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Nine Hispanic men, all charged with working in this country illegally, are a little bit closer to going home. That's because they accepted a plea agreement Monday in federal court. While a couple may be headed for deportation, Local 12's Rich Jaffe says others are held as witnesses in a growing case against a prominent local home builder. Raul Hernandez Colin admits to being an illegal immigrant. He and around 80 others were picked up a few weeks ago during a raid on Fischer Homes construction sites. Four Fischer supervisors were also arrested and charged with the reckless disregard of...

Federal authorities announced the arrests yesterday of four construction supervisors and 76 illegal immigrants at a Kentucky home-building company, continuing a promised government crackdown on employers that rely on illegal labor. The arrests at Fischer Homes, a leading builder in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, followed the April 19 arrests of seven current and former managers and more than 1,100 workers for Ifco Systems North America Inc., a subsidiary of a Dutch manufacturer of plastic crates and wooden pallets. The effort comes as Congress debates plans to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. "We will continue to bring criminal actions against employers...