GAO Homeland security action against illegals lacking

The agency charged with interior immigration enforcement all but ignores going after illegal aliens in the workplace, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday.

The GAO found that an antiquated system for businesses to verify employees' right to work has hindered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its mission of tracking and deporting illegal aliens in the nation's interior. In addition, the widespread use of fraudulent documents has made it difficult for both employers and ICE to detect illegal workers.

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Brother of men charged in double murder to be deported

Thursday, September 22, 2005

By Daniel Duggan
Staff writerA brother of two men charged with a double murder last week in Oak Lawn is being held by federal authorities for being in the country illegally.

Pedro Maya, whose younger brothers Edan and David were charged with Friday's killings, was deported in 2002 on a drug conviction but had re-entered the United States, authorities said.

Police said they found Pedro Maya hiding when they entered a house Friday on Chicago's Southwest Side in search of his brothers, who were charged Sunday with the murders of two co-workers at Frankie's Beef and Pasta, 5721 W. 95th St.

Pedro Maya, 31, was taken into custody because he also worked at Frankie's and was hiding when police arrived, Oak Lawn police Division Chief Bill Villanova said. He said Pedro Maya was not at the restaurant at the time of the fatal shootings Friday morning.

"We interviewed him, and we didn't have enough information to charge him with a crime," Villanova said.

But a background check of Pedro Maya revealed that he had been deported and was not supposed to be in the United States, and police notified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which arrested him, Villanova said.

The deportation was part of Maya's sentence on a 1999 drug trafficking charge, ICE spokeswoman Gail Montenegra said.

In February 2000, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to sell it, according to federal court records. He was sent to prison, released in 2002 and deported to Mexico, records show.

"He did not have permission from the attorney general (to return)," Montenegra said.

Montenegra said Maya may be returned to prison for violating the terms of his probation, but a decision has not been made.

Edan Maya, 20, is being held without bond on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of co-workers Jose Rodriguez, 21, of Worth, and Carlos Flores-Lopez, 27, of Alsip, who were shot while working at Frankie's on Friday morning.

Authorities said Edan Maya conspired with his brother David, 18, and a friend, Flugencio Osorio, 20, in the murder plot. They said Edan was angry that Flores-Lopez was given his job at Frankie's while he was away for several weeks in Mexico.

Police do not know of immigration problems with the other Maya brothers and Osorio, Villanova said.

The following is why I always laugh when I read about illegals and their strong work ethic as though holding down a job must mean you are an honest person.

Police said they found Pedro Maya hiding when they entered a house Friday on Chicago's Southwest Side in search of his brothers, who were charged Sunday with the murders of two co-workers at Frankie's Beef and Pasta... Maya, 31, was taken into custody because he also worked at Frankie's and was hiding when police arrived,

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