza.
The minutemen website reads:
Alert: Greensboro Change
American Furniture Warehouse
- Parking Lot -
3900 High Point Road
27407
7:00 P.M.
Should be interesting as this is an ethnically diverse section of town.
Perhaps the Minutmen can visit this company while they are in the area --- http://www.wehirealiens.com/employer.asp?id=3595
Latinos Boost US Population
The Los Angeles Times ^ | 5/10/06 | Nicole Gaouette
Posted on 05/10/2006 11:17:40 AM PDT by jamese777
Latinos Boost U.S. Population Data show the growth of the nation's largest minority group is led by births, not immigration. By Nicole Gaouette Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
May 10, 2006
WASHINGTON — Latino population growth accounted for nearly half of the nation's population increase of 2.8 million from July 2004 to July 2005, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.
The numbers reaffirm Latinos as the country's largest minority group, at 42.7 million, and as the fastest-growing segment of the population, with a 3.3% growth rate. The Census Bureau data show that Latino population growth is driven more by births than by immigration.
The new figures put the total U.S. population at 296.4 million and paint a picture of an increasingly diverse country, with one in three residents belonging to a minority group.
The size of the Latino population has been an issue in the illegal immigration debate, with conservatives questioning Latinos' effect on national culture and political strategists looking for ways to woo the growing constituency.
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